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Home Squatters Are Becoming More Common and Crafty. Here’s How to Prevent It from Happening to Your Home

Lighter Side of Real Estate

But squatters — and the houses they choose to squat in — don’t always resemble that description. On the contrary, your house could become a squatter’s home without you (or your neighbors) even noticing it… until it’s too late. Difficult economic conditions and higher rent are the main reasons cited for an increase in squatters.

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Latest housing starts data is good for mortgage rates

Housing Wire

How is today’s housing starts data , which beat expectations, good for mortgage rates ? Typically good economic data is bad for rates, especially in this environment, when a Fed member will come out and say building or buying homes is bad for fighting inflation. Like most recessions, when demand falls, so does production.

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What’s The ‘Profile’ Of Today’s Landlords?

Toronto Realty Blog

I paid $575 per month to live in an apartment that was one of five in a building that had a storefront out back, four apartments up top, and one apartment on the main floor at the back of the building. The new owner put a dividing wall in the living room of my old apartment and turned it into a three-bedroom ! Their parents.

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Top Five: Real Estate Stories Of 2023!

Toronto Realty Blog

3) The Market Shift 2) “Fixing” The Housing Market 1) Inflation & Interest Rates I can’t imagine that we won’t overlap with at least one of those themes this year. TorontoRealtyBlog Do I bother starting with the obligatory, “I’ll try to make this post shorter this time around?” ” Nah.

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Burning Questions For 2022 (Cont’d)

Toronto Realty Blog

That’s the same-old, same-old, but trust me when I say that once our market is underway in a few days, we’ll be exploring new trends, business practices, and I’ll be regaling you with stories galore! Well, maybe Thursday’s blog was a mouthful. But can you blame me? Is our market really the “same old, same old?

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Four Horsemen of the Housing Apocalypse, Part 3: On a Black Horse – Recession

Notorious ROB

That brings us to the third horseman of the housing apocalypse: recession on the horizon, or the war against wages and those who depend on paychecks to pay their bills. In part 1 , we covered legal and regulatory challenges to the real estate industry. But in the meantime, even the modest Fed action has had real results in the real world.

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How to Become a Successful Part-Time Real Estate Agent

The Close

After reviewing the best online real estate schools, we chose Real Estate Express as the best option for new agents. So you’re considering a switch to the real estate field, but you’re not ready to dive in full time. We totally get it. Many agents successfully pursue real estate part time. Ready to get started? Check Out Real Estate Express.

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