Supply Remained Tight in December as Monthly New Listing Volume Fell 10.6% Year-Over-Year While Median Single-Family Listing Prices Shrunk 2.2%, Median Single-Family Contract Prices Rose for Third Consecutive Month HouseCanary Forecasts 10-12% Increase in Single-Family Detached Prices Over the...
Month: January 2022

Word of the Day: Telos
[TEL-ahs] Part of speech: noun Origin: Greek, 300 BCE Definition: An ultimate object or aim Examples of Telos in a sentence "Helen’s telos was to earn her Ph.D in chemistry." "At this early stage, the nonprofit doesn’t seem to have a telos." About Telos This word comes...
EVERNEST INCREASES FOOTPRINT THROUGH ACQUISITION OF LEGACY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT
Evernest, a full-service real estate and property management company, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, that specializes in the brokerage, renovation, maintenance, and management of single-family and small multifamily investment homes, announced that they have acquired Legacy Property...
WHERE AND WHY DID AMERICANS MOVE IN 2021?
The Pandemic Continued to Influence Americans' Decisions to Move as They Relocated to Lower-Density Areas and Desired to be Closer to Family United Van Lines released the company's 45th Annual National Movers Study which indicates Americans were on the move to lower-density...

Word of the Day: Rime
[riym] Part of speech: Noun Origin: Old English, 12th century Definitions: Frost formed on cold objects by the rapid freezing of water vapor in cloud or fog.(Literary) hoarfrost Examples of Rime in a sentence "The sunlight bounced off the rime on the grass." "The rime-covered trees looked majestic...
Word of the Day: Soigné
[swan-YAY] Part of speech: adjective Origin: French, 19th century Definition: Dressed very elegantly; well groomed Examples of Soigné in a sentence "Matthew was tall, handsome, and soigné when he met Lucy for their date." "Looking at the photographs of his grandparents, Joe was...
Homeownership In U.S. Again Less Affordable In Fourth Quarter As Prices Keep Soaring
Typical Home Remains Within Means of Average Wage Earner in Fourth Quarter of 2021; But Historic Affordability Down in Three-Quarters of U.S. Markets; National Median Home Price Hits $317,500, Another New High ATTOM, curator of the nation’s premier property database, released its...

Cooks With Class #2
At the IMN Single Family Rental Forum (West), REI INK and RCN Capital co-hosted a “networking” cooking event at the Classic Cooking Academy. The event was sponsored by National Real Estate Insurance Group and BuildWallet. About 40 industry executives, clients and friends came together to hone...

Real Estate Became Music to My Ears
How a Career in the Music Industry Pivoted to Real Estate By Michael Jansta When I was in 7th grade, I had a history teacher named Mrs. Van Ornam. At the start of the year, she announced a perfect attendance challenge to the class; any student who had perfect attendance ALL YEAR could choose an...