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Autumn home-buying season packed with potential
Not only fewer buyers, but also reduced inventory, make up the fall market, said Stacy Esser, sales associate with Keller Williams Town Life in Tenafly and The Stacy Esser Group. She describes fall as a season packed with potential for real estate, but …
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Realtor View: Real estate math problems? Get help from a professional
Whether you're buying or selling a home, you're going to be confronted, and perhaps overwhelmed, with numbers: interest rates, days on market, loan terms and more. They're all significant …

Climate change concerns weigh on Cape home-buying decisions
Climate change has become a focal point in real estate discussions like this on Cape Cod. For generations, proximity to the Cape's roughly 580 miles of picturesque shoreline was a major draw for home buyers. Today, however, that same water frontage is …
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ASK RAY ABOUT REAL ESTATE | Seek expert, grant for homebuying help
In fact, as Internet use in the homebuying process continues to increase, the data shows that those buyers are more — not less — likely to …

Sioux Falls, SD Mortgage Rates and Real Estate Overview
That being said, buyers will enjoy less expensive properties and a wider selection. The average listing price in Sioux Falls was $ 241,244, according to Trulia. For a $ 300,000 property in Sioux Falls, payments on a thirty year mortgage will range from …
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Manhattan Luxury-Condo Buyers Await New Towers as Sales Slow (1)
Extell was a pioneer when it broke ground on One57 in 2009, after the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. ushered …

Potential buyers line up for Midtown's Palmer Plaza
Four bidders are in the running to acquire Midtown's Palmer Plaza office building, according to a report in real estate trade publication Commercial Real Estate Direct. Walton Street Capital, Rubenstein Partners, TA Realty and DRA Advisors are the …
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How to Play the Real–Estate Market
The slowdown is good news for home buyers, of course. And recent weakness in real-estate investments, including home builders, has created opportunities for bargain hunters, some analysts say. But if the Federal Reserve begins raising interest …

On Sale: Foreign Investors Snap Up US Real Estate
To them, U.S. real estate is a bargain and a safe way to diversify their portfolios. And their cash buying is boosting U.S. property sales and competition. "Many foreign buyers now see luxury U.S. real estate as a store of value," said Dolly Lenz, CEO …
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Home builders to woo entry-level buyers: Pro
As home builders try to gain more business, more will be going after the entry-level buyer, real estate expert Bradley Hunter told CNBC Wednesday. "It's been …

Norway Jumps to No. 2 Foreign Buyer of U.S. Real Estate
Norway has vaulted to the top ranks of foreign U.S. commercial real estate buyers as its $ 870 billion sovereign-wealth fund, the world's largest, acquires buildings from New York to San Francisco. The country has spent more than $ 3.2 billion on U.S …
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Norway jumps to second-biggest foreign buyer of US real estate
Norway has vaulted to the top ranks of foreign U.S. commercial real estate buyers as its $ 870 billion sovereign-wealth fund, the …

The Next Big Thing- Flipping Luxury Houses
Over the past several years, flipping houses has been all the rage. Reality television shows demonstrate how a couple fun packed days of remodeling can drastically increase the value of a home before resale. Until recently, middle to low end homes dominated the flipping scene. However, with recent improvements in the market and the rate of foreclosures decreasing, the trend has found its way to more luxurious homes.
The Downturn Created New Opportunities
The luxury home market was one of the hardest hit during the downturn. …

Although Chicago’s housing stock is often up to 100 years old, many real estate investors are focussing on houses less than a quarter century old. Newer homes,  less than 25 years old built after 1990 are in high demand if it is investor grade.Investment Grade properties are homes for sale that can support good cash flows when managed as rentals. Prices supported by their gross revenues and net operating incomes. Typically single family homes have not been an asset class that has been targeted by institutions as investment grade. This is rapidly changing as …

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The Technology Transforming the Residential Real Estate Investment Industry
Predictive analytics is about to transform the residential real estate investment property industry  Predictive analytics can help investors understand the proverbial question, ” How good is the area?”  and in turn better manage risk.
Over the past few years as Wall Street hedge funds have aggressively moved in to single family homes as an alternate asset class many of these investment funds have been creating their own models for determining the risk associated with a particular property.
Today, predictive analytics is beginning to be applied to residential real estate industry by …