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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, with our listings, the realtors know they have a level of confidence that the information is accurate.

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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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Price Adjustments in Florida Rise Rapidly

Lamacchia Realty

The chart below shows the median time to contract, which is the number of days it takes for the property to be considered off the market. An experienced REALTOR® will make it very clear from the beginning that pricing right is the key to selling faster and for more money. How do you know your house or condo is overpriced?

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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. Last five years, we focused in Texas, we never focused on investment property realtors,” Heejin Kim, co-founder of JVM said. “I We are going to pursue the investor niche aggressively, meeting very specific realtors. I thought it was sparse.

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Appraiser Salaries

Appraisal Today

The sellers custom built the home between 2007 and 2009, using high-end materials and finishes, including a wall of windows and 26-foot-high ceilings in the great room. Because the outage affects both appraisers who are REALTORS® (members of NAR) and those who are not REALTORS®, NAR and RPR have taken steps to expand access to all appraisers.

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Existing home sales will drop to 4.78 million in 2023, NAR predicts

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors predicts there will be 4.78 Fraud risk continues to rise even as the market contracts . He also stressed that the conditions present in 2007 during the foreclosure crisis look very different than today. million existing home sales in 2023, down 6.8% from the 5.13

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

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. Properties are still going under contract. Top Ranked Realtors: Paige Martin & The Houston Properties Team.