Category: Market
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Best Cities for Rental Investments
Homeownership is a perpetual hot topic. We all know someone who is in the process of buying a home, saving for a home, losing a home. Every day there are new articles and statistics declaring the improvement, decline or stagnation of the housing market. As homeownership remains an uncertainty for millions of Americans, renting has…
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Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae Non-Performing Loans
Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have strengthened their efforts to sell their high number of delinquent, non-performing loans (NPLs). From helping the taxpayer to providing opportunities for minority- and women-owned businesses, the reasons for the newfound auction fervor are several.
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Take Your Business Global with NAWRB
Expand your business and tap into the global real estate market with NAWRB Magazine. In each issue, we’ll feature a country and highlight the various regions, housing market, and key information to spread greater global awareness to women in the housing economy.
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The Future of Real Estate Marketing
In the past, classic forms of real estate marketing have included colorful flyers, websites, brochures, and leaflets. But the all too familiar modes of marketing have slowly evolved with technological innovations. Now, there are diverse real estate apps to navigate, breathtaking videos that can be taken via drones, and countless other forms of marketing that…
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Court Case: Justice for the Consumer or a Loss for Real Estate Agents?
Earlier this week, the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts ruled that real estate agents may be classified as independent contractors by their brokerages as opposed to employees, satisfying brokerages statewide to the dismay of agents.
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Freddie Mac Report Reveals Improving Housing Markets
Freddie Mac has released the findings of its monthly Multi-Indicator Market Index (MiMi) today which highlights the stability of the housing market from a national, state, and metro perspective. The results of March’s MiMi findings points to a more stable housing market.
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Auction.com Taps into International Market with New Partnership
Auction.com, a leading online real estate marketplace, announced a new partnership today with Juwai.com, a number one Chinese international property portal. The partnership will allow Chinese investors to access online real estate auctions in the United States.
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Short-Term Rentals: Boon or Bust?
Cities nationwide are banning the popular use of short-term vacation rentals to the dismay of many citizens who supplement their incomes with the use of vacation rental sites such as Airbnb, VRBO, and HouseTrip.
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Inside Look: EB-5 Visas for Immigrant Investors
Marcelle Poirier is an attorney who decided to make her American dream happen. She emigrated to the U.S. from Canada and lives in the multicultural city of Miami. She earned her juris doctorate from the University of Miami in 1995 and is a member of the state and federal bar for the southern district of…
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$140 Million Settlement Has Ocwen & Assurant Pay Up
Riddled with countless financial setbacks, Ocwen was dealt another heavy blow with a $140 million class action settlement that must be paid by both Ocwen and Assurant Inc. to homeowners who were given inflated premiums for force-placed insurance.