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FHFA conforming loan limits increase to $766,550 in 2024

Housing Wire

The baseline conforming loan limit for mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in 2024 will be $766,550, up 5.5% Conforming loan limits are increasing at a slower pace, mirroring home prices, overall. However, home prices increased 5.56% on average between the third quarters of 2022 and 2023.

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Do Wood Floors Increase Home Value?

Lamacchia Realty

Do Wood Floors Increase Home Value? If you’re thinking about selling your house, one upgrade that can increase your home’s resale value is hardwood flooring. Potential home buyers may be looking for that extra bit of charm that wood floors offer.

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RealScout launches seller lead nurture features

Housing Wire

We have been the category leader in buyer nurture for many years now and we have been widely viewed by our customers as the best way to keep clients in an ecosystem that they have visibility and control over, but that was mainly around buyers. “It was a long time coming,” Andrew Flachner , RealScout’s co-founder and president, said. “We

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DataDigest: How and where homebuilders are closing deals

Housing Wire

The Western pessimism is also unsurprising given the year-over-year declines Western states have seen in home values. Builders reported covering closing costs, offering discounted or free features, helping buyers sell their existing home and providing other incentives. 2019 level.

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Reverse purchase financing: The financing option no one is talking about

Housing Wire

This cohort accounted for 1,950,000 properties — equating to 39% of total homes purchased! 1 With over 12,000 Americans turning 65 every day in 2024, this burgeoning market will undoubtedly continue to bring more buyers and sellers to the table over the next decade. stares down the barrel of a considerable economic downturn.

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Think US home prices are high? At least we aren’t Canada

Housing Wire

This was my best attempt to convince the housing bubble boys that what they believed in is more fabrication than reality before the years 2020-2024. It’s now evident that housing did not collapse and in fact home prices are savagely unhealthy. housing market is more tied to mortgage buyers. In addition, the U.S.

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How to become a luxury real estate agent

Housing Wire

If you’re known in your market as the expert who successfully sells properties between $1 to $3 million, how do you start getting clients looking for homes valued at $10 million+? How do you convince the sellers of $15 million homes to work with you?