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Leadership Shake-Up at Legacy Housing Corporation
Company co-founder and Chairman Kenny Shipley will serve as interim CEO. Continue Reading Leadership Shake-Up at Legacy Housing Corporation
Report: Apartment Rents Down Slightly in September
All regions posted month-over-month rent declines in September, most notably in the West with a -0.5% tumble. Continue Reading Report: Apartment Rents Down Slightly in September
Oprah Winfrey’s Homes: A Look Inside Her Extensive Real Estate Portfolio
Source: Architectural Digest --- Oprah Winfrey’s reach truly knows no bounds. As of 2021, the mogul has amassed a net worth of $2.5 billion, according to Forbes, and has built an empire of philanthropy and media production and distribution. Given her many commitments,...
Arizona luxury real estate: Check out Scottsdale’s sun-soaked, desert-set mansions
Source: Fox Business --- Phoenix, Arizona is one of the United States’ fastest-growing cities for its fair weather, incredible scenery and state-of-the-art golfing but the Valley of the Sun’s luxury real estatemarket might be the biggest seller. FOX Business’ "Mansion...
Rating Agencies Should Rate Foreclosure Timelines
Source: Forbes --- When Wall Street turns real estate mortgages into commercial mortgage-backed securities, those securities must first be given a rating. To do that, rating agencies scrutinize an exhaustive list of data points for each loan included in the...
Why lenders should build a referral-based business
Source: Housing Wire --- HousingWire recently spoke with John G. Stevens, President at SRE.com, about the challenges mortgage loan officers and brokers face as the market continues to shift toward purchase money business and how human-assisted eCommerce can help them...
South Florida real estate agent named in hack of far-right web hosting company
Source: The Real Deal --- A South Florida real estate agent was fired by his broker after being named in a massive leak of hacked data from Epik, a domain registrar that hosts websites with far-right, neo-Nazi, and other extremist content. Pompano Beach agent Joshua...
Is the real estate market cooling? Treasure Coast home sales declined in July, August
Source: TCPalm --- This has been a rough year for potential homebuyers on the Treasure Coast. Thousands of newcomers vying for the area's more affordable, yet limited, properties has skyrocketed prices and accelerated sales. Market data shows the median...
Competing in the sizzling housing market of Provo, Utah
Source: Housing Wire --- Nestled between Utah Lake and the towering peaks of the Wasatch Mountain Range, it is hard to imagine that anything in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area could be anything other than serene. But for the past 12 months, the metro’s housing market...
When it comes to cutting carbon emissions, the real estate industry is running out of time
Source: CNN --- Extreme weather events — including heat waves, droughts and floods — have unfolded all over the world this summer. The grave impact of climate change is upon us and will continue to have a profound impact on human life. But there are still largely...
Residential real estate prices fell for two quarters
Source: Manila Standard --- The residential real estate prices of various types of new housing units declined for two consecutive quarters due mainly to the effects of the global health crisis, according to the latest Residential Real Estate Price Index released by...
Econ 919 — Real estate still a seller’s market
Source: KDLL --- Real estate agents can often take a breather after the summer, when the busy season slows. And this year's busy season was busier than ever, as buyers outnumbered listings and house prices shot through the roof.
