The obviously insane increases observed in real estate prices and values lately from 17.4 percent on average across the U.S. in 2021 led the Case-Shiller Report to calculate a year-over-year rise of 19.7% in July, while CoreLogic showed 18 percent and FHFA 19.2 percent. The major reason has been
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12/01/2021
0 I usually convey this information to all of my client sellers when they are considering putting their home on the market. There are a multitude of reasons for understanding the concerns and attitudes of their current and future purchasers. Many times sellers don’t realize or aren’t aware o
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12/01/2021
By Philip A Raices - November 29, 2021 Are you still renting? If so ask yourself why. Is it because you want to be as flexible as possible and not beholden to a mortgage? Is it because you want to be able to move in a short period of time without having to sell anything? Have you invested the
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12/01/2021
By The Island Now - November 22, 2021 0 There are a number of professionals who we have to work with to coordinate our sales, from the attorneys, home inspectors, contractors mortgage brokers, and sometimes managements and co-op boards as well as our sellers and purchasers. Every once in a blu
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12/01/2021
All Things Real Estate: Buyers are liars, sellers are yellers and lawyers are destroyers! By Philip A Raices - October 25, 2021 0 Seriously, my headline isn’t meant to insult or be condescending, but I am quite sure everyone, including myself, has experienced one or more of these situations dur
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11/17/2021
Why are homeowners who are thinking about selling as well as purchasers who were contemplating buying pulling back and slowing down their decision-making by holding off?My professional and personal opinion is that they are going through a phase I call F.E.A.R., which means Fanaticized, Expectatio
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09/14/2021
As I have left notes for several years that I have been maxed out @ 5000 connections on my personal FB page. So, connect with me on my business page: https://www.facebook.com/turnkeyrealestate
08/20/2021
A new law was passed a few years ago in Nassau County that co-op managements and boards have 40 days to review their applicant’s board packages once received to speed things up and to provide a scheduled interview and either pass or fail that individual or couple. If not done within that time con
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07/28/2021
So you’ve now decided to purchase a vacation home or condo in a development or hi-rise outside the U.S. Maybe you are thinking of some exotic location like Costa Rica, where 200,000-plus from the U.S. and Canada and expatriates from other countries have decided to buy and eventually end up there
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07/28/2021
The real estate industry is made up of over 2 million agents around the U.S., but only approximately 1.4 million are considered realtors, who belong to one of the thousands of professional multiple listing services across the country.A percentage of those 600,000 who are not part of an MLS are di
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07/28/2021
