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Bay Area team bolts Compass for Side

Housing Wire

Created in 2004 by Barr Haney and Whitney Potter, OWN Marin generated $381 million in 2020 sales volume, the agent team reported, on 153 deal sides, meaning that the median home in which they represented seller or buyer was priced at $2.8

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What to Do If The Home You’re Buying has Defective Drywall

Lamacchia Realty

Between the years 2004-2008, large shipments of drywall were imported to the United States from overseas. So, if you’re purchasing a home that was built after August of 2004, it’s best to check with the seller and their agent about the drywall. With this in mind, buyers need to be thorough and diligent in protecting themselves.

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Top brokerage execs see silver linings in commission lawsuits

Housing Wire

For the past month, much of the focus has been placed on the potential negative changes the agreement may cause, including more buyers being unrepresented, an uptick in dual licensing and potential hardships for low-income buyers, including those that utilize Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and U.S.

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Inside Redfin’s unique, brave and vulnerable business model

Housing Wire

Living on commissions often means getting paid more for convincing a buyer to increase their acceptable price range or coaxing a seller to hold out for a more lucrative deal. Nary an eye was blinked – much less legal action was taken – over these brokerage’s business moves. Realogy bought ZipRealty for $166 million in 2014.

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Conservation Easement in Ohio: A Guide to Protecting Our Treasured Land

The Robert Weiler Company

A simple conservation easement definition is a legal contract to protect private land, permanently. A contract between the landowner and the buyer is legally binding. The land can also be taxed because the buyer privately owns the property. A land trust is a legal entity that assumes ownership of purchased property.

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HOUSING ‘TRIFECT’ PUTTING SQUEEZE ON BUYERS

Will Springer Realtor

As the chart shows, a historically large segment of Millennials is inching toward 36, the median age of a first-time home buyer in the U.S. An index score of 100 means that a buyer with a median U.S. After peaking in 2004 at 69%, this country’s homeownership rate has slipped to 66%. Ah, yes, the pandemic.

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