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A new source of affordable housing inventory: Private seller auctions

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He bought it from an outside landlord who didnt have the local market knowledge or presence needed for property management. New marketplace for motivated sellers That is good news for sellers like Ricardo Sims, the out-of-state landlord who sold the Montgomery properties to Richards via SmartSale. million registered users.

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Santa Monica: An unexpected haven for first-time buyers

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“Most of the demand is coming from first-time buyers,” Trevor Levin, a local agent with Los Angeles-based Nourmand & Associates , said. Nationwide, the share of buyers who are first-time buyers has risen in recent months. Nationwide, the share of buyers who are first-time buyers has risen in recent months.

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Inventory needs to increase to balance housing market: Fed Beige Book

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While home prices have started to inch down, more inventory is needed for a balanced housing market, the Federal Reserve Beige Book said. In other markets, including the Cleveland district, low inventory levels hindered home prices from dropping further.

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57 crucial real estate statistics that explain the 2025 market

Housing Wire

There is currently an inventory of 642,359 properties. Visit Altos Research Sources: Altos Research Buyer statistics Part of being a great buyers agent is getting inside the mind of a buyer. 32% of buyers are first-time buyers, and 75% of those first-time homebuyers are aged 25 to 33.

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Top LO Ben Cohen thinks first time buyers will return to the housing market this year

Housing Wire

Going from a volatile rate environment in the latter half of 2022 to a market with lower, more stabilized rates, there’s optimism spreading across the industry that buyers will come back. I really think until we see inventory move in our favor, it’s still going to be a tough market for a buyer.

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Real estate investors have a ‘cautiously optimistic’ outlook: survey

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That’s the conclusion from a survey of 235 single-family landlords in late June and early July. Still, renters should expect housing costs to rise as three in four landlords plan to raise rents in the next year, including one-third who plan to increase them by more than 4%.

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What are the drivers of housing demand in 2022?

Housing Wire

The median age of a first-time buyer for the past three years has remained 33 years old. Between 1981 and 2018, the median age of first-time buyers ranged between 28 and 32. There will soon be a wave of potential buyers aging into the first-time buyer age group. There are 23.4 million adults aged 28-32 in the U.S.

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