Despite the drop in sales, NAR's latest housing report also shows that price appreciation in the last two months has started to moderate from...
Long & Foster Teams With Chinese Website
Long & Foster Real Estate has signed a partnership with China's largest international real estate portal, Juwai.com, in the hopes of...
Bank Giant Is More Cautious Over FHA Loans
"FHA requirements are down to a 520 FICO [credit score] and you only have to put 3.5 percent down; that's subprime lending, and we're...
Bullish on Rentals, Big Landlords Merge
The single-family rental home business had long been dominated by mom-and-pop operators, but big investors have moved in.
Affordability Snapshot for the Top 100 Metros
A new study evaluates how much house a typical family in each of the nation's top 100 metro areas can comfortably afford.
Real Estate Ads Target Instagram, Snapchat
Instagram and Snapchat recently began to integrate advertisements into their social platforms, opening up new avenues for real estate companies to...
For 69 Percent of Renters, Location Is a Decision-Maker
It may surprise some housing professionals to know that when it comes to renting, location—not price or size—seems to be the major decision-maker. This news comes from For Rent Media Solutions’ recently released white paper, Engaging Today’s Consumer: The Modern Apartment Search. After surveying more than 13,500 consumers, FRMS has gained key insights into the search […]
Millennials and the New American Dream
A survey conducted exclusively among millennials as part of the Responsive Home project—a venture between BUILDER magazine and Pardee Homes to design, build and sell the ideal home for 21st century buyers – identifies the driving factors behind new age home buying habits and de-bunks millennial home buying myths. The results found that a modified, but familiar dream […]
Tech firm to relocate from SouthPark to Oak Hill business park
A company associated with Technology Partners Inc. has purchased a 36,878-square-foot office building in the Oak Hill business park for just over $3 million, and the technology firm plans to relocate its offices to the space next year.
Levy Partners II, a limited liability company managed by Jay Levy, purchased the Willow Oak building earlier this month from Adler Kawa Real Estate Advisors. Adler Kawa purchased four office buildings at Oak Hill last year for $16.6 million. The park is located off…1 in 5 Buyers Make Offer Without Seeing Home
A new survey shows the growing importance of online listings and mobile real estate apps in getting some buyers to make an offer without seeing a...