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Inside Zillow’s misadventures in iBuying

Housing Wire

In May the real estate agent listed a two-bedroom home in Fountain Hills, Arizona, 30 miles north of Phoenix, for $342,000. With one of only a few companies that provide an iBuying offering halting business, it does present an opportunity to us as customer demand for streamlined, on-demand real estate solutions remain high.”.

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Opinion: What the ICE-Black Knight merger means

Housing Wire

The decision to allow the ICE – Black Knight merger to proceed announces the digital integration of the real estate value chain anticipated for over 25 years. The capital, capability and content are present to make all real estate markets smarter, faster, safer and connected.

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The state of the homebuilding market

Housing Wire

With continued supply chain disruption, cost increases and fear of inflation , the market has felt tenuous at best. Our upcoming State of the Residential Construction Industry (SORCI) Report will reflect how builders have braced for impact: Despite the rate of new contracts slowing, margins didn’t decrease.

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Pending home sales reach highest May mark in 16 years

Housing Wire

Pending home sales reached its highest mark for the month of May since 2005, up 8% from the previous month of April as low inventory continues driving buyers to snatch up available real estate. ” Contract signings on new homes increased 13.1% ” Contract signings on new homes increased 13.1% year over year. .

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Despite lack of supply, existing home sales rise 6.7%

Housing Wire

Homes went under contract in just 19 days on average, down from 21 a year ago. ” While homebuilders are getting closer to delivering new homes , they remain stymied by ongoing global supply chain issues. Sales of homes priced above $1 million were up 39%. “While the 6.7

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Opinion: The “profitless boom” in residential construction

Housing Wire

Be cautious when signing fixed-price contracts. It’s taking some building companies to the breaking point after more than a year of supply shortages. But, there is light at the end of the tunnel, but it will take time for supply chains to recover. . Enter into contracts that are malleable to market prices.

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The Forecast for the Atlanta Real Estate Market in 2024

Hank Miller Team

What is the forecast for the Atlanta real estate market in 2024? How can variables like local and national economic conditions, consumer debt, consumer confidence, the Fed, global supply chains, wars and conflict and a hundred other wild cards be corralled? From the peak, contracts and closings are significantly off.