by Liz Ruggiero | Jul 5, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, Lead Story, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Amidst the real estate market’s roller coaster ride of the past two-plus years, one of the pillars of a successful real estate transaction—the home inspection—fell by the wayside as buyers maneuvered around stiff competition to secure a home. In this...
by Liz Ruggiero | Jul 5, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
One of the most important parts of a healthy housing market is having healthy homes. Maintenance costs—which average somewhere between 0.5% and 1% of the home’s value per year—are vital investments homeowners need to make not just for themselves, but for the next...
by Liz Ruggiero | Jul 5, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
It is the most important word in real estate today, and no, it’s not “location.” Increasingly, real estate insiders and government policymakers are recognizing that if no one can afford housing, we are all in a lot of trouble. “Affordability” has become a crisis...
by Liz Ruggiero | Jul 5, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Though U.S. home price growth relaxed slightly in May from April, it remained in double digits year over year for the 16th consecutive month, according to the latest CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™ for May 2022, released last week. As...
by Jesse Williams | Jul 1, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
The shifting mortgage market has sent ripples throughout the lending industry that have manifested in waves of layoffs as companies look to adapt to the changing times. While this has become a common trend in the past six months, some companies have struggled more...
by Jesse Williams | Jul 1, 2022 | Agents, Brokers, Industry News, Latest News, National, News, Premier, Teams |
Using a newly released Census Bureau analysis, researchers at the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) have finally been able to do something that has eluded most observers: contrast pre-pandemic and pandemic-era housing with hard numbers. For a variety of...