THE BEST TIME TO SELL A HOME IS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR

New study shows home sellers see 13.1 percent premium in May; Annual analysis also looks at best months and days to sell a home ATTOM, a leading curator of land, property, and real estate data, released its annual analysis of the best days of the year to sell a home, which shows that based on home sales over the past 13 years, the months of May, February and April offer the highest

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Realtor.com® April Housing Report

The Required Household Income to Purchase a Home Exceeds $250,000 in Four California Metros According to the Realtor.com® April housing data, the national required household income to purchase the median priced home rose to $116,000, up $5,900 from a year ago, after accounting for the cost of tax and insurance. For hopeful buyers in California’s major metros of Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and San Jose the household income required to purchase the median-priced home is over double the national figure. April

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INCREASING SHARE OF LOCAL COMMUNITY DEVELOPERS BUYING AT AUCTION EXPECT HOME PRICES AND RENTS TO DECLINE IN 2024

40% expect home prices to decline in 2024, up from 32% in 2023 and 17% in 2022 29% expect rents to decline in 2024, up from 16 percent in 2023 49% describe their local real estate market as “overvalued with correction possible” 60% still expect to increase investment property purchases in 2024 Auction.com, the nation’s leading distressed real estate marketplace, released its 2024 Buyer Insights report, which shows that an increasing share

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ARK Homes For Rent

ARK Homes For Rent has Laser Focus on Resident Experience By Carole VanSickle Ellis When ARK Homes For Rent founder Jordan Kavana founded the data-driven single-family-residential management company that would eventually evolve into ARK Homes, the idea of SFR as an industry was barely a blip on the industry radar. That company, which prided itself on handling the entire spectrum of property management from research and acquisition to renovations, renting,

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Bridgeport, Connecticut

“Park City” Real Estate Bucks Post-Pandemic Trends, Presents Headwinds By Carole VanSickle Ellis All around the United States, luxury real estate markets are softening, but Bridgeport, Connecticut, also known as “Park City” for its 1,300 acres of public parks, is home to one of only three luxury markets bucking the trend. In the northeastern town that shares a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) with Stamford, Connecticut, luxury property listings increased toward

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Building the Future

The Digital Transformation of Construction & Renovation Finance By John Ryan A digital transformation is coming quickly to the construction and renovation lending industry. Two main catalysts have contributed to this emerging shift — the rapid advances in technology and an influx of private capital seeking to fill the void left by the regional bank system pullback. Business leaders and staff are using this period of higher interest rates to

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