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Land sales volume remains high, but slower than pandemic peak

Housing Wire

Land sales volume continued to exceed the five-year average of $650 million in gross sales during the first six months of 2023, but gross sales are off from the record-setting pace of 2021 and 2022, according to Farmers National Company mid-year land values report , released Tuesday.

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Oregon tweaks restrictive land use law to address housing shortage

Housing Wire

Central to the bill is a revision of Oregon’s distinctive land use law that was passed in 1973. The newly approved bill grants cities a one-time exemption from long-standing regulations to acquire new land for housing developments. Tina Kotek, the bill aims to invigorate home construction in the state.

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Texas State Senate approves limitations on land sales to China, Russia

Housing Wire

The Texas State Senate this week approved a bill that would limit the sale of its farmland to individuals and organizations associated with the governments of China, Iran, North Korea and Russia. That proposal received support and an intent to sign it into law from Gov.

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9 tips for high-converting real estate landing pages

Housing Wire

Sure, your real estate landing pages look great — but do they convert? Before you hire a copywriter or enlist ChatGPT to help you write catchy phrases and descriptions, review our guide covering the key elements that every real estates landing page should have, plus a few dazzling examples.

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Home sales will be weak in 2024 regardless of “soft landing”: Fannie Mae

Housing Wire

Strong consumption data combined with slowing inflation points to a “soft landing” for the economy, Fannie Mae ‘s Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group said Thursday. Retail sales rose 0.7% Total existing home sales fell 2.2% Year-over-year, sales slumped 16.6% CPI rose 0.2% decline from 0.1%

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Land tells a story. Sell it with Land id: Tech Review

Inman

The web and mobile application offers users exceptionally in-depth information on the one global resource that can no longer be produced — land.

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A soft landing for the real estate market. What’s next?

Housing Wire

housing market could have a soft landing in 2023. Any time you use the phrase “soft landing” it should come with a trigger warning because some folks get really angry hearing it. But, I think it’s pretty indisputable now that we got a soft landing. This is what a soft landing looks like. So right now — soft landing.

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