Source: US News — California is not only diverse in terms of scenery and climate, but it’s also diverse with regard to cost of living. The average California home value is around $717,000, according to Zillow. But depending on the area where you want to...
Source: Yahoo! — Meet Makeda Smith, the Founder and CEO of Savvy Chicks in Real Estate®, a global network that helps women in real estate build and expand their businesses, online and offline. Born and raised in Chicago, as a child, she never dreamed of...
Source: CNBC — Chicago realtor Jeremy Fisher headed to Florida after Christmas counting on five mostly-relaxed weeks, after a slow second half of 2022 left him with a bunch of unsold listings exiting the year. Instead, the Compass broker ended up flying back to...
Source: Wolf Street — Mortgage balances ballooned because home prices ballooned in recent years, requiring more debt to finance the same home, and so mortgage balances in Q4 rose 2.2%, or by $253 billion, from the prior quarter, and by 9%, or by $1 trillion,...
Source: RisMedia — When you want to sell your home and hire a real estate agent or broker, you will sign a listing agreement with them. The most common type of listing contract is an exclusive right to sell. But there isn’t only one type of listing contract...
