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• Real estate items - Charleston Post Courier

  01-07-2017 23:11
  
  Charleston Post Courier
  Real estate items
  Charleston Post Courier
  In a varied career that included stints in basketball and business, Chris Marek recently joined a growing Mount Pleasant-based real estate agency as an associate. He's based in the Mount Pleasant office of Berkshire Hathaway Carolina Sun Real Estate.
  
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• Hot Property: Bringing the heat to the real estate beat - Los Angeles Times

  01-07-2017 16:00
  
  Los Angeles Times
  Hot Property: Bringing the heat to the real estate beat
  Los Angeles Times
  The spring homebuying season may be well in the rearview mirror, but things are heating up in Los Angeles' hotbed of luxury real estate. In recent days, we saw one box office star score an above-asking sale and a member of sitcom royalty offer up his ...
  
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• College students forgo typical part-time jobs to sell real estate - Boston.com

  01-07-2017 14:36
  
  Boston.com
  College students forgo typical part-time jobs to sell real estate
  Boston.com
  Thomas Lomenzo, a student at the University of Massachusetts Boston, waits for home buyers at an open house in East Dennis. Julia Cumes for the Boston Globe. Rebecca Szkutak - Globe Correspondent. June 29, 2017 7:09 pm. For two days a week when ...and more »
  
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• The Week In Real Estate Industry Deals: June 26-30, 2017 - Inman.com

  01-07-2017 12:41
  
  The Week In Real Estate Industry Deals: June 26-30, 2017
  Inman.com
  While real estate agents chase leads and close deals on houses, there's another level of deal-making that takes place within the real estate industry.and more »
  
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• Real Estate Market Recap, June 26-30, 2017 - Inman - Inman.com

  01-07-2017 12:03
  
  Inman.com
  Real Estate Market Recap, June 26-30, 2017 - Inman
  Inman.com
  Our real estate market recap of everything that happened the week of June 26-30, 2017.and more »
  
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• Top 20 States for Home Renovations

  01-07-2017 06:04
  
  One of the many advantages of owning a home is the ability to add—and recoup—value. A recent study by Hearth, a FinTech startup, ranked the states with the most homeowners planning to renovate in 2017, with the top 20 states mostly concentrated in the East, Midwest and West:
  Hawaii
  Kansas
  Montana
  Rhode Island
  New Hampshire
  Utah
  Michigan
  Connecticut
  Missouri
  Maine
  Arkansas
  Minnesota
  Idaho
  Kentucky
  Iowa
  Nebraska
  Massachusetts
  Alabama
  Tennessee
  South Dakota
  A sizable share of those in t
  
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• Consumer Confidence Ticks Back Up

  01-07-2017 06:03
  
  Consumer confidence ticked back up in June, posting a 118.9 reading in the latest Consumer Confidence Index® from The Conference Board. The Expectations reading of the Index fell to 100.6, while the Present Situation reading rose to 146.3. May’s reading was 117.6.
  “Consumer confidence increased moderately in June following a small decline in May,” said Lynn Franco, director of Economic Indicators at The Conference Board, in a statement. “Consumers’ assessment of
  
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• Window to the Law: Changes to DMCA Safe Harbor

  01-07-2017 06:02
  
  Editor’s Note: This is part of a monthly video series from the National Association of REALTORS® to inform and educate members about important aspects of being a real estate professional. Watch for this series each month in RISMedia’s Daily e-News.Watch the Window to the Law video from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to learn more about the new requirement that all copyright agents must be digitally registered with the U.S. Copyright Office by the end of 2017.View
  
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• Mortgage Rates: How Low Will They Go?

  01-07-2017 06:01
  
  How low will they go? Mortgage rates limboed down again this week, with the 30-year, fixed rate—3.88 percent—marking a new low for 2017, according to Freddie Mac’s recently released Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®). Both the 15-year, fixed rate and the 5-year, Treasury-indexed hybrid adjustable rate moved down to 3.17 percent.
  “The 30-year mortgage rate fell two basis points to 3.88 percent this week,” says Sean Becketti, chief economist at Freddie Ma
  
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• Study: Housing Markets Where Prices Are…Backpedaling?

  01-07-2017 06:00
  
  Home prices are seemingly on a runaway train in the majority of housing markets, already up 5.5 percent year-over-year at the start of the spring home-buying and -selling season. There are some markets, however, where values are backpedaling, according to a recent GOBankingRates study. They are:Sugar Land, Texas
  Median List Price (April 2017): $399,500Median List Price (April 2016): $415,495
  Price Change: -$15,995Miami, Fla.
  Median List Price (April 2017): $435,000Median List Price (April 2016):
  
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• Real estate startup Redfin is getting ready for an IPO - Business ... - Business Insider

  01-07-2017 02:30
  
  Business Insider
  Real estate startup Redfin is getting ready for an IPO - Business ...
  Business Insider
  Late Friday afternoon, Redfin's IPO forms became public.
  Real estate site Redfin files for IPOTechCrunch
  Redfin files for IPO as online real estate company seeks to raise up to $100MGeekWire
  Seattle real estate company Redfin files to go publicThe Seattle Times
  Reuters -OregonLive.com -Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle) -SEC.gov
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• Steer Clear: Canada's Real Estate Bubble May Burst - Seeking Alpha

  01-07-2017 00:08
  
  Seeking Alpha
  Steer Clear: Canada's Real Estate Bubble May Burst
  Seeking Alpha
  Canada's household debt to GDP ratio now exceeds the US's at the height of its housing bubble. Berkshire's bailout of Home Capital Group may be the canary in the coalmine. Risk is high as Canadian stock indexes are heavily overweight financials.
  
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