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Buy Tom Clancy’s majestic waterfront estate for $6.2M

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An elegant Maryland estate now up for sale for $6.2 million has a studded history — for years, the best-selling author Tom Clancy called it home. Continue reading →

New legislation aims to make mortgages easier for gig workers

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Self-employed workers have a hard time qualifying for a mortgage. A new bill called the Self-Employed Mortgage Access Act could change that. Continue reading →

New Orleans landlord charged with discrimination for ‘no teenagers’ ad

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On Friday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) charged the landlord with housing discrimination for a 2014 ad on Craigslist. Continue reading →

Agent and builder tech startups chosen for new MetaProp $1.5M funding round

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MetaProp, the New York City-based property technology (proptech) early stage venture capital firm and tech growth accelerator announced it’s investing $1.5 million in a number of real estate-related startups. Continue reading →

Design-focused indie brokerage Deasy/Penner acquires Podley Properties

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SoCal-based luxury real estate brokerage Deasy/Penner has acquired Podley Properties, an independently-owned brokerage with a team of 175 agents and 20 support staff spread across six offices in Altadena, Glendora, La Canada, Monrovia, Pasadena, and Si… Continue reading →

‘Not today, Flo’: Realtors livestream, struggle to find power as Hurricane Florence makes landfall

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The storm, which touched down around 7:15 a.m. Friday, brought heavy rain and winds of 90 miles an hour to parts of North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Continue reading →

Realogy makes exec shifts: new Coldwell Banker COO and NRT marketing lead

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Liz Gehringer, a member of Realogy’s leadership team since 2006, was named today as the new Chief Operating Officer at Coldwell Banker Real Estate. Continue reading →

Amazon’s Bezos pledges $2 billion to fight homelessness, improve preschool access

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Dubbed the Bezos Day One Fund, the efforts to combat homelessness will focus on young families and its approach is modeled after the values of Seattle’s Mary’s Place emergency shelter, read the tweeted statement. Continue reading →

Hurricane Florence is aimed at $1 trillion worth of real estate

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As has been the case in recent catastrophic hurricane events, most recently Hurricane Harvey’s 2017 landfall in Houston, most of the fear is rooted in the impact of flooding, a result of hours of prolonged downpours swelling rural and municipal bodies … Continue reading →

iBuyers react to Opendoor’s acquisition of Open Listings

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Inman asked iBuyers Knock, Offerpad and Felix Homes to offer thoughts on Opendoor’s acquisition of Open Listings, a deal that instantly raises the stakes. Continue reading →