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NYC Realtor Linda Stein Killed By Assistant Natavia Lowery

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New York’s finest were forced to shift through a long line of suspects when a well-known and wealthy woman was murdered in her Upper East Side home.

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Linda Stein, 62, was found dead by her daughter on October 30, 2007, face down in the living room floor of her luxurious Fifth Avenue apartment. According to NYPD detectives Kevin Walla and Pete Panuccio, the location of the woman’s death — one of the country’s most affluent and sought-after areas — immediately made it a headline-grabbing case.

Media outlets were already on the scene when investigators arrived at the 18-story building. And upstairs, there appeared to be no signs of a break-in.

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“The apartment was nice; well-maintained,” NYPD Det. Angelique Loffredo told New York Homeicide. “[There] wasn’t really any kind of upset in the apartment, no mess. Nothing was in the sarray or anything like that.”

Detectives observed that Stein had her hoodie over the back of her head, was surrounded by a pool of blood, and there appeared

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Realtor.com Reports Weekly Active Inventory Down 2% YoY; New Listings Down 21% YoY

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by Calculated Risk on 7/09/2023 08:12:00 AM

Realtor.com has monthly and weekly data on the existing home market. Here is their weekly report from economist Danielle Hale: Weekly Housing Trends View — Data Week Ending July 1, 2023

• Active inventory declined, with for-sale homes lagging behind the year ago levels by 2%. As we report the surge in inventory that occurred in 2022 as higher mortgage rates were priced out by many home shoppers, the number of homes for sale was not kept up. With 1 in 7 homeowners choosing not to sell this year citing high mortgage rates, and even 4 in 5 home shoppers (82%) report feeling locked-in by their existing low-rate mortgages, the housing market is not getting the influx of homes for sale that it typically does, and this is reflected in what’s available for sale. We expect inventory in 2023 to continue to struggle to keep pace and likely decline for the year as a whole.

• New listings–a measure of sellers putting homes up for sale–were down again this week, by 21% from one year ago. The number of newly listed homes has been lower than the same time the previous year

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Limited supply keeps Colorado’s housing market off balance

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Colorado homebuyers continue to struggle with an ongoing housing shortage.

Although the Denver metro area experienced an inventory increase from 2475 active listings in February 2022 to 4108 last month, the housing market remains unbalanced, according to the Colorado Association of Realtors February report.

Last month, the monthly supply of houses statewide was just over one month, and while that’s a 120% year-over-year increase, there is still a need for more homes to meet demand.

“With supply remaining low — up four times the amount from this time last year but still 75% short of anything resembling a balance of supply and demand — one would hope that more inventory and lower prices would be a positive development for the buyers who just want to get into a good home,” Realtor Matthew Leprino said in the report.

Prices tick up

Statewide, single-family homes recorded a median price jump of 3.1%, rising from $520,000 in January to $536,000 in February.

The number of homes sold statewide dropped last month compared to February 2022 — 4,231 properties changed hands — a drop of about 20% from a year ago.

In the Denver metro area, 2537 homes sold in February 2021 — down

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Realtors say roosters taking over Phoenix neighborhood deterring potential buyers

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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 area, and they seem to be multiplying. The city of Phoenix says they have not received any recent complaints, but a realtor here in the Valley says selling there has been a challenge.

If you take a drive through the neighborhood of 34th Street and Earll, you will find roosters, chickens and even peacocks all over people’s yards, on roofs, and even crossing the streets. “I’ve been here 50 years the chickens were here before me,” resident Andrew Trombetta said. He explains why he believes the birds are still in the area. “Before the houses were built there were four farms and they had the chickens and let them run loose and once the houses were built the chickens were still there,” he said.

The city of Phoenix says because the birds are feral and have no ownership claims, there is no code they can

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What’s the 2023 Florida Outlook?

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ORLANDO, Fla., Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — What consumers, Realtors should do® and policy makers expect when it comes to Florida real estate over the next year? After the unexpectedly strong years of 2020 and 2021 despite an ongoing pandemic, Florida’s housing sector in 2022 was affected by rapidly rising inflation and higher mortgage interest rates, Florida Realtors® Chief EconomistDr. Brad O’Connor told nearly 500 Realtors during the 2023 Florida Real Estate Trends summit last Thursday.

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“Now, we expect the state’s residential real estate market to return to a more typical pace,” he said. “I believe 2023 will look more like the ‘traditional’ housing market year of 2018-2019 in Florida as supply and demand become more balanced.”

The event was part of this year’s Florida Realtors®‘ Mid-Winter Business Meetings at the Renaissance SeaWorld Orlando. In addition to O’Connor, the summit featured John Leer, chief economist of Morning Consult, which uses high-frequency survey data to capture insights into consumer attitudes and concerns. Leer leads global economic research and oversees the firm’s economic data collection, validation and analysis. He is an authority on the effects of consumer preferences, expectations and

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Horace’s discontinued tax abatement program leaves area Realtors puzzled – InForum

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HORACE — Area home buyers, Realtors and builders will look to make a case for government officials in hopes of reestablishing Horace’s tax abatement program, which was not renewed after it expired on Jan. 1.

Horace’s tax abatement program, which is similar to that authorized by the North Dakota Century Code, gives buyers of new homes a two-year break on property taxes for certain new single-family residential properties and condominiums and townhouses. According to state law, the maximum exemption allowed is $150,000 of true and full valuation of improvements only and land is still taxable.

Horace Mayor Kory Peterson said the City Council every two years decides whether to continue the program or not. This summer, the council did not have a particular appetite for continuing the program, he said.

“I still think it’s a good idea, but we just didn’t have a council that wanted to keep it active at that time,” Peterson said. “It didn’t get brought up again and so it expired.”

The absence of the program, however, took some new buyers by surprise, said Kevin Fisher, a Realtor and former president of the Fargo Moorhead Area Association of Realtors.

Fisher at the last Horace City Council

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