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Unwrapping what to expect in your home inspection, appraisal and closing

Housing Wire

Have you budgeted for closing costs? Before you get overwhelmed, take comfort that critical milestones of home inspection, appraisal and closing processes are all great ways to get more acquainted with your prospective new home. Should the appraisal come in lower than the contract price, the closing process may be impacted.

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CoStar’s billion-dollar marketing spend to include four Super Bowl ads

Housing Wire

In an attempt to reach residential listing portal supremacy, CoStar Group (the parent company of Apartments.com and Homes.com ) will air four advertisements during this Sunday’s broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs. This is the next stage in the development of Homes.com.

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Thinking of selling your real estate brokerage? Here’s how to prepare

Housing Wire

Over the course of our 40+ years at RealTrends Consulting we’ve brokered and/or advised on over 900 transactions in the residential real estate industry. This data becomes important at various stages of a transaction, and when it’s time to produce it, the process is radically easier if it is clean and organized.

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Anywhere teams up with RealScout to facilitate the real estate journey

Housing Wire

Anywhere Real Estate partnered with agent-client collaboration platform RealScout to allow the company’s affiliated real estate agents and franchise owners “to engage, nurture, and convert clients at each stage of the real estate journey,” according to an announcement on Friday. How does it work ?

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3 Luxury Staging Trends to Take ‘Center Stage’ In 2021

RIS Media

Most luxury real estate professionals and their clients know staging trends are important. But did you know staging changes as the market evolves? Of course, there are timeless aspects of staging…. Or that luxury staging can afford to take more risks? That means you should have a grasp on staging trends yourself.

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NAR’s Lawrence Yun predicts lower rates, 15% jump in existing-home sales in 2024

Housing Wire

Yun took the stage on Tuesday at NAR NXT , the trade group’s annual conference in Anaheim, California. He began his presentation during the “Residential Economic Issues and Trends Forum” by analyzing the data points that impacted 2023 real estate conditions before diving into forecasts for next year.

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Weaker economy, inflation caused mortgage delinquency uptick in Q4

Housing Wire

The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one- to four-unit residential properties rose 51 basis points from the previous quarter to a seasonally adjusted rate of 3.96% of all loans outstanding in the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA). “As by the end of 2023.

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