Real estate news

• A real estate upsurge - Statesboro Herald

  27-02-2017 23:49
  
  Statesboro Herald
  A real estate upsurge
  Statesboro Herald
  As part of the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network, Kennedy Realty has global reach but continues a unique legacy of more than half a century in the local real estate business and now finds itself in a market resurging to historic highs. "We have ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Future of commercial real estate: creativity - Albuquerque Journal

  27-02-2017 23:46
  
  Albuquerque Journal
  Future of commercial real estate: creativity
  Albuquerque Journal
  Mahela Sanguinetti, from Virginia, take a picture at Meow Wolf's House of Eternal Return in Santa Fe recently. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal). SANTA FE, N.M. — Members of the commercial real estate industry got a glimpse of the future Monday, and ...
  
  Read more

• Legislature Eyes Extra Safety Training For Real Estate Agents - KNWA

  27-02-2017 23:45
  
  KNWA
  Legislature Eyes Extra Safety Training For Real Estate Agents
  KNWA
  ROGERS, AR. --- - NWA Realtor Kara Robinson protects herself in a number of ways while she's on the job. "I always request to have drivers license information texted to me," said Robinson. "I'll always park my car so that my drivers door can't be ...and more »
  
  Read more

• December becomes first month to feel impact of rising interest rates

  27-02-2017 23:37
  
  Affordability dropped in December as rising interest rates finally took their toll on home buyers. In fact, First American’s Real House Price Index showed the first year-over year decline in consumer house buying power in over two years.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• SoFi officially locks in $500 million investment led by Silver Lake

  27-02-2017 23:19
  
  SoFi locked in another massive funding deal, being it’s total equity funding to $1.9 billion. While the deal includes a familiar name, it’s private-equity firm Silver Lake that led the deal. Mike Cagney, SoFi co-founder, chairman, and CEO, touches on where the online lender plans to go from here.
  
  Read more

• Real Estate, Abortion Issues Collide in Dispute Over Deed - Daily Business Review (registration)

  27-02-2017 22:45
  
  Daily Business Review (registration)
  Real Estate, Abortion Issues Collide in Dispute Over Deed
  Daily Business Review (registration)
  Real estate and abortion have intersected in Florida's highest court as a neighbor in a medical complex has attempted to use a restriction in the property's deed to block Planned Parenthood from performing outpatient surgeries. It was one of several ...and more »
  
  Read more

• REAL ESTATE - Julie Crist - Specializing in helping you find your next home! - Daily Press

  27-02-2017 22:32
  
  REAL ESTATE - Julie Crist - Specializing in helping you find your next home!
  Daily Press
  I have been in the real estate industry for almost 15 years as a relocation specialist. I have specialized in helping first-time homebuyers and military families. Most recently I have been working with short sales and foreclosures and in the last five ...
  
  Read more

• Rising Rates: Spoiling Homebuyers’ Plans?

  27-02-2017 22:31
  
  Homebuyers are concerned about the effect rising interest rates have on their ability to afford a home, but not enough to spoil their plans, according to a recent survey issued by Zillow Group Mortgages. Eighty-three percent of homebuyers who plan to purchase a home in the next three years expect to see those plans through, even if their monthly mortgage payment increases by $100 due to rising rates. Forty-nine percent will forge ahead even if their payment increases by $200.
  Rising rates will h
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Pending Home Sales Falter to 12-Month Low

  27-02-2017 22:26
  
  Pending home sales faltered in January to a 12-month low, despite a simultaneous shoot-up in existing-home sales, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) declined 2.8 percent to 106.4, with the PHSI sinking in the Midwest, 5.0 percent to 99.5, and in the West, 9.8 percent to 94.6.“The significant shortage of listings last month, along with deteriorating affordability as the result of higher home prices and mortgage rates, ke
  
  Read more

• No Boundaries to Expanding Your Opportunities in Commercial Real Estate with NAR

  27-02-2017 22:19
  
  Perhaps you operate a brokerage that includes one or more agents who also sell commercial real estate. Or maybe you’re a commercial broker working independently or within a commercial firm. In any case, it’s good to know about the many ways the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) works to enhance the opportunities for you and your agents’ success in commercial real estate.
  NAR’s commercial real estate efforts have always focused on U.S.-based support, including po
  
  Read more

• Ten-X predicts fall in February’s existing home sales

  27-02-2017 22:12
  
  Existing home sales shot up in January, but don’t expect the following months to follow suite. At least, not according to Ten-X’s Nowcast prediction. And from the looks of January’s pending home sales, the report is on the right track. As one expert put it: you can’t buy a home that’s not for sale.
  
  Read more

• Real Estate Rumors: Victor, Robins Kaplan, Copperline - Law360 (subscription)

  27-02-2017 22:12
  
  Real Estate Rumors: Victor, Robins Kaplan, Copperline
  Law360 (subscription)
  Law360, Minneapolis (February 27, 2017, 3:53 PM EST) -- A joint venture of Victor Group and Lendlease has scored $369 million in financing for a condo tower project in the NoMad section of New York City, Commercial Observer reported on Sunday, citing a ...and more »
  
  Read more

• NAFCU to CFPB: Pull credit unions out from under your authority

  27-02-2017 22:04
  
  Credit unions got looped in with the rest of the industry after the financial crisis, falling under the new industry watchdog dubbed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to ensure such extreme lending would never happen again. The only problem is that credit unions believe they never contributed to the crisis.
  
  Read more

• Exclusive: Christie's re-enters Houston real estate market with new affiliate - Houston Business Journal

  27-02-2017 21:50
  Houston Business Journal
  Exclusive: Christie's re-enters Houston real estate market with new affiliate
  Houston Business Journal
  After a long and hard search, the international brokerage has found its new Houston affiliate in Nan and Co. Properties, headed by founder, CEO and Realtor Nancy Almodovar. Nancy Almodovar, founder and Realtor with Nan & Co. Properties ...
  
  Read more

• Norfolk investment firm sells Baltimore apartments for $247 million - Virginian-Pilot

  27-02-2017 20:51
  
  Norfolk investment firm sells Baltimore apartments for $247 million
  Virginian-Pilot
  An affiliate of Norfolk-based Harbor Group International has sold six apartment buildings in Baltimore for $247 million. The real estate investment firm said Monday that the sale price was nearly $50 million more than what it paid to buy and renovate ...
  
  Read more

• Warren Buffett gives us all an update on his stake in affordable housing

  27-02-2017 20:36
  
  Every year billionaire investor Warren Buffett releases an annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, unraveling the inner workings of his conglomerate’s performance. The 29-page document details the status of Clayton Homes, which specializes in manufactured homes, a key industry in fixing the affordability crisis.
  
  Read more

• Property cash sales to hit pre-crisis levels this Summer

  27-02-2017 20:22
  
  Cash sales decreased annually in November at a pace which, if it continues, could bring to the market into its pre-crisis state much earlier than originally predicted. CoreLogic now forecasts that both cash and distressed sales could reach pre-crisis rates in 2017.
  
  Read more

• Real estate brokers may have finally crossed the line with 'SoHa' - Metro.us

  27-02-2017 18:07
  
  Metro.us
  Real estate brokers may have finally crossed the line with 'SoHa'
  Metro.us
  Harlem's gentrification and increasing real estate prices aren't news at this point, but a local community board thinks certain real estate brokers have crossed a line. Keller Williams has reportedly created a separate office for “SoHa,” their new ...
  
  Read more

• Jared Kushner To Keep Some Real Estate, Courts Conflict Of Interest Questions - Forward

  27-02-2017 18:03
  
  Forward
  Jared Kushner To Keep Some Real Estate, Courts Conflict Of Interest Questions
  Forward
  Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, key White House advisor to the new president, will not entirely divest from his family's vast real estate empire, ProPublica reported Friday. According to ProPublica's report, based on documents released to the ...
  
  Read more

• President Trump: Dodd-Frank keeps banks from lending

  27-02-2017 17:32
  
  Trump is making good on his promises to cut back on regulatory reform, stating that Dodd-Frank hinders banks from lending. However, not everyone agrees with the president, saying the numbers simply don’t support his claim.
  
  Read more

• Poland's Griffin Real Estate plans spin-off IPO -sources - Nasdaq

  27-02-2017 16:58
  
  Poland's Griffin Real Estate plans spin-off IPO -sources
  Nasdaq
  WARSAW/FRANFURT, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Poland-based Griffin Real Estate plans to sell part of its asset portfolio in an initial public offering (IPO) worth about 150 million euros ($159 million) to be announced within days, market sources said. Griffin ...and more »
  
  Read more

• North Bay commercial real estate transactions: Feb. 27, 2017 - North Bay Business Journal

  27-02-2017 16:19
  
  North Bay Business Journal
  North Bay commercial real estate transactions: Feb. 27, 2017
  North Bay Business Journal
  Send commercial real estate transactions to [email protected]. A compilation for the last 12 months is available for $45 by calling 707-521-5270. Brokerage abbreviations: K&C = Keegan & Coppin Co. Inc./ONCOR International. LEASES: square ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Pending home sales hit lowest level in a year

  27-02-2017 16:01
  
  Pending home sales dropped in January to its lowest level in a year as the lack of housing supply fought against the increasing buyer demand. While demand for homes is at its highest point since the Great Recession, affordability may force buyers into less expensive locations or smaller homes.
  
  Read more

• New York Real Estate Billionaire Scores With Oscar Winning Iranian Film 'The Salesman' - Forbes

  27-02-2017 14:44
  
  Forbes
  New York Real Estate Billionaire Scores With Oscar Winning Iranian Film 'The Salesman'
  Forbes
  The Iranian film The Salesman took home the Academy Award for best foreign-language film on Sunday night. The film's director, Asghar Farhadi, boycotted the awards ceremony to protest President Donald Trump's January ban barring travelers from seven ...and more »
  
  Read more

• The Seduction of 'Wellness Real Estate' - The Atlantic

  27-02-2017 10:32
  The Atlantic
  The Seduction of 'Wellness Real Estate'
  The Atlantic
  Like ​The Atlantic? Subscribe to ​The Atlantic Daily​, our free weekday email newsletter. The endocrinologist-turned-entrepreneur Deepak Chopra is back on the list of The New York Times bestsellers this week, as he often is. According to The Chopra ...
  
  Read more

• Smart Real Estate solution for smarter nations! - Huffington Post

  27-02-2017 07:27
  
  Huffington Post
  Smart Real Estate solution for smarter nations!
  Huffington Post
  Singapore has long been considered a pioneer when it comes to implementing smart solutions and innovative technologies. Keeping up the trend, the island nation's first ever smart contract for a rental agreement was signed last month– tenant and ...
  
  Read more

• Monday Morning Cup of Coffee: Trump targets CFPB funding for greater control

  27-02-2017 06:01
  
  President Donald Trump's budget proposal reportedly includes a big change for the CFPB. We have the details for you. Plus, will the Fed raise rates in March? Here's one way to get a clue. Also, did the Oscars get its first HUD joke? Twitter thinks so. And Trump's election appears to be costing California some much-needed affordable housing.
  
  Read more

• Northshire mirrors a modest statewide rebound in real estate - vtdigger.org

  27-02-2017 04:53
  
  vtdigger.org
  Northshire mirrors a modest statewide rebound in real estate
  vtdigger.org
  MANCHESTER — By most accounts, the Northshire home market is recovering from a lingering post-recession slump, sliding prices and a market glut. A series of interviews also suggested that Vermont has at least a perception problem among wealthy ...
  
  Read more

• First American: Mortgage lending takes riskier turn in 2017

  27-02-2017 02:06
  
  Refinance mortgages are decreasing as interest rates increase, leaving purchase markets to dominate the market. First American’s chief economist explains this shift is leading towards a higher risk of potential defects, fraud and misrepresentation.
  
  Read more

• Online Commerce Sparks Industrial Real-Estate Boom Off the Beaten Path in NJ - Wall Street Journal (subscription)

  27-02-2017 00:15
  
  Online Commerce Sparks Industrial Real-Estate Boom Off the Beaten Path in NJ
  Wall Street Journal (subscription)
  The shift to online shopping is reshaping New Jersey's industrial real-estate markets, fueling higher prices and sparking development away from the usual hot spots along some of the state's main roadways. Growing demand from e-commerce and other ...
  
  Read more

• Where Owners Are Most Likely to Stay Put

  27-02-2017 00:00
  Americans are less mobile than they used to be. Find out in which cities you may have the toughest time convincing owners to move. 
  
  Read more

• Take Appreciation Lessons From Warren Buffett

  27-02-2017 00:00
  How’s this for appreciation? Buffett first purchased his getaway home in Laguna Beach for $150,000 in 1971. Today, it is on the market for $...
  
  Read more

• Homeowners Living Farther From Their Work

  27-02-2017 00:00
  Commute times are growing to record levels, as housing and jobs are pushed farther apart. 
  
  Read more

• Contract Signings Would Be Higher If…

  27-02-2017 00:00
  NAR’s chief economist says Americans’ interest in buying a home is at the highest level since the Great Recession. So why are pending...
  
  Read more

• Buyers Are Being Drawn to New Homes

  27-02-2017 00:00
  "As the supply of existing homes remains tight, more consumers will turn to new construction,” asserts the chief economist of the...
  
  Read more

Follow @RealEstate_Nws_ on Twitter!