This is the final article of my series titled “Interesting Times in Real Estate” that covers the following key real estate trends: Housing Inventory Interest Rates Recent Changes in Residential Real Estate Recent Changes in Commercial and Construction Financing (Today’s article) If you have questions about these or any other topics related to real estate, […]
As we continue to navigate the dynamic landscape of the real estate market in the second quarter of 2024, recent developments involving the National Association of REALTORS® have stirred the industry, signaling significant changes on the horizon on seller/buyer representation and the historical fees paid by the seller to pay for real estate commissions. Here’s […]
As mentioned in part 1, Housing Inventory is influenced by many factors and one factor that has a large influence on real estate (whether it’s a good market or a bad one) is Interest Rates (the price you pay to borrow money over time). When Interest rates are high, this usually slows down anything that’s […]
2024 has been “interesting” to say the least in the world of real estate due to the following: Housing Inventory Interest Rates Recent Changes in Residential Real Estate – NAR Developments, Market Impact and Trends Changes in Commercial and Construction Financing Over the next 4 weeks I’ll send an article on each topic (above) as […]
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In recent news, Realtors are under attack, on who will pay their commissions and for how much will they receive, per this article published by CNN. If they are the listing agent of a property, the agreed commission is listed on this listing agreement and future purchase agreement with the seller but if the realtor […]
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In 2022, real estate hit an all time high in terms of prices at which time I personally decided to sell my home as I thought real estate would be taking a nose dive due to rising interest rates. Part of decision was taking advantage of the strong real estate market but also the fact […]
