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Venterra Realty Opens New Houston-Area Multifamily Community
The company said the property was created with its proprietary Quiet Building sound insulating construction. Continue Reading Venterra Realty Opens New Houston-Area Multifamily Community
DeSantis: Putting Multiple Property Tax Measures on the Ballot is a ‘Political Game’
“Placing more than one property tax measure on the ballot represents an attempt to kill anything on property taxes,” he wrote. Continue Reading DeSantis: Putting Multiple Property Tax Measures on the Ballot is a ‘Political Game’
3 commercial real estate lessons learned from Covid-19
Source: Biz Journals --- The commercial real estate industry has experienced dramatic change since the onset of the pandemic. Remote work impacted the demand for office space; a surge in e-commerce was a boon for the industrial market, yet a damper for retail; low...
What to expect in the 2022 spring housing market, as told by 3 charts
Source: Fortune --- Entering into 2022, the consensus among much of the real estate industrywas that the spring housing market—the industry's peak season—would be a bit less frenzied this year. After all, it couldn't get much worse than the 2021 spring housing market,...
Friends Do Business with Friends
“Being and Time’” written in 1927, best discussed the concept of authenticity, of being, and caring. Martin Heidegger, a German philosopher, is an excellent read. In Heidegger’s study, he referred to as “Dasein,” which means “Being-there.” One may interpret it as...
IBUYING IS MAKING REAL ESTATE AGENTS MORE ESSENTIAL, NOT LESS
Source: RISMedia--- Even before the pandemic, homebuyers and sellers were experimenting with a new, online model of real estate—instant buying, or “iBuying.” However, do-it-yourself home-buying and selling can be overwhelming because buyers and sellers are inundated...
Are we in a real estate bubble?
Source: FOX 5 --- (NEXSTAR) – At the end of 2021, home prices were 18.5% higher than they had been just a year before, according to CoreLogic. And just when you think prices couldn’t possibly get any higher, they have. In January 2022, home prices climbed yet again as...
House rich, cash poor: How some Utahns cope with rising values, property tax
Source: KSL.com --- SALT LAKE CITY — Cheryl Johnson has lived in the same home for 60 years. The original stucco structure sits directly on the ground without benefit of a concrete foundation, and the property taps water from a well in the backyard. In contrast to the...
The Black homeownership rate is now lower than it was a decade ago
Source: CNN --- Even as home prices have skyrocketed during the pandemic, homeownership continues to grow. But the rate of home buying has not increased at the same pace for all Americans, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. More...
Real Estate newsletter: Inside L.A.’s plan to add 250,000 homes
Source: LA Times --- Welcome back to the Real Estate newsletter, where a busy week brought us news from every corner of the Southern California housing market. Let’s start with the affordable part of the market (relatively speaking, of course). State regulators...
From Renter to Homeowner: Tips from People Who Made the Change
Source: The Spruce --- Many millennials are in the process of leaving their rental units behind to become homeowners, but purchasing a house or condo doesn't solely result in more space and freedom—it can bring about a slew of challenges, too. We spoke with young...
Despite tight housing market, Baton Rouge residential vacancy rate rises
Source: Business Report --- A national real estate data firm counts 3,622 vacant residential properties in the Baton Rouge metro area, or 1.46% of the total. That’s a little above the national average of 1.37% and a little higher than the local vacancy rate found in...
