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Buyer agency: a crucial historical shift in real estate

Housing Wire

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. This paradigm shift significantly benefited all parties involved.

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More cash buyers in today’s housing market

Sacramento Appraisal Blog

There are more cash buyers right now. Today let’s unpack the housing market’s cash trend, some myths, and things to watch ahead. Bottom line. Well, technically. This post is designed to scroll by topic or digest slowly.

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“It seems impossible:” Bergen County, NJ’s housing market is vexing agents and buyers

Housing Wire

Real estate agents in the leafy suburbs of Bergen County, New Jersey say the current housing market — with historically low inventory and record-high prices — is actually more challenging than the multiple offer chaos they sweated through during the pandemic. “At Altos considers any score above 30 to be a seller’s market.

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Boston is the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

Although the Greater Boston area may still be plagued by persistently chilly temperatures, its housing market is still red-hot. According to data from Altos Research , the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH metropolitan area was the hottest housing market nationwide as of Feb. We’ve got this total rate-lock event.”

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Altos: Sellers are coming back to the housing market, can buyers keep up?

Housing Wire

Each week — for several months now — inventory levels of unsold homes on the market has been expanding compared to last year. But home sellers are gradually easing back into this housing market. Any time inventory rises, you start to see housing crash hyperbole on social media. They essentially bypass the active market.

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Louisiana’s housing market has an insurance problem

Housing Wire

After heating up like the rest of the country, the Louisiana housing market has continued to cool since interest rates began to rise in the second half of 2022. Additionally, the state’s 90-day average Altos Market Action Index score was 32.75 Altos classifies scores above 30 to be indicative of a sellers’ market.

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Real estate’s strong 2023 housing market finish: Altos

Housing Wire

real estate market is in and it may surprise you, but pretty much all the signals for housing in 2024 are pointing for growth now. Inventory is slowly but steadily increasing over last year, which means slightly more options for buyers this spring. As of right now the housing market is growing.