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Buyer agency: a crucial historical shift in real estate

Housing Wire

Those too young to remember the wild west of real estate believe that real estate commissions have always been evenly split between seller’s and buyer’s agents, with each receiving a portion of the sale price. This misconception obscures the reality that, historically, buyers lacked formal representation.

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How to Buy a Home Before Selling the One You Live In

Raleigh Realty

If so, things can get a little complicated if you aren't a first-time buyer. After all, first-time buyers have the luxury of taking their time shopping for a home; when the right one comes along, they also don't have to worry about selling an existing home before they make an offer.

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Affordability boosts Indianapolis housing market 

Housing Wire

According to Zillow ’s annual predictions, Indianapolis will be the fourth-hottest real estate market of 2024, thanks to its solid economy, housing inventory, affordability and pent-up demand. In 2024, she is optimistic that sellers will sell and more buyers will come to the market, as there is a big pent-up demand.

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What has Been the Impact of COVID-19 on the Real Estate Market?

Boston Appraisal

COVID-19 Impact on Buyers and Sellers These low loan rates are pushing buyers to risk virus exposure in search of better housing. Without additional new homes coming into the market, home prices will rise too fast and quickly exceed affordability for first-time home buyers – even with the record-low mortgage rates.

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What has Been the Impact of COVID-19 on the Real Estate Market?

Boston Appraisal

COVID-19 Impact on Buyers and Sellers. These low loan rates are pushing buyers to risk virus exposure in search of better housing. Without additional new homes coming into the market, home prices will rise too fast and quickly exceed affordability for first-time home buyers – even with the record-low mortgage rates.

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Institutional investors now balk at buying homes in this market niche

Housing Wire

Institutional real estate investors — often mammoth operators with ties to Wall Street — gobbled up record amounts of inventory in almost every corner of the pandemic-induced fever dream that was the 2021 housing market, with one notable exception: distressed properties sold at foreclosure auction. Bulk Buyer Bonanza. in 2009.

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Opportunities to improve the home-building process

Housing Wire

The build process was a logistical nightmare from start to finish. So many times I wondered to myself, “Why are site logistics and materials managed by someone in a truck writing on a notepad?” “Why I know that’s not the case for most people. There are tons of overlapping components to understand. Why are costs so unpredictable?”