Current News & Events
Study: 20% of California Residents Worried About Covering Housing Costs
The survey found 15.6% of adults taking on an additional job or more work at their current job to cover their housing costs. Continue Reading Study: 20% of California Residents Worried About Covering Housing Costs
Q3 Foreclosure Filings Up 17% Year-Over-Year
One in every 1,402 housing units had a foreclosure filing in the third quarter. Continue Reading Q3 Foreclosure Filings Up 17% Year-Over-Year
It’s a hard-knock life for buyers in this housing market
Source: Pittsburg Post-Gazette --- For Ryan and Candace Hipple, selling their South Side home in May for more than the asking price in a single day was the easy part of their plan to relocate from one neighborhood to another in the Pittsburgh region’s hot real estate...
Real estate secrets; Family blindsided after others profit off obituary
Source: CBC --- Before pancreatic cancer took his life in April, John Rothwell made his dying wishes clear: if mourners wanted to donate to a cause in his name, the money should go to an educational fund he and his family set up. Instead, family and friends...
Colorado Veterans Project Receives $61,000 from CrossCountry Mortgage
Source: Your Hub --- CrossCountry Mortgage, LLC hosted its third annual charity golf tournament at Arrowhead Golf Course in Littleton, Colo., Wednesday, Sept. 22, which raised $61,000 to be donated to event beneficiary Colorado Veterans Project (CVP). The charity golf...
Reverse Mortgage Refinances Remain Near 50% of Volume in August
Source: Reverse Mortgage Daily --- Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM)-to-HECM refinances remained at nearly 50% of total reverse mortgage industry endorsement volume in September 2021, according to the newest HECM Endorsement Analytics report published late last...
Should you refinance your mortgage now? Consider these factors
Source: The Seattle Times --- The Federal Reserve recently announced that it plans in the next few months to hike interest rates and ease up on buying bonds, measures it put in place to prop up the economy during the pandemic. That could mean that the days of...
HOW TO ACHIEVE PERSONAL AND BUSINESS GOALS AT REAL ESTATE EVENTS
Source: Ris Media --- It’s time to redefine how you network. For some, networking can be just another business buzzword or conjure up thoughts of routine corporate events. However, in 2021, it can help you achieve your business goals, while fulfilling personal ones as...
Real Estate Q & A
Source: The Daily Sentinel --- We recently turned down an offer on our home that was contingent on the buyers selling their current home. They asked us to take our home off the market for two months while we waited for their home to sell. They already had their home...
Jim Valentine: Real Estate’s confused sea
Source: Nevada Appeal --- Real estate markets are very much like an ocean in that they are comprised of an infinite amount of variables creating many different “moods.” We’ve had a very strong “current” real estate market most of this year. That situation is easily...
Emerging Trends in Real Estate Impacting Cities and States
Source: Route Fifty --- Property values have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels in record time, but Covid-19 has left a lasting for-sale and rental housing and commercial buildings, according to a PwC-Urban Land Institute report. The top 10 markets in emerging trends in...
Ones For Real Estate: The Elusive $400K North Texas Home
Source: CBS DFW --- While the median price of a home in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex sits at just under $360,000, according to real estate experts, researchers who study the market say houses in that price range have become increasingly hard to find. Despite a...
