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• HomeServices of America: Delivering on Its Mission for 20 Years and Counting

  03-06-2018 19:07
  Ron Peltier, CEO/Chairman, HomeServices of America
  Editor’s Note: This is the cover story in the June issue of RISMedia’s Real Estate magazine.
  What started with the simple yet ambitious mission to deliver the best possible homeownership experience to consumers in markets across America has today evolved into the nation’s second-largest full-service real estate brokerage firm, HomeServices of America. Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2018, the Minneapolis-based company&rsquo
  
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• New Report Demonstrates Robust Competition in Real Estate Brokerage Market

  03-06-2018 19:06
  Later this year, a 10-year-old settlement and consent decree between the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) mandating how listings are displayed by online brokerages will expire. Prior to that, on June 5, 2018, NAR will have the opportunity to demonstrate the breadth and depth of competition in the real estate and brokerage industry at a public workshop held by the DOJ and Federal Trade Commission.
  To help show how the hundreds of multiple listin
  
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• Realtor.com: Early Signs of a Slowdown

  03-06-2018 19:05
  Home prices and sales are at their speediest yet, but there are indicators of tempering, according to data from realtor.com®.
  In May, listings were at a median $297,000, which is 2 percent higher than in April and 8 percent higher than in May 2017. Annual growth, however, lost steam; in February, home prices were up 10 percent year-over-year.
  The average home sold in 55 days—a record—and there were 6 percent less listings than there were a year ago, for a total of 1.44 million.
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• Infographic: Home-Buying for Members of the Military and Veterans

  03-06-2018 19:04
  Compared to the average buyer who has not served, homebuyers in the military are positioned to purchase in unique ways, according to the 2018 Veterans & Active Military Home Buyers Profile, recently released by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR):For more information, please visit www.nar.realtor.
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• At Home in Retirement: Boomers Facing a Hard Truth

  03-06-2018 19:03
  Baby boomers are on the cusp of retirement, but the ability to afford their desired lifestyle is at odds with their preferences, according to a recent report by The NHP Foundation (NHPF), an affordable housing nonprofit.
  Of the boomers surveyed for the report, 85 percent want to be in the home they have now in retirement, but, of those, 76 percent have no budget for retirement, or anticipate half of their income will be Social Security—not enough to sustain, according to The NHPF. Despite
  
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• Real estate logic - Aspen Daily News

  03-06-2018 11:11
  Real estate logic
  Aspen Daily News
  Just call it “infrastructure.” The city of Aspen is thinking of building a tunnel under Hopkins Ave. to connect city hall to possible expanded offices across the street. Can we just stick another night club down there while we're at it? The city is ...
  
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