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Real estate tech startup Side raises $50M more at a $2.5B valuation as it preps for an IPO
Source: Tech Crunch --- Side, a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses, has raised “$50 million-plus” in a funding round that more than doubles its valuation to $2.5 billion. The latest...
Secret ‘whisper listings’ on the rise in booming US housing market
Source: News Nation --- Houses that are not even listed are selling fast, experts say. They’re called “whisper listings.” Whisper listings are residential properties released directly to a broker who only allows specific clients to view the home. It’s not advertised...
Early-Stage Homebuying Demand at Highest Level Since May
Pending sales fell 19% year-over-year in the four weeks ending March 26. Continue Reading Early-Stage Homebuying Demand at Highest Level Since May
Realtors Say Home Staging Can Create Faster Sales with Bigger Returns
Four out of five buyers’ agents (81%) said staging a home made it easier for a buyer to visualize the property’s potential. Continue Reading Realtors Say Home Staging Can Create Faster Sales with Bigger Returns
Virginia Resort Tops List of Best Places to Buy a Beach House
Rockaway Beach, Oregon, was the sole West Coast location in the top 10, placing ninth with a cap rate of 4.7%. Continue Reading Virginia Resort Tops List of Best Places to Buy a Beach House
Home Price Gains Continue to Slow Down in 2023
S&P Dow Jones Indices released the latest results for the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices, the leading measure of U.S. home prices. Data released today for January 2023 show that the trend of declining home price gains continued across the United States...
Homebuying Demand May Finally Be Turning a Corner
House hunters are wading into the market as mortgage rates and home prices continue to decline, according to a new report from Redfin, the technology-powered real estate brokerage. Mortgage-purchase applications increased for the fourth week in a row and...
Tax Deadline Extended For California 1031 Exchanges
California residents and real estate investors looking to begin a 1031 exchange are being encouraged to act now, according to Peak 1031 Exchange. The recent IRS extensions allow qualifying California taxpayers to extend any exchange deadline that falls after...
First Quarter of 2023 Brings a Mixed Bag of Housing Data
ATTOM, a curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its first-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Affordability Report showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos are less affordable in the first quarter of 2023 compared to historical averages in 94...
Florida Governor Signs Affordable Housing Law
Today, Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 102, known as the "Live Local Act," a comprehensive, statewide workforce housing strategy designed to increase the availability of attainable housing options for Florida workers who seek to live in the communities they...
Experts predicted a real estate slowdown in 2023. How is Tampa Bay holding up?
Source: Tampa Bay Times --- What goes up must come down. After nearly two years of explosive growth in the housing sector, economists and real estate experts said sales could take a major dip in 2023. But so far, that hasn’t happened. Kristine Smale, an executive vice...
Judge in LA County Ordered to Pull Project Approvals for Master-Planned Community
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell Beckloff has ordered Los Angeles County to rescind the Centennial project’s 2019 approvals pending correction of a number of inadequacies the Court identified in the project’s original environmental impact report. The ruling...
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