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New Study Finds Nearly 9% of Residences Owned by Corporate Entities and Investors
The report observed that corporate ownership exceeds 20% in communities including St. Louis, Missouri; Harrisonburg, Virginia; and Franklin County, Ohio. Continue Reading New Study Finds Nearly 9% of Residences Owned by Corporate Entities and Investors
Lennard Commercial Realty Opens Vancouver Office
The Vancouver office will be led by Partners Allon Shapiro and Aaron Ulinder. Continue Reading Lennard Commercial Realty Opens Vancouver Office
Companies Plan Metaverse RE Development Connected to Real Cities
News out of London is that Web developers are hoping to strike it rich in real estate by connecting properties developed in Metaverse with real world cities. nChain, a developer of Web3 and Blockchain technologies, has formed a strategic alliance with Transmira Inc....
Can ChatGPT help sell homes? Here’s how one real estate agent uses it
Source: Times West Virginian --- Real estate agents are always looking for ways to be more efficient and connect with home buyers and sellers. They try to figure out how best to use their resources and which tools to pull out of their tool belts. One new tool growing...
Ontario regulator warns real estate agents to watch for signs of fraudulent home sales
Source: CBC --- The body that regulates Ontario's 100,000 real estate agents and brokers is urging them to be more vigilant when verifying the identity of a client, amid a wave of fraudulent home sales and mortgages in the Toronto area. The Real Estate Council of...
US new home construction fell in January for the fifth straight month
Source: CNN Business --- US home building fell again in January, marking five straight months of declines, even as mortgage rates moderated and inflation cooled. Housing starts, a measure of new home construction, fell by 4.5% in January from December. That’s down...
Alliant Capital Announces Financing for Affordable Housing in Sonoma County, CA
Alliant Capital, a Walker & Dunlop, Inc. company, announced today its $40 million investment for Shiloh Crossing, a new construction of 171 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) units in Windsor, Sonoma County, CA. The team, including Dudley Benoit, senior...
Keller Williams Expands into Germany
Keller Williams (KW), a global real estate franchise, announces continued worldwide expansion into Germany. “In 2013, we first set forth with our vision to expand outside of the U.S. and Canada,” said Gary Keller, executive chairman, KW. “And today, we’re...
Guaranty Bancshares Makes $1 Million Investment to the Austin Housing Conservancy Fund for Affordable Housing
Guaranty Bancshares, Inc., the parent company of Guaranty Bank & Trust, announced a $1 million equity investment in the Austin Housing Conservancy Fund (AHC) to support workforce affordable rental housing in Central Texas. AHC is a private equity fund...
The Crypto Native’s Guide to Real Estate Investing
Source: Blockworks --- Traditional real estate has been the “safe” investment of choice for decades. Because of the simple fact everyone needs a home, this need has long-provided stability against sharp declines in value that investors find indispensable. Because of...
Selling Your Home? Here’s How to Stage Your House Like a Real Estate Agent
Source: Yahoo! --- If you have ever sold a home, you're likely familiar with the process of staging. Typically, this involves hiring a real estate agent or staging professional to style your space so it looks its best (and particularly attractive to the buyer...
How Real Estate Investors Can Find Off-Market Properties
Source: Forbes --- Off-market properties, also known as pocket listings or whisper listings, refer to properties that are not actively being marketed for sale. These properties may not be listed on the Multiple Listing Service or advertised through traditional...
