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The 11 do’s and don’ts of buying a new build

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Navigating the home buying process often begins with deciding between a new build or an existing homeand while new construction offers exciting possibilities, it also comes with unique challenges. Cosmetic updates like flooring, paint or finish work can sometimes be done after closing at a lower cost.

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Tom Davis shares non-QM opportunities to capitalize heading into 2025

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Tom Davis: Investor transactions are still close to 28% of the overall purchase market. Many investors prefer to close in the name of an LLC. Close one loan for a real estate investor and you have a repeat client for life! TD: DSCR loans are one of the easiest and quickest loans to close.

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Nearly half of home sellers are offering concessions

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According to a new report from Redfin , 44.4% of home sales from January through March included concessions such as money toward repairs, closing costs or mortgage rate buydowns. a year ago and close to the record figure of 45.1% Thats up from 39.3% at the start of 2023. That figure nearly doubled from 36.4%

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Home sellers who didn’t list on the MLS lost $1B in sale proceeds: Zillow

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To classify these sales, Zillow identified sales that were reported pending or closed with at most one day active and with a buyer and seller represented by the same agent or by agents within the same brokerage office, the report stated. Zillow said only this subset of off-MLS transactions was included in the analysis.

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Midwest, Northeast housing markets stay hot amid national cooldown

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Our new listings have gone up slightly but not enough to keep up with demand. So that really kind of hinders our actual total sales and total closings. I think that we’ve underbuilt for 13 years in this country and in this state, so definitely, new construction is in order, she said. year over year, respectively.

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Maryland-based Anchor Home joins Compass

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Collectively, the group brings more than $400 million in career sales and 500-plus closed transactions across Maryland markets, including Annapolis and Severna Park. Anchor Home specializes in high-end residential sales, staging, new construction consultations and renovation strategies. Their average listing price is $1.7

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Realtor.com addresses housing supply gap in new report

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This was driven by an increase in both single-family and multifamily construction. Importantly, new construction activity outpaced household formations for the first time since 2016. At 2024’s pace, closing the gap would take 7.5 But as Hale pointed out, the U.S. still faces a supply shortfall of 3.8