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5 inspiring home staging trends for spring
Source: Inman --- If you’re staging luxury properties for sale this season, then I have a challenge for you. Rather than viewing it as an obligation, see it as an opportunity to be your most creative, inspired, and visionary self as you help your sellers wow...
Demand and supply factors may give real estate a cheerful Gudi Padwa
Source: Construction Week --- Festivals, particularly those that herald the beginning of a new year like Gudi Padwa, are often the harbingers of new hope and positivity. This cheerfulness and optimism also get reflected in the economy as the demand surges for...
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The Top Real Estate Companies in the U.S.
Source: US News --- When you’re looking for a real estate agent to help you with your home purchase, sale or both, the individual matters, but the brokerage they work for can also make a difference. We’re taking a look at the most in-demand, major residential real...
Housing Market: 6 Trends To Know for February 2023
Source: Yahoo! --- The current state of the U.S. housing market can best be described as “complicated.” Rising mortgage rates over the past year have steered many would-be buyers out of the market, leading to softer demand and declining home prices. But prices are...
Plunk Announces Three New Partnerships
Plunk, an analytics platform for residential real estate, recently announced a partnership with Calque, Drop-Offer and SphereBuilder™—three companies who are aiming to transform the residential real estate industry with their innovations for mortgage lending, housing...
Urban Land Institute to launch real estate program for college students
Source: Inman --- On Wednesday, the Urban Land Institute Foundation (ULI) announced that it had received a $1 million donation from Bruce Etkin, a chairman of Etkin Johnson Real Estate Partners and a ULI Foundation Trustee. The ULI is a non-profit education and...
For Greenville real estate agents, closing the deal begins with managing client expectations
Source: Post and Courier --- It’s like riding a roller coaster, but the kind that can leave you emotionally drained rather than energized and excited. Purchasing a home in the Greenville market can mean dozens of potential buyers pursing one new listing, a sale price...
What kind of house can you buy for $250,000 or less in Florida? The range may surprise you
Source: Florida Trend --- A low inventory of homes for sale and low interest rates are fueling a fast-paced, red-hot housing market throughout Florida. Homes are lasting just days before a single offer beats out the rest. Sometimes, sellers don’t even have to list...
7 in 10 Home Buyers Still Face Bidding Wars in U.S.
Source: The World Property Journal --- National property broker Redfin is reporting that in May 2021 over 70% of home offers written by Redfin agents faced competition, down from a revised rate of 73.6% in April 2021. That's still up significantly from 52.7% in May...
Homeowner Wealth Increases Through Growing Equity This Year
Source: Simplifying the Market --- Building financial wealth and stability remains one of the top reasons Americans choose to own a home, and as a homeowner, your wealth often grows without you even realizing it. In a recent paper published by the Urban Institute,...
A Peek Into Jennifer Aniston’s Real Estate Portfolio
Source:Architectural Digest --- The famously private Jennifer Aniston has made it a point to keep her personal life out of the spotlight all throughout her career, so it makes sense that her residences have always been little havens away from Hollywood. From her...
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...
The Most Important Housing Reform in America Has Come to the South
Source: Slate --- Braxton Winston had his epiphany in the spring of 2017 at Charlotte City Hall, watching the presentation of a city commission called the Economic Opportunity Task Force. It sounds boring, but the matter at hand had shocked boosters in one of...
Real Estate Agents Reveal How They Sell Houses With Sordid Pasts
Source: The Hollywood Reporter --- On Aug. 14, 1951, William Randolph Hearst, 88, lay dying in a gilded Mediterranean Revival mansion in Beverly Hills. Five years earlier — in declining health and with his reputation wounded by Citizen Kane — he agreed to move from...
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