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What will the 2022 housing market look like? It could ‘come back down to sanity’
The Covid-19 pandemic upended the home-buying process. Historically-low mortgage rates coupled with an inventory shortage created a red hot market, with houses selling within hours of being listed, often for well over asking price. No one knows exactly what the future has in store. But housing experts tell CNBC Make It that in 2022, buyers can expect […]
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Buying a Home in Your 50s? Here’s Everything You Need To Know
Once you hit the half-century mark, you’ve likely accumulated a passel of belongings, some decent savings, and, quite possibly, some hard-earned real estate wisdom. But when it comes to buying a new home in your 50s, the process is quite different from any other time in your life precisely because you’re at a midpoint—in homeownership. […]
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Research on More than 10,000 Home Sales Reveals that Buyer Agent Commission Rates Are Highly Uniform
Washington, D.C. – A new report by the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) on residential real estate commissions – The Relationship of Residential Real Estate Commission Rates to Industry Structure and Culture – shows that buyer agent commissions are highly uniform. This rate uniformity is strongly supported by the industry’s compensation system in which home sellers pay […]
