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Mortgage Rates Are Falling Again
The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.19% as of Oct. 23. Continue Reading Mortgage Rates Are Falling Again
Florida City Gives Preliminary Approval to 6,000-Seat Soccer Stadium
The stadium will anchor the proposed mixed-use Walton & One development, formerly known as City Center. Continue Reading Florida City Gives Preliminary Approval to 6,000-Seat Soccer Stadium
Record Setting 1 in 3 U.S. Homebuyers Looking to Relocate to a New City in 2022
Source: World Property Journal --- According to national property broker Redfin a record 32.4% of Redfin.com users nationwide looked to move to a different metro area in January 2022. That's up from the previous peak of 31.5% in the first quarter of 2021 and...
How Bad Will It Be? Why the Spring Housing Market Will Be ‘Miserable’ for Homebuyers
Source: Realtor --- Homebuyers had better be ready to suit up for battle. Any buyers—or wannabe buyers—who thought last year’s meteoric jump in home prices was rough should be prepared for this spring to be even worse. A hellish trifecta of fast-rising housing prices,...
The #1 Reason To Sell Your House Today
Source: Keeping Current Matters --- Almost every industry is currently struggling with supply chain disruptions. This also applies to the current U.S. housing market, where buyer demand far exceeds housing supply. Purchaser demand is very strong right now. The...
Realtors weigh in on why so many Californians are moving to Middle Tennessee
Source: News Channel 5 --- NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — There's a topic many are talking about around town; a lot of people have new neighbors from California. Realtors say there are several reasons so many are coming here from 2,000 miles away.
This Massachusetts town has one of the hottest luxury real estate markets in the country
Source: Real Estate --- Cape Cod may be frigid this time of year (usually), but its real estate market is anything but. The popular New England vacation destination is home to one of the hottest luxury real estate markets in the United States, a report...
The Great Shake-Up: In Pandemic, Some Real Estate Founders Saw Right Time For A Bold Bet
Source: Bisnow --- Hemant Chavan was working as a development executive in New York City when the pandemic set in, and before long, he sensed opportunity. Like many commercial real estate professionals in the last two years, Chavan, a development director at luxury...
‘The major question is whether rising rates will quench housing demand’: Existing-home sales surge higher, but could be set for a downturn
Source: Market Watch --- The numbers: Existing-home sales increased by nearly 7% between December and January, hitting a seasonally-adjusted, annual rate of 6.5 million, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. Compared to a year ago, sales were down more...
Hong Kong families face average wait of 6 years for public housing, marking 23-year high
Source: South China Morning Post --- About 250,000 needy families face an average wait of six years for a public flat in Hong Kong, the longest duration in more than two decades, according to official figures released on Monday. The average wait is double the three...
HOW THE COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE MARKET IS ADAPTING TO POST-PANDEMIC NEEDS
Source: RIS Media --- From opening up restaurants for dine-in service to loosening restrictions on travel, the country is getting back to normal in a mostly post-pandemic world. However, some things may never go back to “normal”—like the way we work. Over the past...
Real Estate Voted the Best Investment Eight Years in a Row
Source: Keeping Current Matters --- In an annual Gallup poll, Americans chose real estate as the best long-term investment. And it’s not the first time it’s topped the list, either. Real estate has been on a winning streak for the past eight years, consistently...
