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Top of the list: An interview with Ben Caballero

Housing Wire

Ben Caballero : Our service supports builders, sales, their marketing and then management as it relates to marketing their homes to realtors. What builders don’t need is a realtor to list their homes in a traditional way. So that those agents will bring their buyer to the builder. I never talk to a buyer.

Realtors 352
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Housing Values up on demand, but can lower financing costs help?

MN Real Estate Services

The median price of an existing home sold in May hit a record $239,700, according to the National Association of Realtors, which began tracking prices in 1968. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan balances ($417,000 or less) decreased to its lowest level since May 2013, 3.76

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How JVM Lending plans to expand without any loan originators

Housing Wire

Back in the 2007-2009 meltdown, we had loan officers with us at that time. We are going to pursue the investor niche aggressively, meeting very specific realtors. We have our virtual assistants and our team looking for realtors who focus heavily on investment properties.” I thought it was sparse.

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Price Adjustments in this New Housing Market

Lamacchia Realty

Now, months later, with rates up nearly 100% from the start of the year- January mortgage rates were hovering in the low to mid 3’s and this week reached 6.28%- diminished buyer affordability is causing a big downshift in demand. Rising prices weren’t favorable but with historically low mortgage rates , they were still affordable for buyers.

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Local Markets: Louisville, Reno and San Diego

Housing Wire

This trend has made it easier for buyers with financing and other contingencies to purchase a home. Also helping buyers is an increase in housing inventory, Ridenour Lindsey said. “It Ward also noted that she is seeing fewer out-of-town buyers. It is like a roller coaster: the steeper the climb, the faster the drop.”

Marketing 373
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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

This highlights the importance of Avoiding the 9 Most Common Mistakes Buyers Make. Buyers Beware? Top Ranked Realtors: Paige Martin & The Houston Properties Team. Today's monthly payments on a $500,000 mortgage are about the same as a $210,000 mortgage from the mid-1990s or a $300,000 mortgage from 2007.

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Real Estate Real Fast EP5 (with Ellen Steele, over $10M in sales in the last 12 months)

Listing Spark

The real estate market is ever changing for buyers, sellers, and investors. Should buyers still be staying in with current interest rates? We’ll dive into how the current real estate market is affecting buyers, sellers, and investors with Ellen Steele, a Realtor with ListingSpark that has had over $10M in sales in the last 12 months.