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5 Essential Technology Investments for Real Estate Agents
Source: Commercial Cafe --- In a year of swollen costs and constant budget squeezes, many people kick technology investments into the long grass to weather the storm of the current economic downturn. However, according to Deloitte, avoiding all technology investments...
Metro Atlanta housing market remains elevated, despite tighter inventory
Source: WSB-TV --- ATLANTA — New numbers show January got an unexpected 8% increase in homes going under contract. Buyers were jumping on mortgage rates that dropped. But, Channel 2′s Justin Farmer learned in the metro Atlanta area, home prices remain elevated...
Last year’s homebuyers watch for fleeting chance to refinance
Source: Yahoo! News --- A few weeks ago, Sean Dycus thought he spied the window to snatch a lower mortgage rate than the 8% he got saddled with in December when he bought an investment home in South Carolina for $450,000. “I got an offer that would lower my rate by...
Guest Essay: Sally Mabadi on real estate, property values and the new Ryan Field
Source: Evanston Round Table --- Author’s note: This article addresses one topic that has been raised about the new Ryan Field; it is not designed to address all of the open issues that need to be resolved between the city and Northwestern University. The author...
A new movement is creating ways for low-income people to invest in real estate
Source: NPR --- Low income people are often shut out the main way wealth is built in the U.S.: Real estate. But a new movement is creating ways for poorer people to invest in their own communities. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: When you look at, say, a local shopping mall,...
7 economists and real estate pros on what to expect in the housing market this spring
Source: Market Watch --- 2022 saw higher home prices and higher mortgage rates that sidelined many buyers. So what’s in store for spring 2023? Here are more predictions from pros. Prediction 1: Mortgage rates are a wildcard “Buyers who had been sitting on the...
