Entries by Nema

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The best window to contact an agent to sell your home is anywhere from three to six months in advance of your list date. When you start the search for an agent several months before hitting the market, there’s plenty of time to find the best agent, make key renovations, and market your home effectively,…

Is Legal Marijuana Giving Local Housing Markets in 2023 a

Not exactly. As more states have legalized weed, it’s not giving real estate values the same sort of high they received a decade ago when homebuyers were moving to states like Colorado eager to start cannabis businesses and legally toke up. But it doesn’t appear to be hurting home values either, according to a recent…

Blackstone is the latest victim of the weakening commercial real estate market

The ongoing commercial real estate slowdown has a new victim: Blackstone, the largest owner of commercial real estate globally. The company saw its distributable earnings — the profit distributed to shareholders after expenses — plunge 36% since last year. That’s raising eyebrows on Wall Street as investors assess the fallout from last month’s regional banking […]

Bidding wars to continue for entry-level homebuyers this spring

Home sales in the Houston area may have slowed but that doesn’t mean entry-level buyers here have an easier or cheaper road to homeownership.There are more homes available for sale than a year ago, but mostly in the upper price ranges, according to a new report by real estate marketplace Zillow. Locally, the supply of…