“While this program has been immensely successful in getting new homebuyers into the market quickly and in places with low home ownership rates like the Central Valley, clearly more work needs to be done to make sure that there is statewide awareness, particularly in communities of color, Atkins said. The fact that the program ran…
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Keep My Job, Or My House?
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many white-collar workers suddenly had the ability to work from anywhere—anywhere, that is, with an internet connection stable enough to attend Zoom meetings. Shell-shocked by fast-rising home prices and in desperate need of more square footage, many left their city apartments and small homes in the nearby suburbs…
$5 million might be luxe in Minnesota but not in LA
Josh Altman has been appearing regularly on Bravo’s Million Dollar Listings for several years now, where the Los Angeles-based realtor shows exactly that: multimillion-dollar homes for sale in the city of angels. But the Douglas Elliman realtor has a message about the so-called mansion tax on every property sale above $5 million in Los Angeles…
Mortgage Rate Forecast For April 2023
Mortgage rates moved down sharply in March, a welcome trend for homebuyers hoping to make a deal during the spring selling season. Will rates continue the downward trend in April? Housing analysts expect mortgage rates to continue to bounce around this month. While the consensus calls for rates to ease below 6 percent later this…
Selling Your Home? You’ll Get the Highest Price, Quickest Sale in One Special Week
If tax week has you extra-angsty, here’s some good news: It’s the best possible time to sell your house, according to Realtor.com. Historical data shows that April 16-22 offers the most shoppers, sentiment is more positive, and prices are higher than the average week. April 18 is the deadline to file taxes this year. “This…
Firms stand out with remarkable cultures
DENNIS CHAPTMAN Special to the State Journal The appealing characteristics and benefits of work life at large area companies were evident in the 2023 Top Workplaces survey. Here are other firms that were recognized in this year’s large-company category: 6. FIRST WEBER REALTORS With 428 Madison staffers, First Weber Realtors backs its agents with full…
Brian Deegan Is Speeding Away from His North Carolina Home
The Deegan clan is headed to the Sunshine State. Brian Deeganthe most decorated freestyle motocross rider in X Games history, is pulling up stakes in North Carolina so he and his family can spend more time in Florida, his wife Marissa Deegan announced on Instagram. The couple have listed their 15,000-square-foot family compound on 35…
Black couple settle lawsuit against realtors who valued their home $500,000 below market rate
A black Bay Area couple has settled a lawsuit with the appraisal company who valued their home at just $945,000, when it was really worth $1.5 million, a fact the couple only learned when they got a white friend to pose as its owner. The undisclosed settlement victory for Paul and Tenisha Tate Austin includes…
After decades, Hilton Head is looking for its own real estate sales contract. Here’s why
Have you ever signed a contract on a house, then immediately had buyers remorse? A change is coming on Hilton Head which may make it easier to get out of that contract. Hilton Head Area Realtors will end its use of a separate Hilton Head sales contract that’s been around for more than 20 years…
The Housing Market Flips. The First Sign of a Reversal in Prices Is Here.
text size A slowdown in home price gains continued as rising mortgage rates dampen the previous housing boom. Joe Raedle/Getty Images After months of thinning gains, home prices have finally fallen from year-ago levels, according to one frequent gauge of data. It could be a sign of what’s to come as full-month indicators—which show price…