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Buyers and sellers agree: it’s a good time to enter the housing market

Housing Wire

For the third consecutive month, Fannie Mae’s Home Purchase Sentiment Index, a composite index designed to track consumers’ desire to sell or buy a home, gained 0.7 While the state of the market shines brightly for prospective buyers and sellers, the economy overall is showing some slight hesitation. points in October to 81.7.

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The Appraisal Institute Ignores Its Membership For Third Time In Sham Election Maneuver

Miller Samuel

Back in 2016, I unleashed a flurry of commentary criticizing the Appraisal Institute executives who had a plan to take all chapter funds for no justifiable reason. Leslie Sellers was on the board then and was quite upset that he did not get the nomination but was able to vote for himself using this maneuver.

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Housing Market Tracker: Inventory falls even lower

Housing Wire

Mortgage rate volatility was so wild in the second half of 2022 and even this year that some home sellers are gun-shy in listing their homes, since they will be buying another one. The housing market tracker is designed to give an outlook for the future, and as I have written, the housing market dynamics changed starting Nov.

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Pay later platforms: A superhero for the housing ecosystem? 

Housing Wire

Despite the constant talk of innovation and disruption, new companies all hew to some variation of tried and tested business designs. Atlantic Magazine did a sweeping survey of Americans in 2016 and found that 50% of them suggested that they would not be able to find an extra $400 in an emergency. Still, vast swaths of the U.S.

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Sarah Hatch Promoted to Vice President of Relocation

Lamacchia Realty

This comes after over six years of Sarah being in the relocation business and recently passing upon her first attempt and receiving her designation as Certified Relocation Professional, CRP. Sarah has been good at everything she has gotten involved in at our company since she started back in 2016.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for January 2022

Lamacchia Realty

Click here to learn more about Eileen Doherty Liz Puchala has always had a passion for architecture, décor, and design. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and worked in the home improvement and design industries, learning valuable sales and customer service skills.

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Lamacchia Realty Announces Top Producing REALTORS® for February 2023

Lamacchia Realty

Elena has achieved numerous designations throughout her real estate career, starting in 2016. Paul is known for actively listening to his clients’ desires and preferences to help them find their dream home, and his design sense has helped sellers fetch high prices.