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NAR has released highlights from the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings, with quotes from Doug Holtz-Eakin and Dana Peterson discussing the debt limit, the long-term cost of social programs, and the impact of institutional investors.
Realtor.com has released its Monthly Housing Trends Report for April 2023, revealing how a lack of sellers is impacting the spring housing market as buyers have a harder time finding homes and affording them with higher rates and home prices.
New York just became the first state in the U.S. to ban gas stoves and furnaces in new residential buildings, with some notable exceptions.
Based on a recent ATTOM analysis, the best days of the year to sell a home are in the months of April, May, and June, when home sales offer seller premiums of 10% or more over market value. The top 16 best days to sell are in the month of May alone.
CREA’s new rule, passed on April 18th with 82% of the vote, changes how agents can market homes by requiring off-market listings to be added to the MLS within three days of any public marketing moves.
On May 2, 2023, Zillow announced the launch of a Zillow ChatGPT plugin. On May 3rd, Redfin announced its own ChatGPT plugin. Both allow users to search for homes using conversational language.
A new Redfin report shows the number of Redfin users looking to relocate to different metros declined less than buyers searching within their current metros, though immigration to pricey coastal metros partly offsets the outflow to more affordable ones.
The National Association of REALTORS® announced a drop in pending home sales for March 2023. NAR also shares its housing market predictions for 2023-2024
As March brought a 22% annual increase in landlords listing their properties for the first time through Zillow Rental Manager, Zillow research revealed what landlords wished they knew before investing in rental properties.
ATTOM released its Q1 2023 U.S. Home Sales Report, which shows seller profit margins on single-family home and condo sales across the country fell to 44.2% as home prices remained flat in three quarters of the U.S.
New research from Zillow Home Loans finds 15% more home buyers purchasing mortgage points in 2022 to reduce their monthly payments.
