Deborah Channell

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  • What regions are cashing in on single-family home investments?

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    Attom Data Solutions today released the results of its Q1 2018 Single Family Rental Market report, which ranks the best U.S. markets for buying single family rental properties. Nationally, the average annual gross rental yield among the 449 counties in the study was 8.9 percent for 2018 — a 0.3 percentage point decrease from 2017. […]

  • What can Zillow do to offset slowing revenue growth?

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    My analysis on realtor.com earlier this week surfaced a particularly interesting chart on Zillow’s revenue growth. The slowing growth piqued my interest, so I dug deeper into the data and strategic implications … Read more here:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inmannews/~3/fJzsSBCE9Eo/       

  • Real estate agent hosting open house robbed at gunpoint in San Francisco

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    For many real estate agents, open houses remain an integral part of day-to-day business and their overall success in this industry. But, as one San Francisco agent discovered firsthand over the weekend, open houses also leave agents vulnerable to criminals who see these marketing events as opportune moments to prey on unsuspecting victims … Read […]

  • Bombing suspect dead, Austin real estate community remains vigilant

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    The jarring news brought some relief to the anxiety permeating the Texas capital, where residents were on high alert for more bombings. Austin police said Conditt was thought to be behind all the attacks — four package bomb explosions and one tripwire bombing, plus the explosion that took his life … Read more here:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inmannews/~3/gNQGdDsFFuo/ […]

  • Skyrocketing home prices are driving up homelessness rate, study finds

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    As home prices continue to ascend, many aspiring buyers are priced out of homeownership — or as one study found, priced out of having a home at all. The DataFace, a San Francisco-based data agency, combed through the pages of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) latest Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR) […]

  • Fed announces rate hike, mortgages already on the rise

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    In a widely anticipated move, newly appointed Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday announced a modest benchmark interest rate hike of between 1.5 percent and 1.75 percent amidst continued optimism over economic growth in … Read more here:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inmannews/~3/fnKuKHt4N34/       

  • How real estate is reacting to Facebook’s data scandal

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    Years ago, I was talking to a social media consultant about the best platforms for real estate. She talked knowledgeably about the pros and cons of each, but never mentioned Facebook. When I asked her why, she said, “It goes without saying. Facebook is non-negotiable. You have to be there because that’s where everybody is.” […]

  • Zillow quietly charging big builders for listing exposure

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    Since 2016, Zillow Group has been tapping into a new revenue stream by charging high-volume builders to post new-home listings on all of the company’s websites, which include Zillow.com and Trulia, the two most popular home search portals, Inman recently learned … Read more here:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inmannews/~3/yJQUIt1TCQ8/       

  • Here’s why new home construction is down so much

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    Michael Neal, an analyst with the National Association of Home Builders, estimated that only about 890,000 single-family homes will be built in 2018 — nearly 1 million short of annual growth projections by the U.S. Census Bureau, which includes migration shifts and birth rates. … Read more here:: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/inmannews/~3/Eql-dA5c3UI/