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Hit Them With Your Best Shot: How Much to Offer on a Short Sale

HomeLight

But what if it’s a different kind of sale … for example, how much should you offer on a short sale? Enter the short sale : a solution for the seller, and a special opportunity for a buyer. What’s a short sale? Short sales are unique because they require the approval of the seller’s lender.

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6 Simple Graphs Proving This Is Nothing Like Last Time

Keeping Current Matters

Home sales and prices were both up substantially over the year before. As the next graph shows, there were too many homes for sale in 2007, and that caused prices to tumble. 2020 was so strong that many now fear the market’s exuberance mirrors that of the last housing boom and, as a result, we’re now headed for another crash.

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Vickie Pizzarelli joins Engel & Völkers as a Real Estate Advisor

Realty Biz

Engel & Völkers of East Greenwich announced today that Vickie Pizzarelli has joined its brokerage as a real estate advisor, where she specializes in new construction, residential sales, foreclosures, and short sales. Vickie joins Engel & Völkers from eXp Realty. Vickie holds a DiSC Trainer certification.

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Another Look at if We are Headed for a Real Estate Bubble

Realty Biz

The housing bubble bust of 2008 resulted in almost 10 million Americans losing their homes to foreclosures and short sales. Adjustable-rate mortgages were a significant contributing factor to the Great Recession foreclosures and short sales. Values plunged 30% and more in some areas.

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Is the Housing Market in a Bubble? How the Indicators Today Compare With the Great Recession

Realtor.com

This time around, there isn’t a glut of available housing, the subprime loans that got so many homebuyers in trouble in the mid-2000s have largely been eliminated, and millions of Americans aren’t likely to lose their homes to short sales and foreclosures. ® Chief Economist Danielle Hale.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Buyers Agents in Real Estate

Realty Biz

Buyer agents play a crucial role in real estate transactions. They provide services such as guiding buyers through the home buying process, offering expertise in the local market, and assisting with negotiation and closing. Understanding the difference between buyer and seller's agents and how buyer's agents are compensated is essential.

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Selling a Home in Foreclosure in San Diego

CT Homes

This guide is constructed to walk you through one lesser-known option—selling to cash buyers, helping traverse this challenging path with informed confidence. This guide is constructed to walk you through one lesser-known option—selling to cash buyers, helping traverse this challenging path with informed confidence. Even tougher.