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Zavvie raises $1.75 million in new funding round

By Jim Dalrymple II | May 20, 2021 - 6:48 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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Real estate tech company zavvie announced Thursday that it has raised $1.75 million in new funding, some of which came from the National Association of Realtors’ venture wing. Continue reading →

Top Coldwell Banker team in Missouri jumps to eXp Realty

By Jim Dalrymple II | May 20, 2021 - 6:22 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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A top-performing Coldwell Banker team in the St. Louis, Missouri, area announced this week that it’s joining eXp Realty, making it the latest in a string of high-profile defections away from legacy brands. Continue reading →

Hot housing market, unemployment fuel record-high NAR membership 

By Marian McPherson | May 20, 2021 - 4:25 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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The National Association of Realtors credited the boom in membership in 2020 to a robust housing market and Americans’ career shifts during the pandemic. Continue reading →

Woman files complaint alleging discrimination in home appraisals

By Lillian Dickerson | May 20, 2021 - 3:49 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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The valuations of an Indianapolis property owned by Carlette Duffy’s, a Black woman, more than doubled when she removed anything from her home identifying her race. Continue reading →

Showing management startup Instashowing nabs $4M in funding

By Lillian Dickerson | May 20, 2021 - 3:00 pm |May 20, 2021 Uncategorized

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Former Trulia CEO Pete Flint once again led the funding round. The company will primarily use the funds to develop an open API for showing services Continue reading →

Dozens of economists don’t see any bursting bubbles on the horizon

By Jim Dalrymple II | May 19, 2021 - 8:36 pm |May 19, 2021 Uncategorized

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A new survey of 42 economists showed that home prices, housing starts, apartment vacancies and other factors should remain healthy for the next several years. Continue reading →

Infinity pool atop Brooklyn skyrise is highest in Western Hemisphere

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 19, 2021 - 4:48 pm |May 19, 2021 Uncategorized

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Kohn Pedersen Fox designed the infinity pool atop the 68-story Brooklyn Point luxury residential tower. Continue reading →

Builder confidence still high amid soaring lumber costs

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 19, 2021 - 2:48 pm |May 19, 2021 Uncategorized

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Nationwide builder sentiment clocked in with an index score of 83 in May, according to the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index. Continue reading →

Home with rows and rows of storage goes viral on TikTok

By Veronika Bondarenko | May 18, 2021 - 4:58 pm |May 18, 2021 Uncategorized

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A Florida home that has more storage space than it does bedrooms is going viral on TikTok for its rows and rows of shelves. Continue reading →

Timber may soon follow lumber in upward price trend

By Lillian Dickerson | May 18, 2021 - 3:45 pm |May 18, 2021 Uncategorized

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Pandemic-fueled housing demand is finally beginning to catch up with years of oversupply in the timber industry that resulted from the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading →