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This savagely unhealthy housing market needs higher rates

Housing Wire

The National Association of Realtors reported Thursday that existing home sales for April came in at 5.61 million , with double-digit home-price growth driving a housing market that is still savagely unhealthy. My rule to get the housing market out of the unhealthy stage is that we need total inventory back between 1.52

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Definitions for Deal-Seeking Buyers: Short Sales, Foreclosures, and REO Homes

HomeLight

You may have heard that short sales, foreclosures, or bank-owned properties offer great opportunities for a steal , but what do these different terms mean, and how does the homebuying transaction work for each? What’s the difference between buying a short sale vs. a foreclosure, and where can the best deals be had?

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What do economic trends mean for housing in 2023?

Housing Wire

This article is part of our ongoing 2023 Housing Market Forecast series. After this series wraps, join us on May 30 for the next Housing Market Update Event. As broader economic events have taken center stage since last summer, the market has grown increasingly volatile. To register, go here. In March 2023, it was just 2.2

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Need to sell your house fast? Here are 7 great options

Housing Wire

Roofstock Marketplace , for example, offers services to help sellers who need to sell their homes fast, including key market insights to help with pricing. It may be a seller’s market for a while, but then switch to a buyer’s market, or the market could come to a halt altogether. Consider a Short Sale.

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How Smart Investors Decipher & Respond to Real Estate Market Cycles

The Close

I bought my first investment property at 21 years old, before I really understood the potential impact of real estate market cycles. But it took time and experience to figure out the particular moments in a real estate market cycle that are better for different types of investing. Understanding Real Estate Market Cycles.

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Foreclosed Properties: How to Buy One and Whether You Should

Realty Biz

We talked to licensed real estate broker Christina Prostano , founder and principal agent of CP Global, who has been working the Manhattan and Brooklyn real estate markets in New York City since 2005. Finding properties in one of the stages of foreclosure is often as easy as looking through a simple Zillow search.

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Finding and Buying Off-Market Real Estate

Realty Biz

In many American cities, the housing market is very hot. Thanks to low mortgage rates and the shift to working from home, cities like Las Vegas, Nashville, Phoenix, and Austin often have more demand for housing markets than stocks. Non-market decision The Multiple Listing Service (MLS) does not list all properties for sale.

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