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Century Communities Begins Sales at New Arizona Gated Community
Pricing for the homes begins in the low $300,000s. Continue Reading Century Communities Begins Sales at New Arizona Gated Community
Boston Lawmaker Proposes Property Tax Restructuring for Large Apartment Buildings
The proposal will be discussed at the City Council’s next meeting on Oct. 29. Continue Reading Boston Lawmaker Proposes Property Tax Restructuring for Large Apartment Buildings
Homeowner groups seek to stop investors from buying houses to rent
Source: Fox Business --- Small groups of neighborhood volunteers are blocking companies from buying single-family homes, rewriting homeownership rulebooks to thwart investor purchases of suburban housing. These groups, called homeowner associations, spend much of...
Americans Are Buying Smaller Homes as Prices Skyrocket
Source: Redfin --- Americans are buying smaller homes than they were at the height of the pandemic. The typical U.S. home that went under contract in March was 1,720 square feet, down 1.8% from 1,751 square feet the same time last year and roughly the same size as the...
Higher rates may prompt homeowners to stay put, but how will that impact inventory?
Source: Realty Biz New --- The thinking is that homeowners who’re locked into their current low mortgage rate are incentivized to stay where they are. Indeed, some are currently enjoying ultra-low rates of less than 3%, so to move now would mean a big bump in their...
Local real estate agent has tips for prospective homebuyers in volatile market
Source: Bronx News --- Local real estate agent, Christine Finch Oleynick of Keller Williams Prestige Properties, says the price of Connecticut homes and mortgages rates is continuing to go up with no sign of stopping -- at least for another year, but there are ways to...
What home prices will look like in 2023, according to Zillow’s revised downward forecast
Source: Fortune --- There's no doubt about it: Soaring mortgage rates are an economic shock to the U.S. housing market. Over the past month alone, the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has spiked from 3.11% to 5.11%. It's both pricing out some stretched homebuyers...
Relax and Recharge in Your Mental Hobby Shop
Most people have a place they go to or an activity they engage in that helps them move into peacefulness, serenity, and resolve. They can spend time happily away from exterior societal pressures. I refer to that state of being as their "Mental Hobby Shop," which will...
Canada open to more measures to curb housing speculation, minister says
Source: Reuters --- OTTAWA, April 21 (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Liberals are eyeing more measures to curb housing speculation after introducing a foreign buyer ban and heftier taxes on property flippers in their budget earlier this month, the housing minister said on...
Why This Housing Market Is Not a Bubble Ready To Pop
Source: Keeping Current Matters --- Homeownership has become a major element in achieving the American Dream. A recent report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) finds that over 86% of buyers agree homeownership is still the American Dream. Prior to the...
Diesel price surge fuels construction inflation alert
Source: Construction Dive --- The news adds to overall inflation woes, as the Consumer Price Index jumped 8.5% in March, its highest spike since 1981. The AGC's construction alert was the seventh pricing alarm Simonson has sounded since March 2021. Before that, his...
Americans are fleeing climate change — here’s where they can go
Source: CNBC --- Millions of Americans are living in communities with precarious climate conditions, in houses that feel overpriced. There is a solution for many of these people, though: Move to one of the so-called climate havens. Climate havens or climate...
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