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Rocket Homes App Now Available on Apple CarPlay
Rocket noted that more than 98% of cars in the U.S. support CarPlay. Continue Reading Rocket Homes App Now Available on Apple CarPlay
Redfin Launches AI-Powered Tool to Redesign Listing Photos
The new feature is available for all active Redfin listings and eligible sold Redfin listings in the U.S. on Redfin.com and iPhone. Continue Reading Redfin Launches AI-Powered Tool to Redesign Listing Photos
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What Is Title Insurance?
Source: Point 2 Homes --- Buying a new home is an exciting experience, but it can also be a stressful one. Along the way, you might find yourself faced with several new terms and expressions. Title insurance is one of those mysterious real estate terms that will...
Dreaming of Real Estate Riches? Don’t Bank on Home Flipping—Here’s Why
Source: Realtor.com --- After binge-watching a few hours of HGTV, home flipping may seem like a good way to make some extra cash. But the shows don’t always dwell on the financial risks facing investors who jump into the game. Home flippers flooded the real estate...
HOW AND WHY YOU WANT FHA CONDO APPROVAL
Source: Realty Biz News --- A condo might be perfect if you don't want to buy a single-family home. Though, if you want to use an FHA loan, you might find it more difficult as condos need to be approved. There are many things to know about buying a condo, and this is...
Should You Hire a Real Estate Agent to Sell Your Home? Here’s What Dave Ramsey Says
Source: Nasdaq --- In a normal housing market, a relatively quick and painless home sale is by no means a given. It's not unheard of for homes to sit on the housing market for months on end without a buyer -- especially if they're not priced or marketed well. Today's...
First American: Housing affordability drops to lowest point since 2007
Source: Scotsman Guide --- The latest Real House Price Index (RHPI) report from First American Financial Corp. offered further confirmation that affordability is one of the U.S. housing market’s biggest issues. The RHPI, which measures the price changes of...
Families could be offered mortgages of 50 YEARS that they can then pass to their children under plans being considered to help them buy bigger homes
Source: Daily Mail --- Families could be offered mortgages of 50 years or more that can be passed between generations under plans being considered by Boris Johnson. Lenders will be encouraged to let buyers borrow over terms lasting five decades or even longer so they...
REAL ESTATE RELATIONSHIP BUILDING IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Source: RisMedia--- NextHome’s Humans Over Houses mantra has catapulted the franchisor to record-setting growth. The company added 135 offices between 2019 and 2021, making it No. 1 in office growth in the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2021 Residential Franchise...
Latest mortgage news: After flirting with 6%, rates retreat
Source: Bankrate --- In a reversal from the rapid rise in recent weeks, the average rate on 30-year mortgages dipped to 5.85 percent this week from 5.91 last week, according to Bankrate’s national survey of large lenders. The Federal Reserve raised...
Who Pays the Real Estate Commission and Closing Costs: The Homebuyer or Seller?
Source: Realtor --- Do you know how much an average real estate agent commission is? Or who pays real estate agent fees and closing costs? If you’re scratching your head, you’re not alone: More than half of Americans don’t know what the average real estate agent...
The Great Real Estate Slowdown: 10 Markets Where Homes Linger the Longest—and Buyers Gain an Edge
Source: Realtor --- In the fraught, pressure-packed, scarily unpredictable summer 2022 housing market, home sellers and buyers are compulsively tracking key real estate metrics like baseball obsessives tracking box scores—only with way more on the line than the...
Hottest US Housing Markets Now Have Bigger Share of Price Cuts
Source: Yahoo Finance --- (Bloomberg) -- US cities that saw some of the biggest jumps in home prices during the pandemic now have the largest shares of price cuts, according to data compiled by Zillow Group Inc. Overall, the proportion of active real estate listings...
Demand For Vacation Homes Is Now Below Pre-Pandemic Levels
Source: Redfin --- High home prices and mortgage rates, along with economic uncertainty and an increase in second-home loan fees, have put an end to the pandemic-driven vacation-home boom. Demand for vacation homes has fallen below the pre-pandemic baseline for the...
REAL ESTATE AGENT TRAINING: THE SECRET TO SUCCESS IN A CHANGING MARKET
Source: RisMedia --- In today’s changing real estate market, agents must be up-to-date on industry trends, as well as the larger fiscal changes in the world around us. From new technologies to inventory issues, to the post-pandemic shifting of customers’ needs, real...
