September real estate market stays strong, but inventory depleted
Source: Wicked Local --- The median sales price last month for a house on the Cape was $625,500 for single-family homes and $400,000 for condominiums, according to preliminary data released this week by the Cape Cod & Islands Association of REALTORS® (CCIAOR). Of...
Real estate: Hot sellers’ market continues
Source: Ledger Transcript --- For Pamela Stohrer and her husband, John, real estate has been on their minds for years now. Their struggles to sell their house showed them the strange ways of the housing market three years ago, but this summer, they stepped into what...
Zillow takes a break from flipping houses
Source: LA Times --- Zillow Group Inc. is taking a break from buying U.S. homes after the online real estate giant’s pivot into tech-powered house flipping hit a snag. Zillow, which acquired more than 3,800 homes in the second quarter, will stop pursuing new home...
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...
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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...
Can You Negotiate Real Estate Agent Fees?
Source: Motley Fool --- The quick answer? Yes. But it's not that simple. If you're gearing up to sell your home, you may not want to go it alone. Listing and marketing a home can be time consuming, and there are complexities in negotiating with buyers. That's why so...
Restoring balance to Boise real estate
Source: The Lewiston Tribune --- In August, Boise home prices dropped for the first time in 14 months. New numbers reveal prices of existing homes went back up slightly in September while new homes continued to fall, according to Intermountain Multiple Listing...
Real estate ‘unicorn’ Orchard Technologies moving downtown
Source: New York Post --- Orchard Technologies, a newly minted “unicorn” that aims to simplify the home-selling-and-buying process, had its own odyssey finding a new home for its fast-growing business. The outcome: a welcome, 107,000 square-foot boost for the...
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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...
Restoring balance to Boise real estate
Source: The Lewiston Tribune --- In August, Boise home prices dropped for the first time in 14 months. New numbers reveal prices of existing homes went back up slightly in September while new homes continued to fall, according to Intermountain Multiple Listing...
Real estate ‘unicorn’ Orchard Technologies moving downtown
Source: New York Post --- Orchard Technologies, a newly minted “unicorn” that aims to simplify the home-selling-and-buying process, had its own odyssey finding a new home for its fast-growing business. The outcome: a welcome, 107,000 square-foot boost for the...
Major Mortgage Lender Scraps Plan to Accept Bitcoin
Source: Motley Fool --- Sorry, you can't pay your home loan with Bitcoin just yet. There are a lot of questions surrounding even the best cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. Are they a viable long-term investment? Or will they crash and burn? And will they become a widely...
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