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Typical homebuyers made $107,000 annually, used a real estate agent in 2023: NAR survey

Housing Wire

Homebuyers’ median household income increased by $19,000 this year from 2022, reaching $107,000, according to the National Association of Realtors ’ 2023 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers. It was the highest share of all-cash transactions recorded since 2014. Meanwhile, in September, one-third of U.S.

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San Francisco-based OWN Real Estate makes the leap to Keller Williams

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San Francisco-based real estate team OWN Real Estate joined Keller Williams , the company announced on Wednesday. Founded by Wilson Leung, the team has 19 real estate agents and six staff members. In 2022, OWN Real Estate sold 80 homes, amounting to more than $107.1

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Corcoran launches first franchise in Oregon

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Realtors , was founded in 2014 by Jackson and Matt Lesher. The brokerage boasts a team of roughly two dozen licensed agents , as well as support staff members in marketing, management and transaction coordination roles. ” Corcoran Prime, previously known as The Agency Inc.

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Opinion: All the ways the class-action commission lawsuits are misguided

Housing Wire

No seller must use a real estate agent to sell a home — ever. In fact, considering inter-family and estate transfers as well as for-sale-by-owners, as many as 20% of all transactions may not include the use of an agent. Consumers are free to sell or buy a home without an agent — and consumers know this.

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Hispanic homeownership held back by FHA borrower discrimination, survey says

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The rate of Hispanic homeownership has been inching up each year since 2014, according to U.S. One real estate agent interviewed by the NAHREP surveyors said the biggest challenge in 2021 was discrimination against FHA borrowers. “A Census Bureau statistics.

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Opendoor, Atlanta, and the future of iBuying

Housing Wire

After a review of Atlanta area property records, it would appear Kim Klir is the most successful real estate agent in world history. Of those sales, Klir was the listing agent for 1,213 of the 1,613 deals, according to FMLS data. Led by CEO Eric Wu , Opendoor is arguably normalizing iBuyers in real estate.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for November 2023

Lamacchia Realty

has released its “Top Producing REALTORS®,” for November 2023! This program recognizes the Top 10 REALTORS® by company and the Top 3 or 5 REALTORS® by office with the highest transaction numbers or sales for the month! Most recently, Eileen was ranked on the 2023 RealTrends America’s Best Real Estate Professionals list!

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