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Tech Trends: Does Your CRM Do All That You Need It to Do?
Form Simplicity and zipForm are in the tech spotlight this week. Continue Reading Tech Trends: Does Your CRM Do All That You Need It to Do?
Guaranteed Rate Debuts RateReduce Sell Program
Chicago-headquartered Guaranteed Rate has enhanced its RateReduce offering to include RateReduce Sell, a program designed to help real estate agents facing a challenging home sales market. According to the company, RateReduce Sell provides real estate agents the...
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New Platform Details Commercial and Retail Properties for Lease and Sale
According to ICSC, the new platform aggregates information from 15 distinct data sources. Continue Reading New Platform Details Commercial and Retail Properties for Lease and Sale
Can a Pizza Oven Boost a Home’s Sales Price?
But some amenities may have the opposite effect on sales. Continue Reading Can a Pizza Oven Boost a Home’s Sales Price?
GTIS Partners Debuts Build-to-Rent Community Development Subsidiary
Seven additional build-to-rent communities are now underway. Continue Reading GTIS Partners Debuts Build-to-Rent Community Development Subsidiary
Can you refinance a seller-financed mortgage?
Source: The Mortgage Reports --- Some home buyers get their mortgage loans from the home’s seller — not from a mortgage lender. This kind of financing, known as “owner financing” or “seller financing,” can help buyers who don’t meet standard mortgage guidelines at the...
As Mortgage Rates Stay Up, Lenders and Brokers Need to Get ‘Creative’
Source: Market Scale --- Freddie Mac’s weekly averages since July 14 have been volatile, with spikes and dips in 30-year fixed, 15-year fixed and 15-year adjustable mortgage rates. But even with some short term relief after August 4’s numbers brought rates below 5%...
Thinking of Buying? These Cities Are Among the Fastest-Cooling Housing Markets in the Country
Source: The Motley Fool --- As potential home buyers think twice about whether now is the right time to buy, sellers in some areas are dropping their prices. The red-hot housing market ushered in by the pandemic is now cooling. And according to Redfin, the areas of...
A lighthouse, a log cabin, and a schoolhouse: These quirky home listings cost less than the average home in the U.S.
Source: Fortune --- While the housing market is contracting and mortgage rates are jumping, the average home in the U.S. still cost over $440,000 in the second quarter of 2022, according to the St. Louis Fed. That’s not cheap—and homes that have their own unique look...
5 Strategies To Win a Bidding War That Have Nothing To Do With Offering More Money
Source: Realtor.com --- Today’s homebuyers are all too familiar with bidding wars. The low inventory and high demand we’ve seen over the past couple of years have forced many multiple-offer situations with buyers doing anything they can to stand out from the pack....
Should you stay or should you go?
Source: Daily Mail --- The US housing market appears to be finally cooling off after seeing its least affordable days since the '80s. The number of homes being built and sold is declining, more and more buyers are backing out of deals, and some parts of the country...
Homeownership May Seem Out of Reach for Generation Z. How You Can Prepare Now
Source: Time --- Houses are expensive — and Generation Z will soon discover homebuying is not what it used to be. Those born between 1997 and 2012 are dubbed Generation Z or “Zoomers”– and 86% of them want to buy a home with 45% wanting to do it in the next five...
Evaluating Real Estate Investments – Equity Multiple vs. Internal Rate of Return
Source: JD Supra --- Each music note has two attributes – pitch and duration. Pitch and duration are independent of each other. Pitch is indicated by the vertical position of the note on the stave, the key signature, and “accidentals” placed next to the note. Duration...
Housing Market: Should You Buy a Fixer-Upper or a Turnkey Home?
Source: Yahoo Finance --- The current housing market means you’ll likely pay top dollar for a home that’s considered turnkey — immediately ready for you to move in. Plus, the competition is steep. Perhaps those two reasons are why 52% of American homebuyers are...
London’s luxury housing recovery set to stall for another year
Source: The Business Times --- LONDON’S long-promised luxury housing market rebound is stuck in wait-and-see mode. Real estate broker Savills slashed its 2022 forecast for price increases to 4 per cent from 8 per cent, revising a prediction it made as recently as...
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