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 […]
Continue ReadingHere’s Journal Club 05-05-23! Every week, I hold a JOURNAL CLUB. After filtering through the articles on the web, I present a few that impacted my life this week. Be safe and stay well! When pursuing Financial Independence or planning for early retirement, most people tend to focus on accumulating wealth, but rarely do they […]
Continue ReadingHomes are selling faster in Erie than in any other city in America, according to a realtor.com article. Of the top five cities listed where homes are selling fastest, Erie is followed in order by Traverse City, Michigan; Youngstown, Ohio; Peoria, Illinois; and Charleston, West Virginia. more: See Erie County’s 10 most expensive homes sold […]
Continue ReadingAs a public service, The Tennessean has made this content free. Recap: Three children and three adult staff members were killed Monday at Covenant School in one of Tennessee’s deadliest school shootings. Audrey Hale, 28, entered the school at about 10:11 am armed with a rifle. Officers who responded to the scene killed Hale about […]
Continue ReadingA 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 […]
Continue ReadingIllustration: Brendan Lynch/Axios Realtors across the country foresee an increasingly buyer-friendly housing market in 2023, a major shift from the frenetic and expensive pandemic-era housing boom. Driving the news: The housing market has slowed — thanks to mortgage rates hovering around 6%. Axios polled more than 75 experts across Axios Local cities to find out […]
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