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Has Compass Lost its Way?
Everybody is talking about Compass. Compass would like all of us to believe that Compass will revolutionize the real estate business and is the best thing that has happened to the real estate ...
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The Rise of Real Estate Teams And What Clients Need To Know About Real Estate Teams
In 2015 The National Association of Realtors published a report entitled “The Danger Report” which discussed a number of forces which are threatening the survival of the Real Estate industry. One ...
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The Traditional Real Estate Brokerage Model Is Broken
In the last several months I have read the following 2 quotes from reputable Real Estate sources. Inman News asked the question “Is the traditional real estate model dying a slow death”? Robert ...
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Tips On Cutting Kitchen Remodeling Costs
Kitchen remodels don’t come cheap. The average cost to update a 200-square-foot kitchen—including installing new flooring, semicustom wood cabinets, and standard appliances—is a whopping ...
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Where Have All The Starter Homes Gone?
Starter homes are harder to come by as builders struggle to offer more entry-level real estate options amid higher construction costs, a new study shows. Just 16 percent of new homes are selling for ...
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Top Destinations Where Renters Want to Move
Nearly two-thirds of renters—about 64 percent—say they plan to move to a different city before settling down, according to rental website ApartmentList.com. So where are they leaving from and ...
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And The Prices Keep Going Up-New Record Set
Median home prices in the second quarter eclipsed a record high set in 2016, jumping 6.2 percent year over year as the inventory crunch continues to push property values higher, according to the ...
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Homelessness Increases in Central Contra Costa County
While there was a 7-percent drop this year in people experiencing homelessness in Contra Costa County when an annual survey was conducted in January, there was a substantial rise in the number of ...
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Protect your mortgage closing from scammers
It’s National Homeownership Month, and the FTC and the National Association of Realtors® want to remind you that scammers sometimes use emails to rob home buyers of their closing costs and ...
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