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Luxury Apartment Glut in South Florida Offers Some Price Relief; Vacancies climb as wave of construction pushes down rents. - WSJ 9.11.23
June Home Prices Flattened From a Year Earlier; Skyrocketing Mortgage Rates Could Impact Ongoing Pricing Ebb and Flow - SCW Newswatch/ Barron's 8.29.23
This handyman will move in with your squatters and force them out - NY Post 8.11.23
Chicago residents relocating to Cape Coral, Florida, more than any other, study shows - Fox 32 8.10.23
Authorities get 'aggressive' in massive effort to remove squatters from their city - Fox 8.8.23
Squatters turn Pennsylvania homes into drug dens, set indoor campfire to cook canned ravioli; A Pennsylvania fire chief says one home has been a 'prime spot' for illegal activity - Fox 8.6.23
For 1920s Storybook Charm, Escape to California’s Carmel-by-the-Sea; Seek out this coastal town for a mix of great beaches and fairy-tale architecture that conjures Hansel and Gretel - WSJ 7.26.23
Foreclosures Continue To Surge With More Homeowners Now in Danger of Losing Their Properties - Realtor 7.13.23
Beautiful Bargains: Grab These 5 Craftsman Bungalows Priced Below $300K - Realtor 7.14.23
What We Know About the Dilapidated House of the Suspect in the Gilgo Beach Serial Killings - Realtor 7.14.23
Wanted: More Housing! Here Are the 10 Cities With the Most - and the Fewest - Homes for Sale Right Now - Realtor.com 6.5.23
Villanova named the most expensive neighborhood in Pennsylvania - Centre Daily Times/ McClatchy 5.26.23
In Today’s Housing Market, It’s Timing Over Location; Steep increases in home prices and mortgage rates have set buyers on divergent financial trajectories—even when they bought only a year or two apart. - WSJ 5.19.23
Most affordable beach towns of 2023 revealed - and some are not where you'd think; Check out this countdown of the 10 most affordable beach towns in 2023 from Realtor.com - 5.18.23
Communities begin preparing for a drastic influx of homeless Vermonters; In total, the Vermont Agency of Human Services says roughly 2,800 Vermonters will be displaced by July 1 - NBC 5 (VT)
The 15 housing markets in America that are now actually more affordable than they were in 2005 - MarketWatch - 7.16.22
America Faces a Housing Bust; All ingredients seemed in place at 2022’s start for a continued housing boom, but now the market has priced itself for a sharp reversal - WSJ 6.22.22
I No Longer Drive and Want To Retire in a Highly Walkable Urban Area With Many Cultural Activities; Where Should I Go? - Realtor.com 4.15.22
U.S. Supreme Court Expands Definition of What Constitutes a Physical Taking - National law Review 4.14.22
‘Fix My Flip’ Reveals One Thing a Contractor Should Never, Ever Do - Realtor.com 4.15.22
10 Perfect Places to Rent or Buy a Cabin Right Now - CabinHomes.com 2.3.22
Middle Class Getting Priced Out of Covid Housing Market; Surging demand and shrinking supply are combining to make home buying more difficult, as affordability worsens for many during the pandemic. - WSJ 2.7.22
VIDEO: What Does 2022’s Market Look Like For Tampa Bay? - Tampa Home Group 1.24.22
Roaring U.S. housing market may cool, keep climbing as Fed ends emergency support - MarketWatch 1.5.22
PESTS: Brown Recluse vs. Wolf Spider: Which One Is On My Property? - ABC Home and Commercial 2.19.21
PESTS: How to Get Rid of Brown Recluse Spiders - LawnStarter 1.4.21
PESTS: 9 Natural Predators That Control Spiders - The Spruce 7.28.21
PESTS: Brown Recluse Spider Interactions With Other Species - University of Wisconsin-Lacrosse
REAL ESTATE: Homes Now Typically Sell in a Week, Forcing Buyers to Take Risks: American home buyers are having to pounce faster than ever to clinch a deal, forcing many of them to make snap decisions about what house to purchase and where to live. - WSJ 11.11.21
HOUSE FLIPPING: [PODCAST] How Zillow Failed at Flipping Homes: Zillow started buying and selling homes directly a few years ago, hoping to make money on each transaction. But last week, the company said it was exiting the business. - WSJ 11.9.21
The McCloskeys’ Restored Midwestern Palazzo See inside the palace near Forest Park. - St. Louis Magazine 8.16.18
WILDFIRES & REAL ESTATE: They Moved to Rural California for Affordable Homes. Then the Caldor Fire Destroyed the Town. Growing populations of towns in the “wildland-urban interface” is a key reason for the rising wildfire threat in the West, researchers say. - WSJ 11.6.21
How to Invest in Real Estate: 5 Ways to Get Started: Real estate investments can add diversification to your portfolio — and getting into the market can be as easy as buying a mutual fund. - NerdWallet 3.12.21
WILDFIRES & REAL ESTATE: They Moved to Rural California for Affordable Homes. Then the Caldor Fire Destroyed the Town. Growing populations of towns in the “wildland-urban interface” is a key reason for the rising wildfire threat in the West, researchers say. - WSJ 11.6.21
Zillow Says It Can’t Buy Any More Homes This Year: The real-estate company said it was experiencing backlogs related to renovating the homes and that it faces constraints for on-the-ground workers. - WSJ 10.18.21
Foreclosures soar after COVID-19 forbearance programs expire - UPI
Q3 2021 U.S. Foreclosure Activity Begins To See Significant Increases As Foreclosure Moratorium Is Lifted - Attom
The Biggest Mistakes Home Buyers and Sellers Make It’s the largest investment many people will ever make—and the most emotional one. That can be a bad combination. - WSJ 9.18.21
Homes are selling the fastest in these markets Homes sat on the market in April for just over 40 days on average - Fox 6.2.21
Are There Any States with No Property Tax in 2021? (Free Investor Guide) - RealWealthNetwork 2021
Rising home prices threaten to overheat summer housing market - Fox 5.25.21
U.S. Existing Home Sales Decline in April as Real Estate Cools - Newsmax 5.21.21
11 Reasons You Don't Want to Retire in Florida: The dark side of the Sunshine State includes an overabundance of boomers, critters, sweat and weirdness. - Kiplinger Report 11.14.19
Sales of previously owned homes in the U.S. surged in July as low interest rates and a desire for more space amid the pandemic boosted home-buyer demand - WSJ
5 Mistakes That Can Make House Flipping a Flop; Avoid the pitfalls that novice flippers overlook - Investopedia