Real Estate News & Insights
Michigan Woman Charged with 10 Felonies in Real Estate Fraud Schemes
Amanda Escalante-Lopez allegedly made several verbal agreements for land contracts and title to homes that she did not own. Continue Reading Michigan Woman Charged with 10 Felonies in Real Estate Fraud Schemes
The Agency Opens New Office in Savannah
The Savannah location is The Agency’s 16th office across the Southeast. Continue Reading The Agency Opens New Office in Savannah
House flippers could be taxed under proposed CA bill
Source: KCRW --- Any Californian who is searching for a new home or is a fan of scrolling through Zillow is well aware that California’s real estate market is red hot. With an explosion of demand mixed with limited inventory, home prices have skyrocketed in recent...
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6 Questions To Ask Before Buying A House In This Hot Real Estate Market
Source: Forbes --- The housing market in most of this country has been highly competitive for quite some time. There are way more people looking to buy a new home than those looking to sell. Many buyers and sellers find themselves in situations with multiple offers...
Hot housing market creates equally hot real estate jobs market
Source: Business Report --- Despite a sharp rise in mortgage rates, U.S. housing market activity continues to sizzle, and—at least through March—generate new jobs each month. There are now nearly 1.8 million people working in real estate services, more than before the...
Inflation is a massive roadblock with no ready-made solutions
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Business leaders, economists and politicians around the world have spent a lot of time searching for ways to solve supply chain disruptions that are hampering growth and prosperity for corporations and consumers alike. Some business experts,...
323,000 U.S. Homes Were Flipped in 2021, Most Since 2006
Source: World Property Journal --- According to ATTOM Data's year-end 2021 U.S. Home Flipping Report, 323,465 single-family homes and condos in the United States were flipped in 2021. That was up 26 percent from 2020, to the highest point since 2006. The report...
Waiting Will Cost Homebuyers Money
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Experts have long said that there’s a cost to waiting to a buy a home. That’s certainly true in a rising interest rate market. There is a misconception that as housing prices stabilize, or even decrease, that there will be a substantial...
The Salespersons Best Practices
The entire process is what I refer to as a best practices action system. Some salespeople question why they are not getting the outstanding results expected in their sales career? Some feel that the harder they try, they beat their heads against a wall or race down a...
Ditch the Bidding Wars! We’ve Found 10 Towns Where the Number of Homes for Sale Is Going Up
Source: Realtor --- Which of the following is the most challenging, seemingly intractable pain point faced by homebuyers in 2022? A. Surreal home prices B. Rising mortgage rates C. Historically high rents D. Bone-dry home inventory levels The answer, of course, is all...
The economic shock hitting the housing market just got bigger
Source: Fortune --- Housing economists are clear: The swift move up in mortgage rates amounts to an economic shock. The bad news for homebuyers? That already big economic shock got even bigger last week. On Thursday, Freddie Mac reported that the average 30-year fixed...
