Real Estate News & Insights

Should You Buy Real Estate as an Investment?

Should You Buy Real Estate as an Investment?

Source:Fool --- It can be scary for many investors to have 100% of their money in the stock market, so it could be a smart idea to explore some alternative investment types like real estate. In this Fool Live video clip, recorded on July 14, Fool.com contributors (and...

The DOJ vs. NAR: What’s the impact to real estate agents?

The DOJ vs. NAR: What’s the impact to real estate agents?

Source: Housing Wire --- The following Q&A comes from the HW+ exclusive Slack channel, where HousingWire Senior Real Estate Reporter Matthew Blake answered questions about his latest coverage on the impact of the DOJ’s decision and how the industry is gearing up...

2021 Real Estate Trends: What Investors Need to Know

2021 Real Estate Trends: What Investors Need to Know

Source: Million Acres --- The housing market has been gaining strength in the last few years -- particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Home values soared, buyer demand jumped, and mortgage rates hit historic lows. And ultimately, it’s made housing one of the few...

Tampa shopping plaza sold for $22 million, Ross store coming

Tampa shopping plaza sold for $22 million, Ross store coming

Source: Tampa Bay --- Tampa’s Horizon Park shopping plaza, just north of Raymond James Stadium at the intersection of Dale Mabry and West Hillsborough Avenue, has sold. The price tag was $22 million, and it closed July 19, according to its new owner, Mishorim Gold...

A Bradenton Realtor Is Sportscasting from the Tokyo Olympics

A Bradenton Realtor Is Sportscasting from the Tokyo Olympics

Source: Sarasota Magazine--- Italian for “second,” Leah Secondo’s last name is a misnomer—she’s at the top of two professional careers, as a realtor for Michael Saunders & Company and as a sportscaster, and she’s no stranger to finishing first. Secondo began her...

Want to Rent Your Dream Apartment? Prepare for a Bidding War.

Want to Rent Your Dream Apartment? Prepare for a Bidding War.

Source: NY Times --- The New York City real estate market is returning to its prepandemic normal, but anyone looking for a rental apartment should prepare for a possible post-pandemic surprise. Bidding wars — long the scourge of prospective home buyers — are now being...

Homeowners hurting, but property tax panel to look elsewhere

Homeowners hurting, but property tax panel to look elsewhere

Source: Post Register ---  When Sandra Hagen and her late husband bought their modest West Boise home in 1995 for $88,500, she never dreamed that 26 years later, she’d be a widow struggling to pay the property taxes on the same house, now valued at more than three...