Real estate pros are reporting that sellers are more willing this year to price their homes competitively as well as change the appearance of their home in order to lure buyers, according to a survey of 600 agents conducted by Coldwell Banker Real Estate.
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Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO, said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” recently that he’d “buy up a couple hundred thousand” single-family homes if it was practical.
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How pricey your home is may influence how quickly you’re evicted from a home in foreclosure, finds a new study.
An analysis by The Wall Street Journal finds that banks take longer to evict once-wealthy home owners who live in expensive homes but stop making their payments than defaulting home owners who live in more modest homes.
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Thirty-four percent of home sales in January were paid for with cash, according to Campbell Surveys and Inside Mortgage Finance. And housing experts say the growing number of cash buyers on the market — who are often investors — can be a good thing in removing some of the overhang with foreclosures.
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Real estate professionals maintain blogs to connect with customers and spread exposure for their business, but are you following proper blog etiquette?
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Basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s family home outside Chicago has entered the real estate market.
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