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7 best real estate schools in Massachusetts for 2024

Housing Wire

Exam Prep: The Basic Prelicensing package features three e-books and a course manual designed to help you retain essential real estate concepts and prepare for the state exam. And Exam Prep Plus includes 40 hours a month of Live Q&A with local instructors for a personal, guided approach.

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“It’s ridiculous”: Real estate industry opposes newly proposed cash-deal reporting rules

Housing Wire

As the principal broker for a RE/MAX franchise in coastal Cannon Beach, Oregon, Alaina Giguiere’s typical responsibilities include marketing homes for sellers, touring homes with buyers, generating new business leads, managing client relationships, and drafting and reviewing contracts with buyers and sellers.

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ClearCast Podcast E19 — Ribbon Co-Founder & CEO Shaival Shah

Clear Capital

Following up on lots of the stories that have been out there in the media about potential purchase appraisal bias pertaining to race and ethnicity, Freddie Mac kicked off a study of whether minorities are more likely to receive an appraisal value that’s lower than the contract price during purchase transactions. Kenon Chen. Kenon Chen.

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RISING INFLATION, RATES TRIP UP HOUSING MARKET

Will Springer Realtor

The King County housing market has seen inventory increase by 55% in the past month, while the number of homes going under contract fell 22% from May to the lowest June level since 2011. That’s according to Census Bureau data averaged out over the five years between 2016 and 2020 and reported by The Seattle Times. in our region.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

There are no signs of a real estate crisis, particularly in the Puget Sound region, where prices keep rising – up about 20% the past year and 68% in Seattle alone since 2016, by one measure – amid a dearth of inventory and surge of buyers. Just more than 4,000 homes went under contract last month across all home types in King, a 4.3%

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WEIGHING SEATTLE’S FUTURE WITH FEWER OFFICES

Will Springer Realtor

Louis Sullivan, the so-called father of high-rise construction design, once said: “The skyscraper establishes the block, the block creates the street, and the street offers itself as a riverbed to the stream of life that flows through the city.” The Mercer Island home, designed by noted architect the late Charles L.

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FINDING THE KEY TO UNLOCK ‘STUCK’ HOMEOWNERSHIP RATE

Will Springer Realtor

UNMARRIED AND BUYING TOGETHER For the third consecutive year, a report from the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) noted an increase in unmarried couples purchasing a home. The quarterly figure pales in comparison to most years; more than 125,000 foreclosure filings occurred in Q1 of 2016. 1 (6861). >> bath , 5123 sq.

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