Spring is typically the busiest season for the real-estate market. But with limited inventory and high mortgage rates, purchasing a home remains an expensive and time-consuming process. MarketWatch spoke to three realtors about how home buyers can stand out from the competition. Mortgage rates are double where they were a year ago, above 6.6%, and…
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This One Rookie Homebuyer Move Drives Real Estate Agents Crazy
Most homebuyers understand the perils of making a financial misstep like buying more houses than they can afford or ending up with a money pit that requires unexpected, big-budget repairs. After all, buying a home is likely the most important financial decision you’ll ever make, and you want to walk away from the process feeling…
School jobs scam probe: ED seizure from realtor points to ‘graft’ in civic body hirings
The Enforcement Directorate (ED), which is looking into the school jobs scam in West Bengal, on Sunday claimed to have recovered a list of candidates, admit cards and OMR sheets from the office of a realtor considered close to now expelled Trinamool Congress leader Shantanu Banerjee. Sources in the central agency claimed that the documents…
Driving (in) the real estate business
When realtor Audrey Azad drives her Tesla Model X SUV, she knows the kids on the street are doubled up laughing at her license plate that reads, PASTGAS. If that isn’t enough, the car comes with a whoopie cushion app. “You can fire it off from any speaker,” she says. “I have endless hours of…
The Fed Just Jammed Another Wrench Into the Housing Market
On the precipice of the hotly anticipated spring housing market, the US Federal Reserve just dealt homebuyers another crushing blow. Jerome Powell, chair of the Federal Reserve, told Congress on Tuesday that more aggressive interest rates might be needed to cool inflation. And while mortgage interest rates are separate from the Fed’s short-term rates, they…
The realtor is slammed for a video of a seven-figure Manhattan studio with a bed hidden in the wall
‘$1m for a Murphy bed?!’ The realtor is slammed for gushing video of a seven-figure Manhattan studio with a bed hidden in a wall and a huge pillar in the center of the room A studio apartment in Manhattan with a folding bed in the wall was listed for $1M The real estate agent who…
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…
West USA Realty: Award-Winning Realtor Josh Meacham Announces New Office Location In Pinetop, Arizona
Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona, March 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Josh Meacham is excited to announce to prospective buyers and sellers his award-winning services in a new office location in Pinetop, Arizona. As an experienced Pinetop Arizona realtor Josh Meacham has been working as an estate agent since 2006 and, through his expertise in the local housing…
This Arizona Realtor’s HOA Just Got Served A Big, Tall Glass Of Petty Revenge
HOAs, or homeowners associations, are supposed to protect a neighborhood’s property values by maintaining agreed-upon community standards. But unfortunately, some HOAs spiral into control freak behavior, causing residents endless drama and annoyances. Well, recently, Arizona-based Realtors Jared and Tim Deluca found themselves on the receiving end of some HOA nonsense, all because of a pride…