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eXp Realty launches Exclusives app

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eXp Realty is looking to get into the exclusives game. The app will also house all of eXp’s active MLS listings and the service is free to eXp Realty agents. On Tuesday, the nation’s No. 1 brokerage by transaction side count announced the launch of eXp Exclusives , which will be open to eXp agents and their clients in the U.S.

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Special report: Jacksonville’s brokerage competition visualized

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Those advantages, coupled with cheap land, made the city a favorite for homebuilders like DR Horton and Lennar that brought plenty of new inventory to market. In this environment of high rates and tight inventory, brokerages have had to become sharp elbowed. Competition heats up In 2019, Watson Realty Corp.

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Homes in Boise, Idaho are “flying off the market”

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months worth of supply, according to Keller Williams Realty Boise , and homes typically stay on the market for just five days. Steven Caporale, founder and principal of Accel Realty Partners in Boise, has been in the industry for 25 years and said he’s never seen the housing market look like this. “In

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Climate migration driving more buyers to Burlington, VT

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Burlington has seen an influx of people even prior to COVID,” Claire Kavenaugh, a local eXp Realty agent said. Exacerbating the issue of soaring demand is an incredibly low level of inventory. “At At the moment we have about four weeks of inventory,” Mannix said. “A COVID kind of ramped things up even more.

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First-time homebuyers fueling hot Des Moines housing market

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Michael Martin, broker and owner of Des Moines Realty Group , said that there has been an increase in new construction, with home price points ranging from $250,000 to $300,000, which also attracts first-time homebuyers. Housing inventory in the Des Moines housing market is tight. So, it’s been absolutely nuts.”.

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Off-the-grid deals: Distressed property trends and market insights

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I’m still focusing on those markets with very low (retail) inventory. Tritt, who owns Tritt Realty , said he recently talked to another local investor who purchased a property at foreclosure auction. That investor was willing to lose money on the deal just to keep his construction crew busy. “I

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Hope and homebuyers return to Paradise

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“Every home, every little business, there were a few that made it along the main streets, but other than that, at least 95-98% of the residential housing in the area was gone,” local eXp Realty agent Mike Stearns said. We have had over 200 lots active on the market at one time since 2019, so we are a little low on inventory.”.

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