WASHINGTON (April 27, 2023) – Pending home sales decreased in March for the first time since November 2022, according to the National Association of REALTORS®. Three US regions posted monthly losses, while the South increased. All four regions saw year-over-year declines in transactions. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)* – a forward-looking indicator of home…
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Vail Valley broker Sara Hoodicoff to co-chair session at Colorado Association of Realtors event
Local Realtor Sara Hoodicoff will co-chair a seminar on international sales at this week’s Colorado Association of Realtors Spring Summit in Vail.Sara Hoodicoff/courtesy photo The Colorado Association of Realtors is holding its spring summit this week at the Four Seasons in Vail. Local broker Sara Hoodicoff will co-chair one of the meetings at the three-day…
A Very Vanilla Virginia Home With a Creepy Hidden Dungeon Is the Week’s Most Popular Listing
A seemingly inconspicuous home in Bristow, VA, with a bizarre basement capturing everyone’s attention, making it this week’s most popular listing on Realtor.com®. From a “Where the Wild Things Are”–designed kid’s bedroom to a possibly “Ghostbusters”-inspired basement, the theme is certainly the brainchild of the home seller’s imagination. The 3,013-square-foot home boasts a mostly traditional…
Stop Overthinking and Start Investing: A 4-Step Guide to Real Estate Success
Have you ever found yourself stuck in analysis paralysis? That feeling of being trapped in your own head, overthinking and over-analyzing things to death and you can’t make a decision and it keeps you from moving forward or taking action. Many of us have been there when it came to real estate investing, causing one…
Home prices in Center County, PA on the rise. See the data
The median home sale price in Center County last month was more than 11% higher than it was the year before, area realtors say. RichLegg Getty Images The median home sale price in Centre County in March was more than 11% higher than it was the year before, according to data recently published by the…
Spring housing market could bring a reckoning for realtors in Canada
Breadcrumb Trail Links Real Estate Realtors’ fate depends on whether buyers and sellers return in force and how that will affect prices Published March 30, 2023 • Last updated 3 days ago • 5 minute read Industry observers have suggested the usually busy spring market might be the turning point that lures buyers and sellers…
Head of Sask. realtors association calls mortgage fraud case ‘surprising’
Guerette said a significant number of people are involved in every transaction, including the banks, realtors, appraisers and lawyers. “It’s a bit surprising that it did take this long to have such an unacceptable situation brought to light,” she said. There are two aspects of being a licensed realtor in Saskatchewan, Guerette explained. First, a…
Does a Canadian realty price-fixing lawsuit have merit?
A proposed class-action lawsuit alleges that some of Canada’s largest brokerages and real-estate associations are engaged in price-fixing to inflate Realtor commissions. Brokerages named in the lawsuit include ReMax, Century 21, and IproRealty Ltd., as well as the Canadian Real Estate Association and the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board. The lawsuit claims that there is…
Realtors say roosters taking over Phoenix neighborhood deterring potential buyers
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) — There are chickens and roosters all over yards and even some roofs in one Valley neighborhood. Many residents in the area say they enjoy it, but a real estate agent says it could be impacting home values. For years, chickens and roosters have been roaming the neighborhood south of the Biltmore…