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Ambac Acquires Riverton Insurance Agency
Riverton will join Ambac’s insurance distribution division, Cirrata Group. Continue Reading Ambac Acquires Riverton Insurance Agency
Luxury Presence Debuts Presence Copilot Mobile Platform for Real Estate Agents
Luxury Presence, a Los Angeles-headquartered proptech startup, has launched a new mobile platform for real estate agents. The company’s new Presence Copilot provides real estate professionals with an AI-powered mobile assistant that helps agents prepare for meetings,...
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I Raised My Mortgage Payment by Refinancing. Here’s Why I Don’t Regret That
Source: The Ascent --- In August 2020, the average 30-year mortgage rate fell to under 3%. Since I had a higher interest rate than that on my existing mortgage loan, I decided to jump on the opportunity to refinance. And at first, my thinking was that doing so would...
Realtor.com February Housing Report: Housing Inventory Recovery Continues, Giving Buyers More Options
The U.S. supply of homes for sale rose at a record annual pace for the sixth month in a row, up 67.8% year over year in February, signaling the housing market's continued rebalancing, according to the Realtor.co Monthly Housing Trends Report. Despite the significant...
This Is How Much House Dave Ramsey Says You Can Afford to Buy
Source: Nasdaq --- When you're buying a house, you need to set a realistic budget. But it can sometimes be hard to figure out how to do that. While it may be tempting to allow the bank to just look at your finances and tell you how large your mortgage loan can be,...
GET STARTED ON YOUR REAL ESTATE CAREER WITH THIS INFORMATIVE BUNDLE
Source: Black Enterprise --- Locales around the nation are experiencing a real estate boom as home prices nationally continue to soar. In June, the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national home price index shared data that showed an 18.6% increase in home prices, which...
Real Estate newsletter: House hunting during fire season
Source: LA Times --- Welcome back to the Real Estate newsletter. It’s the middle of September, and it’s simply too hot. Not just the market (which is plenty hot), but the weather. With heat comes dryness, and with dryness comes fires. With more than 2 million acres...
Huntsville real estate broker explains shift in local housing market
Source: WHNT --- If you’ve been in the market to buy or sell a house lately, you may notice things move a lot faster than they used to, especially in a growing city like Huntsville. Realtors are calling it the “perfect storm,” referring to a number of factors...
Lower Manhattan turned into a 24/7 community after 9/11. Midtown NYC could heed this lesson post-pandemic.
Source: CNBC --- ay Neveloff recalls sitting in his office on 55th Street and Third Avenue in New York City, the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, as he prepared for a meeting with real estate tycoon Sam Zell to negotiate a deal on a building in Chicago. The commercial real...
Location, Location, Location In Real Estate … Except When Hiring
Source: Forbes--- When it comes to real estate, it’s all about location, location, location. But in a post-Covid-19 world, will the golden rule of real estate hold water with hiring practices? Well, in my opinion, it depends. For a long time, most companies hired the...
An Emerging Trend: Rare and Unique Real Estate Collectibles
Source: Bitcoinist --- While the underlying trend of NFTs and real estate is nothing new, the past few months have seen a surge in real estate-themed NFTs. This has been spurred by the launch of Next Earth, which is the only blockchain-based virtual land ownership...
How Technology is Fueling Commercial Real Estate
Source: Benzinga --- When you think of innovation within the finance and technology sectors, do apartment buildings and mixed-use complexes come to mind? The commercial real estate industry might seem to have gone a long time without significant changes in the way it...
Hawaiʻi REALTORS® Names Lurline Johnson REALTOR® of the Year
Source: Hawaii Business--- Hawaiʻi REALTORS®, a leading statewide professional trade organization for the real estate industry, has named Lurline Johnson (ABR, CRB, CRS, GRI, RMP) the 2021 Hawaiʻi REALTOR®of the Year. Each year since 1967 the award has recognized an...
Buying a Home on a Budget? Here Are America’s 10 Most Affordable Metros
Source: Realtor . com --- Sometimes it feels like homebuyers just can’t catch a break. Prices these days are continuing their meteoric rise, while the inventory of available homes remains paltry, effectively shutting many would-be buyers out of the market. And the...
Homes That Sold for Around $1.5 Million
Source: NY Times --- Each week, our survey of recent residential sales in New York City and the surrounding region focuses on homes that sold around a certain price point, allowing you to compare single-family homes, condos and co-ops in different locales. The “list...













