Mar 10, 2022 | Real Estate News
By Margaret HeidenryMar 10, 2022 (Getty Images) Just when you’d swear that real estate couldn’t get any crazier, February’s hottest housing markets broke a new record, right where it’s bound to hurt homebuyers the most: price. The median list price for the United...
Feb 28, 2022 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Clare TrapassoFeb 28, 2022 (Getty Images) In the early part of the 20th century, Willa and Charles Bruce created an oceanfront oasis for Black families barred from nearby “whites only” beaches. In 1912, they built Bruce’s Beach Lodge, in Manhattan Beach, CA. Just...
Feb 24, 2022 | EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News
By Clare TrapassoFeb 24, 2022 (Realtor.com/Getty Images) Homebuyers had better be ready to suit up for battle. Any buyers—or wannabe buyers—who thought last year’s meteoric jump in home prices was rough should be prepared for this spring to be even worse. A...
Feb 18, 2022 | EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Jacob PassyFeb 18, 2022 (Getty Images) The numbers: Existing-home sales increased by nearly 7% between December and January, hitting a seasonally-adjusted, annual rate of 6.5 million, the National Association of Realtors said Friday. Compared to a year ago,...
Feb 2, 2022 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News
By Janet SirotoFeb 2, 2022 (Getty Images) If you’re shopping for a new home now or are hoping to this spring, you probably feel your heart racing a little. The word is out: Mortgage interest rates are on the rise. This means for the same size loan (and house),...
Feb 1, 2022 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate News, Trends
BY ZILLOW ON 3 DEC 2020 Photo by Isabelle Taylor from Pexels Gray skies don’t have to mean a drab indoor life. As winter plods along, you may wish you could just hibernate until spring — and that may be more true than ever this year. But there is, indeed, joy to be...