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How To Get Rich In Real Estate Without Buying A Ton Of Property
Source: Forbes --- Inside Bella Collina, a gated community near Orlando, Florida, three lots sit ready for their homes. The mock-ups are nearly identical: 3,076 square feet, five bedrooms and three and a half baths, featuring quartz countertops, a tile roof and double...
4 Things Real Estate Agents Want You to Know About Waiving a Home Inspection
Source:Apartment Therapy --- If you’re financing a home (translation: you’re not an all-cash buyer!), your lender will require you to get an appraisal to make sure the home is worth the price you’re paying for it. An appraisal is different from a home inspection,...
US home prices could plunge 20% amid risk of ‘deep’ housing slide, Fed economist warns
Source: Fox Business --- U.S. home prices could tumble as much as 20% as the highest mortgage rates in two decades threaten to trigger a "deep global housing slide," according to research from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The global housing market has become...
This State Has the Highest Real Estate Taxes (and It’s Not Even Close)
Source: The Motley Fool --- Residents in this state pay about three times the national median. The median U.S. homeowner pays 1.11% of their home's value in property taxes each year. And based on 2021 home-price data, this translates to a median tax bill of $2,971....
More US Homebuyers Are Paying in Cash, Sweeping a Majority of Sales in Some Markets
Source: Yahoo! Finance --- The share of all-cash deals rose to the highest since 2013 last year, while institutional investors, who usually account for many cash sales, retreated, according to data from real estate data analytics firm Attom. That suggests more regular...
London property forecast: capital predicted to be global ‘megacity’ with house prices 12 times incomes by 2037
Source: Evening Standard --- With house prices expected to reach 12 times annual salaries, the capital is set to become one of the least affordable cities in the world. London is set to become one of the least affordable cities in the world, along with Tokyo, Tel...
Boon for Buyers: The 10 U.S. Cities With the Biggest Increases in Homes for Sale
Source: Realtor.com --- Where are all the homes, anyway? Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic ignited a nationwide housing boom, wannabe buyers have been plagued by bone-dry home inventory levels in many markets—causing them to either wait on the sidelines for more...
JLL CEO Urges Patience for ‘Relatively Short’ Real Estate Industry Downturn
Source: CoStar --- JLL, the world's second-largest real estate brokerage by revenue, reported declines in leasing and capital markets in its latest earnings report as the industry prepares for what executives hope will be a rebound in deal activity later this year....
Last-minute bill to let real estate developers levy taxes like a city shows the developer domination of the Utah Legislature, Robert Gehrke writes
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune --- It’s no secret that real estate developers dominate the Utah Legislature. The House speaker, Senate president, House majority leader and nearly one out of every five lawmakers in the body are, in one way or another, involved in real...
Real estate market hit by low inventory
Source: Antelope Valley Press --- LANCASTER — Limited inventory is hitting the residential and commercial real estate markets, while the changing economic landscape is having a greater impact on the residential market, forecasters said during Friday’s Antelope Valley...
Are All-Cash Buyers Dominating NYC Real Estate Market?
New real estate data and reporting recently revealed that nearly a third of U.S. homebuyers are sidestepping a mortgage and purchasing property via cash-only transactions, according to Redfin. This is a trend that is suddenly dominating big cities like Atlanta, Ga.,...
Real Estate Agents Graduate From Industry Training Program
A number of industry professionals have graduated from the T3 Fellows program, a customized training course designed to prepare real estate brokers to succeed in a changing market. Across the T3 Fellows program, each broker and team owner follows a...
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