Month: July 2017

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/07/31/the-9000-tab-that-surprises-homeowners.html

Commonly overlooked costs include utilities and maintenance….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/31/june-pending-home-sales-edge-up-1-point-5-percent-but-spring-market-stalled.html

A monthly index of signed contracts to purchase existing homes increased 1.5 percent in June compared with May….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/31/homeowners-are-surprised-by-the-cost-of-taxes-utilities-maintenance.html

Maintenance, property taxes and other expenses can add thousands to your costs of ownership. How to budget for them….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/07/31/pending-home-sales-post-first-annual-gain-since-march.html

CNBC's Diana Olick reports the latest read on pending home sales….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/31/dillards-is-the-latest-target-by-activists-for-retailers-real-estate.html

Snow Park said the department store's properties alone should be valued at upwards of $200 per share….

Posted from: https://www.zillow.com/blog/got-an-offer-on-my-home-216774/

Francis, a Seattle homeowner, shares what it was like to sell a house without putting it on the market. As told to Jamie Birdwell-Branson.

Shortly after moving into my Seattle house in 2015, I listed it on Zillow’s for-sale-by-owner pre-market feature, Make Me Move. I got everything organized and listed my home for $100,000 more than what I had just paid.

I thought my home…

Posted from: https://www.zillow.com/blog/hidden-costs-of-homeownership-2017-219659/

Buyers too often focus on a home’s list price or mortgage payment to determine what they can afford. However, the numerous less-obvious costs associated with homeownership can affect the monthly bottom line.

To help home buyers budget more accurately, Zillow and Thumbtack identified several common but often overlooked home expenses and calculated what homeowners around the country could expect to pay…

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/07/30/fortune-reits-net-profit-rises-3-percent.html

Justina Chiu, CEO of Fortune REIT, weighs in on the company's latest earnings report and high portfolio occupancy rates….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/07/21/weak-mortgage-income-hurts-us-regional-lenders.html

Higher interest rates hurt earnings of regional banks in the second quarter, mirroring big banks….

Posted from: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2017/07/21/when-the-empty-apartment-next-door-is-owned-by-an-oligarch.html

Russian oligarchs, Brazilian bank accounts and Chinese businessmen can be traced back to some troubles in the housing market, according to the New York Times….