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Suburban New York team joins forces with Howard Hanna

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The Mark Seiden Real Estate Team is partnering with Howard Hanna Rand Realty, increasing the latter’s influence north of New York City, according to an announcement. Continue reading →

Texas, Florida buyers are trading civil rights for affordability: Redfin

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Residents in Florida and Texas would rather live in states with abortion care and LGBTQ rights, but affordability worries force them to stay in their current states, according to a new Redfin survey. Continue reading →

New Yorkers are white-knuckling a turbulent summer buyer’s market

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Like the energy of its premier city, homebuyers and sellers in New York State are grappling with a rollercoaster summer, with extreme buyers’ and sellers’ markets taking consumers on a wild ride. Continue reading →

Compass nabs ‘star’ New York City agent and team from SERHANT.

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Maggie Wu is the latest of many agents to “boomerang” back to Compass after briefly leaving for another company. She leads the 4-person W Team which closed $102 million in sales last year. Continue reading →

Demand for urban homes will be ‘muted’ for years: McKinsey

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Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has found that pandemic-induced hybrid work is here to stay, for better or worse, ensuring permanent consequences for real estate agents in larger cities. Continue reading →

Lone Star lawmakers pass ‘largest property tax cut in Texas history’

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The deal raises the amount homeowners can exempt from the taxable value of their properties from $40,000 to $100,000, ensuring Texas will remain among the fastest growing states in the U.S. Continue reading →

8% of buyers got down payment help from family this year: Survey

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A new survey of 1,700 real estate agents this spring found that homebuyers in the Northeast and in Southern California were the most likely to get financial help from their family. Continue reading →

Corcoran affiliate expands Jersey Shore presence with acquisition

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Corcoran Baer and McIntosh will expand into Sea Girt, New Jersey, with the acquisition of Ocean Pointe Realtors, the company exclusively told Inman. Continue reading →

Oxygen loss may have led to crash that killed Keller Williams agent

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Adina Azarian died Sunday when the small plane she was on crashed in Virginia. Investigators are now exploring the possibility that hypoxia impacted people on the Cessna 560 Citation V. Continue reading →

The Texas plan that could win even more new homeowners

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High property taxes in Texas have in the past canceled out some of the state’s affordability advantages. But political leaders are looking for ways to reduce homeowners’ tax burden. Continue reading →