Real Estate News & Insights
Toronto-Based REIT Acquires Manufactured Housing Communities in Indiana and Ohio
“We expect these acquisitions to be highly desirable homeownership options that will also add value for unitholders,” said President and CEO Kurt Keeney. Continue Reading Toronto-Based REIT Acquires Manufactured Housing Communities in Indiana and Ohio
A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The Growing Revolt Against Property Taxes
Homeowner anger at rising property taxes could dominate the 2026 state-level elections. Continue Reading A Phil Hall Op-Ed: The Growing Revolt Against Property Taxes
Will 2023 Be a Good Year to Refinance a Mortgage?
Source: The Ascent --- When mortgage rates dropped to record lows in 2020, homeowners across the country rushed to refinance their loans. And many were able to reap a lot of savings in the process. But refinance volume has slowed down significantly this year, and for...
The 9 US cities where buyers have the best shot at scoring a home because home prices have dropped the most since the spring
Source: Insider --- Throughout much of the pandemic, rock-bottom mortgage rates, as well government aid meant to stimulate the US economy, spurred on an unprecedented home-buying bonanza. Enticed by the desire for larger living spaces and the ability live virtually...
Mortgage demand rises 2.2% as interest rates decline slightly
Source: CNBC --- Mortgage applications rose 2.2% last week compared with the previous week, prompted by a slight decline in interest rates, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Refinance applications, which are usually most...
Regular homebuyers in Las Vegas and Phoenix stand a chance now that investors are fleeing pandemic boomtowns
Source: Insider --- Investors are retreating from pandemic boomtowns like Phoenix, Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada as home prices continue to fall in those markets, according to a new analysis from real estate brokerage Redfin. Overall, investors purchased $42.4 billion...
ECHO offers lease incentives to real estate agents for placing homeless tenants
Source: Austin Monitor --- Real estate agents in Austin have an incentive to find market-rate homes for those experiencing homelessness, and help one of the city’s main homeless services nonprofits lower the number of people facing housing instability. Austin’s Ending...
When real estate agents fire clients
Source: The Real Deal --- Breaking up is hard to do. But even the most tolerant real estate agents reach their limits and have to bid farewell to a client from time to time, as three brokers shared in interviews with The Wall Street Journal. Compass agent Cindy...
How Real Estate Agents Are Using QR Code Technology To Simplify The Home-Buying Experience
Source: Forbes --- The popularity of QR codes have seen many ups and downs over the course of its almost 30-year existence, but with the need for contact-less menus and transactions during the pandemic, barcode technology is coming back in a big way. From...
Where home prices are headed in 2023—this map shows CoreLogic’s revised outlook for 392 housing markets
Source: Fortune --- When a buttoned-up Fed economist says the U.S. housing market has entered into a “difficult [housing correction”], it’d be wise to believe them. When it comes from the lips of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, it’s more of a warning. Powell is right: Not...
Thinking of Buying a Home? Here’s Why You Should Offer Less Than Asking
Source: The Ascent --- 2022 has been a bad year to be an aspiring homeowner (and until fairly recently, it was a pretty good year to be a home seller). And it's not clear whether it will get easier in 2023, either. That said, the housing market tide may be starting to...
The Best Day to Browse Discounted Real Estate Listings
Source: Life Hacker --- Though some are quick to assume that if a home has been on the market for more than a week or two, something has to be wrong with it—especially if its listing price drops—that’s not necessarily the case. Sellers may opt to reduce the cost of...
