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Just 34 percent of homes have regained pre-recession values. Is that a bad thing?

by Annie Baxter
May 3, 2017
There’s some stark research out today from the real estate research firm Trulia that shows an uneven recovery in the housing market. According to Trulia, only 34 percent of homes nationally have returned to their pre-recession value. Now that is, of course, a comparison back to the crazy times of the housing bubble. So how […]
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Washington’s luxury home market gets big boost from Trump cabinet picks

by Adam Allington
May 1, 2017
While certainly not a cheap place to live, Washington, D.C., has never really been known as a place where the uber-wealthy go to buy property. But, some current members of President Trump’s cabinet may have changed that, according to a new report from the real estate brokerage Redfin. The D.C. luxury home market rose more […]
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Why Porter Ranch real estate is selling despite the recent gas leak

by Ben Bergman
Apr 17, 2017
Toll Brothers builders didn't have to offer discounts on its pricey homes on the outskirts of Los Angeles, about a mile from the leak site.
When complete, this Toll Brothers development in Porter Ranch, California, will feature 3,400 homes and condos.
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These blue-collar workers are getting priced out of the cities that need them

by Jana Kasperkevic
Apr 13, 2017
Even doctors can't afford San Francisco.
In many U.S. cities, houses are too expensive for teachers and first responders.
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Millennials are helping to strengthen the home market

by Sabri Ben-Achour
Mar 30, 2017
Sales jumped more than 5 percent last month.
Everything from worker shortage to material prices have forced builders to adapt.
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The real estate industry smells big money in marijuana

by Sam Harnett
Jan 10, 2017
Right now could be a very good time to own a big commercial space in California. Why? Marijuana.
An employee with medicinal marijuana plants in the flowering room at Tweed INC. in Smith Falls, Ontario, on December 5, 2016.   
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Will increase in home sales continue into 2017?

by Annie Baxter
Dec 21, 2016
Rising mortgage rates may have pushed some buyers last month to close home deals but economists don't expect that to be a big thing in 2017
An Open House sign directs prospective buyers to property for sale in Monterey Park, California.
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Too few houses on the market help force prices up

by Annie Baxter
Dec 21, 2016
The higher prices are an obstacle to people hoping to move up, keeping them from putting their houses up for sale.
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Slowly rising rates shouldn’t hurt housing market

by Mark Garrison
Dec 16, 2016
New data out this week show the average 30-year fixed mortgage at 4.16 percent. That’s a 2016 high, and is set to keep rising with the Fed promising more interest rate hikes. That means home buying is getting more expensive just ahead of the important spring selling season. But the economy is strengthening overall, which […]
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The Secret Service is Fifth Avenue's hottest new amenity

by Kai Ryssdal
Dec 6, 2016
Buy a $1.2 million condo, share the elevator with federal agents.
New York Police Department officers change shifts at Trump Tower in New York City on December 2, 2016.   
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