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Zillow reveals 2024’s most popular – and most unusual – home searches

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Natural language search reveals insights into how people searched for homes this year From barns to laser tag, Zillow® AI-powered natural language search revealed 2024’s unique home-search trends, offering a window into what Americans wanted in their next home. This year, Zillow enhanced its natural language search feature, allowing home shoppers to search for their next home as naturally as they would speak to family or friends. Buyers and renters can use

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Gray Capital’s 2025 Multifamily Forecast Highlights Positive Investment Prospects and High Housing Demand

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Gray Capital, a multifamily investment firm, has published their “2025 Multifamily Forecast” report, which covers the major trends in the housing market and economy that will impact the apartment market next year. Along with these broader trends, the new report includes data on apartment supply and demand, capital markets, and specific predictions for rent growth in 2025. “Multifamily is on the precipice of an inflection point. 2025 should see significantly

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Existing Home Sales Rise to Highest Level in Over a Year and a Half

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Redfin reports homebuying activity picked up in November as election uncertainty dissipated and buyers grew more accustomed to elevated mortgage rates Existing home sales rose 0.7% month over month in November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4,269,85—the highest level since March 2023. They jumped 4.5% year over year—the largest annual increase since July 2021, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage. A seasonally adjusted

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Archwest Appoints Former CoreVest Executive Tuan Pham as Chief Marketing Officer to Expand its Platform and Enhance Client Experience

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Archwest Capital (“Archwest”), a premier direct lender specializing in business-purpose financing for residential real estate investors, announced the appointment of Tuan Pham as Chief Marketing Officer. Pham, a seasoned leader in the business-purpose lending (BPL) sector, brings over 23 years of experience in marketing, branding, and client engagement, most recently serving as the Chief Marketing Officer of Dunmor. Previously, Pham led as Chief Marketing Officer of CoreVest, where he played a crucial

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Hines 2025 Outlook: Turning the Corner Toward Recovery and Opportunity

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2025 has the potential to be a pivotal turning point for global real estate markets, according to leading global real estate investment manager Hines’ 2025 Global Investment Outlook report. The report, titled “A New Dawn: Seizing Real Estate’s Moment of Opportunity,” highlights the key trends and sector-specific strategies Hines sees shaping the global real estate market as it transitions into a new cycle of growth and recovery, with a specific

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Veterans United Predicts 2025 Will Bring More Buyers Into the Market as Rates Stabilize and Home Price Growth Moderates

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Affordability Will Continue to Remain a Challenge Prompting Buyers to Rely Heavily on Seller Concessions and Creative Financing Options After five years of dramatic ups and downs, the U.S. housing market is poised for stabilization, according to Veterans United’s 2025 Housing Market Outlook. Although affordability challenges and economic uncertainties remain, improvements in mortgage rates and more moderated home price growth signal a gradual recovery. “The coming year will be characterized by

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