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Diving Deep into Real Estate Market Data

Daren Blomquist is the VP of Market Economics at Auction.com. His work is focused on gathering and analyzing data to help real estate investors find the best investments that will help them succeed in scaling their businesses and growing their portfolios. Listen to this episode to learn more about Daren’s insights on today’s market and why you should always be looking at the data before you invest! Quotables “We’re still

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Navigating Growth, Family and Consistency from the CEO’s Chair

Alex Gerhart is the CEO and President of Lifetime Quality Roofing, a national-level commercial roofing contractor, specializing in insurance restoration. He has built his company from the ground up to where it is today and he is with us to share the experience – the good, the bad, and everything in between. Listen now to learn more about Alex, how he built his business, and how he learned to run

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HOME AFFORDABILITY GETS EVEN TOUGHER ACROSS U.S. DURING Q3

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Major Home-Ownership Expenses Consume 35 Percent of Average Wage Nationwide, Reaching Another High Over the Past Decade; Historic Affordability Drops to New Low ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its third-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Affordability Report showing that median-priced single-family homes and condos are less affordable in the third quarter of 2023 compared to historical averages in 99 percent of counties around the nation with

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The Man, The Myth, The King of Data

Rick Sharga is the founder and CEO of CJ Patrick Company, a market intelligence firm providing industry insights, forecasts, and analysis to real estate companies. Rick has years of experience in the real estate and mortgage industries and he is with us on the show to talk about what we can expect from the market in the last few months of the year. Listen now to learn more about what’s

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Renting Beats Buying in All but Three of the Largest U.S. Metros

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Buying a starter home in the top 50 metros cost $1,111 (60.3%) more than renting in August, as median U.S. rents see fourth consecutive month of year-over-year declines The elevated mortgage rates, steep home prices and declining rent costs familiar in today’s housing market have made it less costly to rent than to buy a starter home in all but three of the largest metros in the U.S., according to the Realtor.com® Monthly Rental

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HOME FLIPPING ACTIVITY DROPS AS PROFITS RISE ACROSS U.S. IN SECOND QUARTER OF 2023

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Flipping Rate Declines to Near Low Point Since 2021;Typical Profit Margins Increase at Fastest Quarterly Pace in Three Years Following Extended Slump;Raw Flipping Profits Also Rebound, Up 18 Percent Over First Quarter ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its second-quarter 2023 U.S. Home Flipping Report showing that 84,350 single-family homes and condominiums in the United States were flipped in the second quarter. Those transactions represented 8 percent, or

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