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American Homes 4 Rent Rebrands as AMH

Company Launches Modern, Simplified Brand Identity Honoring its Heritage AMH, a leading single-family rental operator and top U.S. homebuilder previously known as American Homes 4 Rent, unveiled a new corporate brand identity that embraces its DNA with a modern outlook. The simplified name and reimagined look and feel represent a commitment to continued innovation, as well as to the company’s original purpose and leadership in powering a better future for

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Delta Media Leadership Survey Reveals Real Estate Brokers 2023 Outlook

Majority expects a decline in global and US economy – and profitability Real estate brokerage leaders are rarely a pessimistic group, yet more than half believe the global economy (63 percent) and the US economy (51 percent) will deteriorate in 2023. That’s according to the new Delta Real Estate Leadership Survey of more than 100 brokerage leaders of firms collectively responsible for more than 60 percent of all transactions last year. “Another bigger

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Zillow names Charlotte as 2023’s hottest housing market

Zillow’s 10 hottest markets are based on factors such as expected home value growth and buyer demand Charlotte will be this year’s hottest housing market, according to a Zillow® analysis. Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Dallas and Nashville join Charlotte in the top five of the Zillow 2023 hottest markets list. “This year’s hottest markets will feel much chillier than they did a year ago,” said Anushna Prakash, economic data analyst at Zillow. “The desire to move hasn’t changed, but both buyers and sellers are

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Easing Mortgage Rates and Home Prices Provide Slight Boost to Homebuyer Sentiment

HPSI Inched Upward in December but Remains Well Below Pre-Pandemic Highs The Fannie Mae Home Purchase Sentiment Index® (HPSI) increased 3.7 points in December to 61.0, but the index remains only slightly above its all-time low set in October. Three of the index’s six components improved month over month, including those associated with homebuying conditions, mortgage rate outlook, and job security. Only 21% of respondents believe it’s a good time to buy,

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HINES 2023 GLOBAL OUTLOOK: DISRUPTION BRINGS REAL ESTATE OPPORTUNITIES

Report analyzes transaction volume, debt availability and asset pricing and identifies opportunities in the Americas, Asia, Europe Hines, the global real estate investment, development and property manager, released its global outlook titled “2023: Navigating Through the Labyrinth“. Following the turbulence in 2022, opportunities will abound this year due to repricing, continued outperformance of high-quality office assets, and deflation in some key sectors. Global Chief Investment Officer David Steinbach said, “In a period of global

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Veros Reports That Its National Housing Market Annual Forecast Goes Negative for the First Time in More Than a Decade

Veros® Real Estate Solutions, an industry leader in enterprise risk management and collateral valuation services, released its 2022 Q4 VeroFORECASTSM that anticipates home prices will turn negative overall and depreciate on average by -0.5% for the next twelve months. This is a significant drop from the 1.5% annual appreciation forecast just one quarter ago. VeroFORECAST evaluates home prices in over 300 of the nation’s largest housing markets. Veros is committed to the data science

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