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Working with buyers in the nation’s hottest housing market

Housing Wire

Jay Garrett, a loan officer at Supreme Lending ’s McClellan Branch in Austin, said he is seeing 10 to 40 offers on houses no matter where they are in Austin, and cash offers are winning the day because sellers don’t want to have to worry about the house appraising too low for someone who needs financing. “If

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Why the US MLS system is the envy of other countries

Housing Wire

As an Irish immigrant to the United States in 1996 who became a real estate broker in 2000, I can tell you this: The U.S. That kind of drawn-out timetable is typical for the majority of western nations that use the auctioneer system where a seller works with one, perhaps two, auctioneers. fee to the seller. An additional $6,400.

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Annual home-price growth cooled further in February

Housing Wire

Inventory has remained low as sellers are locked into their low mortgage rates, even as many home buyers are turned away from this market due to affordability constraints amid volatile mortgage rates,” Nicole Bachaud, Zillow ’s senior economist, said in a statement. The 10-city home price index also posted a 0.4%

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REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT WILL UNSETTLE BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

Recent news that the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) wishes to settle a series of lawsuits from home sellers has sent ripples through the real estate industry. Allegations of collusion to inflate compensation paid to both buyer and seller agents in transactions prompted this landmark settlement, estimated at a staggering $418M.

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New Hampshire 2023 Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

Despite this decline, motivated buyers were out there trying to secure a home while also trying to navigate lower affordability and low inventory. The drop in nearly 4,000 closings wasn’t just because buyers weren’t buying; they would, but many couldn’t because sellers weren’t selling. Sales Decline by 18.9%

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What’s The Leaven Causing Home Prices to Rise Today?

Cleveland Appraisal Blog

On many of my appraisals at that time, my opinion of value would not support the contract price. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid that any contract price is reflective of market value. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates from 2000 to today. This created an even more severe shortage of available housing for buyers to choose from.

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Massachusetts 2023 Year in Review

Lamacchia Realty

It kept inventory down, which propped up prices, but sales are down nearly 22%, and buyers are hungry. This report breaks down sales, average prices, the number of active listings, and how many listings went under contract for 2023 compared to 2022 and discusses what is predicted to unfold in 2024. Sales Decline by 21.7%