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NAR Chief Economist Predicts Falling Long-Term Interest Rates, Rising Existing-Home Sales in 2024

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Tue, 2024-05-07 14:09

The National Association of REALTORS®’ Chief Economist Lawrence Yun forecasted that interest rates will fall in the long term, 2024 existing-home sales will rise to 4.46 million (up 9% from 4.09 million in 2023) and 2025 existing-home sales will increase to 5.05 million (up 13.2% from 2024)—with further gains in eight of the next 10…

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NYC rents grew 7 times faster than wages last year

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 13:49
The nation's biggest city saw the biggest gap emerge between the rates of wage growth and rent growth.

$60M non-waterfront Palm Beach estate one of the priciest ever sold

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 13:34
The mansion on Banyan Road was gut-renovated by homeowner and interior designer Victoria Hagan before being sold off-market to an unknown buyer.

AREAA, Fair Housing Advocates File Lawsuit Alleging Discrimination

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Tue, 2024-05-07 12:49

The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA), Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA), Housing Opportunities Project for Excellence, Inc. and the Fair Housing Center of the Greater Palm Beaches, have filed a fair housing discrimination suit in Miami federal court, together challenging Florida’s state law SB 264. Each organization is claiming the bill violates the…

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Florida is king for short-term rental investors: Study

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 12:01
Enviable weather, ocean views and a lengthy list of landmark tourist destinations have made Florida a treasure chest for short-term rental investors. A Clever Real Estate market analysis published on Tuesday revealed strong property values, robust population growth, and year-round tourist demand have made Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville and Miami top-tier cities for short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms.

NAR Panel: Financing Buyer Commission Could Be Expensive and Dangerous

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Tue, 2024-05-07 11:42

Bringing together ostensible outsiders with deep experience in the realm of housing policy and finance, the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) billed the panel—taking place during the organization’s midyear legislative meetings in Washington D.C. yesterday—as an overview of “practical and policy solutions in a post-settlement environment.”   Really, however, the focus was on one policy—financing buyer…

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Offerpad Q1 Earnings: Revenue Way Down, Though Improvements Cited

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Tue, 2024-05-07 11:35

In a Q1 earnings call May 6, technology real estate company Offerpad Chairman and CEO Brian Bair put as positive a spin as he could on numbers that continue to exist in the negative, preferring to accentuate a growth pattern through smaller losses this year over last.  The iBuyer’s revenue was sharply down in the…

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Brokers See Inventory, Demand Surge as Sentiment Defies Looming NAR Changes

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Tue, 2024-05-07 11:15

RISMedia’s latest Broker Confidence Index (BCI) is offering a potentially very positive preview of 2024’s spring and summer market, with a bigger than usual jump in broker sentiment at the beginning of the traditional busy season for real estate, which could foreshadow resurgent sales. Jumping a full point from seven to eight in April, brokers…

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Housing Trade Groups Applaud Launch of Bipartisan Congressional Real Estate Caucus

USA Real Estate News-RISMedia - Tue, 2024-05-07 11:08

The National Association of REALTORS®, the National Association of Home Builders, the Mortgage Bankers Association, the American Land Title Association, National Apartment Association, U.S. Mortgage Insurers, National Multifamily Housing Council, Asian Real Estate Association of America, American Property Owners Alliance, Leading Builders of America and Nareit express thanks to Reps. Mark Alford (R-Mo.), J. Luis…

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Did NAR’s buyer contract info provide the clarity you need? Pulse

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 10:28
Questions of agency, agreements and compensation are on the line. Do you have the information you need to move forward now?

Realtor.com CEO delivers full-throated speech in support of NAR

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 09:53
Realtor.com CEO Damian Eales took to the podium on Monday at the MLS Forum of the Realtors Legislative Meetings to refute rival CoStar's earlier claims about Homes.com's growing traffic.

Real Brokerage posts sharp uptick in revenue and agent count in Q1

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 08:51
The Real Brokerage reported revenue of $200.7 million in the first quarter of 2024 as gross profit soared to $20.8 million, according to Q1 earnings data released Tuesday morning.

Fathom sells Dagley Insurance subsidiary back to founder

USA Real Estate News-Inman - Tue, 2024-05-07 08:35
The sales proceeds of $15 million will strengthen the company's financial position and support growth initiatives, Fathom Realty parent company said Monday of its latest move to shore up finances.
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