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12 Questions to Ask Your Real Estate Agent

PennyMac

This does not mean that you should avoid new agents at all costs — just ask them a few more questions about their journey. Many of them have had great training and even specialized experience working for seasoned Realtors®. New agents can also often deliver high quality, personalized service as a result of having fewer clients.

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Buyers Face Extreme Risks When Sellers Extend Their Stay

Will Springer Realtor

In a sellers’ market where new listings are scarce, owners are requesting time – days or weeks – to find their next residence and move. Once the home is sold, roles are reversed … with a twist: Buyer becomes owner and landlord while seller turns tenant, highly protected by state and local occupancy laws.

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2023 Massachusetts Mid-Year Report

Lamacchia Realty

Sales are down now due to major mortgage rate increases crushing buyer affordability, and sellers hesitating to list their homes because they don’t want to lose their low pandemic era rates. Listings are the lowest they have been in recorded history, click here to read our recent report (or see below in our Listings section).

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Expectations for 2024 in Seattle/King County Real Estate

Will Springer Realtor

The region’s real estate scene in 2023 will be remembered for rising home prices and scant new listings. Buyers and sellers tiptoed through caution. As the year dims, all eyes fixate on 2024’s potential: a hopeful dance fueled by dreams of lower rates and a wave of new homes for sale. Um, bye-bye!

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High Financing Hurdles Lead to Low Housing Activity in Seattle/King County

Will Springer Realtor

The market is spooking many potential buyers and sellers thanks to stubbornly high mortgage interest rates. Only buyers and sellers who must move are doing so. fewer new listings, the rate of sales rose 1.7% fewer new listings (1998) compared to July and 5.0% While there were 5.8% against the previous month.

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