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How Real Estate Agents Can Help Home Buyers Navigate Emotional Decisions

McKissock

As of 2020, a whopping 88% of home buyers relied on the help of a real estate agent to get them through the process. For instance, they might feel more settled about the property they buy if they attend the inspection and know that the home has good bones. You know what your buyers can afford, and you understand how to read contracts.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

What’s shocking is (through the end of 2020) about 23% of Houston neighborhoods in specific areas are still selling at LOWER PRICES than before Hurricane Harvey hit in 2017. 2020 was the best year in American history for personal income. The personal savings rate averaged 7% from about 1995 – 2020. So, what did they do?

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How to Take Advantage of the Cooler Summer Market

Lamacchia Realty

Despite all of it competition is still strong, and buyers are still out there, but with average prices increasing also at historic rates since 2020 and with the cost increase of borrowing, a shift in the market is happening. It has been a tough few years for those looking to purchase homes with competition higher than ever. or 3% to 5.5%

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6 Reasons Why Now Is a Great Time to Sell Your Houston Home

Houston Properties

My last three listings have received a combined 14 offers and gone under contract, on average, within 4 days. We’re also seeing the re-emergence of backup contracts, bidding wars, and homes closing materially over the asking price. 2020: America’s Best Real Estate Teams, Best of America Trends. Houston has 3.7

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Houston Real Estate Market Forecast: Current Data & 2022 Predictions

Houston Properties

Furthermore, the listing agent also often doesn’t make it easy for Houston homebuyers to get the survey, details and any prior inspection reports so you know really know what you’re buying. Sale #3: 2020. On a year-to-date basis, Houston home sales are 13% ahead of 2020’s record pace. and it happens all the time. Sale #2: 2017.

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HINTS OF SHARP INCREASE IN NEW CONSTRUCTION

Will Springer Realtor

Builders began construction on just under a million single-family homes in 2020. About three in every 10 sellers say they have used a camera on the property during an open house or showing at their home, according to a study of more than 2,000 consumers from LendingTree. in existing-home sales April 2020-March 2021.

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What Are Fannie’s New Appraisal Online Formats?

Appraisal Today

Many appraisers have expressed that they will never sign a report they didn’t personally inspect. In fact, nearly every single year, for the last seven years (2016 through 2022, except for the pandemic year of 2020), Miller and the NSAI-GRC team passed a law protecting appraisers and improving the laws governing real estate professionals.