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2018 Cali housing will be ‘a tale of two markets’

Strong demand tempered by lack of supply and limited access to affordable housing will define 2018’s housing market, reported California Association of Realtors (C.A.R.) Chief Economist Leslie Appleton-Young today at the association’s 2018 Market Forecast. Like many markets across the nation, California is experiencing positive jobs growth (+1.2 percent year-over-year), low unemployment rates (4.6 percent) […]

NAR wants Trump’s association health plans to cover agents

After two failed attempts to pass health care reform through Congress, on Thursday President Trump signed an executive health care order in effort “to provide millions of Americans with Obamacare relief.” The details of how the order will change the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare), which remains intact at this time, is still unclear. Here’s […]

The government pays more to rich homeowners than poor renters

The United States government spends nearly twice the amount on housing subsidies that favor the rich over the section 8 housing program for low income Americans, a new report finds—$71 billion compared to $29.9 billion in 2015, the report from the website Apartment List found. Credit: Apartment List As the country heads towards a likely […]

58% of people would live with a ghost

This Halloween, consider mentioning any (friendly) ghosts and goblins that may have taken up residence in one of your listings — as it turns out, more than half of buyers are open to living in a haunted house. In September, realtor.com conducted a Haunted Real Estate survey where 1,000 respondents shared their opinions on living […]

Home of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz destroyed in fire

The Santa Rosa home of the late Peanuts creator Charles Schulz has been destroyed by one of the many wildfires hammering California’s North Bay area this week, which have so far claimed 31 lives and destroyed 3,500 homes and buildings. The bulk of the cartoon genius’s original works are safe in the Charles M. Schulz […]

Murdered Arkansas agent’s family sues brokerage over safety training

Three years after former Arkansas real estate agent Beverly Carter was murdered, her family is suing Crye-Leike Real Estate for wrongful death and negligence, alleging that the brokerage failed to provide Carter with the proper safety training that could have saved her. The lawsuit filed on Sept. 29 by Carter’s husband and two sons accuses […]

Brokerage issues apology for ad accused of being racist

Indianapolis-based brokerage Flock Real Estate Group has received a warning from the Fair Housing Center of Central Indiana for an October ad that used what some call “coded language” to describe the African-American residents who once lived in the Fall Creek Place neighborhood. According to a WTHR 13 report, Fall Creek Place was once known […]

The empowered agent: 10 things you need to know

“When an entire industry changes — when it sets up a new set of rules to play by, a new set of values — it’s not usually the majority of players that ask for that change. Usually it’s one person.” This one person is who CEO of Coldwell Banker Charlie Young calls the empowered agent. […]

Coldwell Banker launches disaster relief fund

From Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria to the wildfires that are devastating Northern California, it’s impossible to ignore the fact that the past three months have been rife with disasters. In response to the long recoveries ahead, Coldwell Banker is unveiling “Gen Blue Gives Back,” a relief fund implemented specifically for those in the Coldwell […]

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