Current News & Events
Non-QM Lender Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions Debuts 5- and 7-Year Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
“This launch underscores our commitment to supporting the non-QM ecosystem,” said Tom Hutchens, president of Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions. Continue Reading Non-QM Lender Angel Oak Mortgage Solutions Debuts 5- and 7-Year Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Hospitality at Work Acquires Vector Property Services
The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue Reading Hospitality at Work Acquires Vector Property Services
July Residential Real Estate Re-Sales Continue Double-Digit Growth
Source: Tallahassee Report --- Sales of existing single-family homes in Leon county were up 24.3% when compared to numbers sold in the same month one year ago. There were 317 single-family home resales in July 2020 and 394 resales in July 2021. Last month there were...
Spotlight on Minneapolis: How the Real Estate Industry is Working to Address the Black-White Homeownership Gap
Source: The Daily Beast --- When she began working as the CEO of the Minneapolis Area REALTORS®, Carrie Chang was shocked to learn something about her hometown: The rate of Black people in Minnesota who own homes peaked in 1950. That was before the civil rights...
Harrisburg’s Sears closing; real estate redevelopment ahead
Source: ABC 27 --- The Sears store in Harrisburg is officially closing. According to a statement from Transformco, the plan is in place in order to redevelop and reinvigorate the property.
Property, Prestige, and ‘Common Prosperity’: China’s Real Estate Market in 2021
Source: The Diplomat --- In 2017, President Xi Jinping identified “three crucial battles” for China’s development. Chief among them was reducing financial risk. Four years later, the current state of the nation’s real estate market poses the most significant threat to...
Should you call out real estate agent who put their best interest above yours?
Source: Washington Post --- Q: We recently sold our deceased mother’s home in Columbus, Ohio. The house needed quite a bit of work, was structurally sound, and was in a very desirable neighborhood. My siblings and I selected an agent after a couple of interviews, and...
Real estate overheating mainly due to a lack of properties, not the work of brokers
Source: Globe Newswire --- The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers (QPAREB) has released an extensive study on the overheated real estate market in Quebec in the context of the pandemic. This document contains an in-depth economic analysis of the...
All Things Real Estate: Solar spells savings on commercial properties
Source: The Island Now --- Most owners of commercial properties are ignorant of the benefits of using solar and energy cells in the day-to day-operation of their establishments. Why is this you ask? My professional opinion is that not enough advertising and promotion...
Prime California beachfront real estate set to return to Black family nearly a century after government seizure
Source: Yahoo News --- A Manhattan Beach, Calif., shoreline property seized from a Black family in 1924 is set to be returned to the descendants of the original owners. The California Legislature unanimously approved a measure allowing Los Angeles County to return the...
F.C. TUCKER COMPANY AND FRONT PORCH REAL ESTATE JOIN FORCES
Source: Building Indiana --- Front Porch Real Estate is joining forces with The F.C. Tucker Company, Indiana’s largest independent real estate firm. Established in 2014 by former F.C. Tucker real estate agent Jim Perry, Front Porch has 190 agents working out of five...
Maui County Real Estate Remains a Seller’s Market
Source: Maui Now --- Maui County real estate continued to be a seller’s market for August 2021, with 121 single family homes selling at a median sales price of $1,040,000, a 30.2% increase from a year ago but $5,000 less than last month, according to statistics from...
