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Home flipping profits shrink to their slimmest since 2008

Real estate flips produced their smallest profit margins in well over a decade during the third quarter as rising home prices require a change in strategy for investor businesses, according to a report from Attom.  Processing Content Real estate investors flipped a total of 72,217 properties between July and September this year. The number finished […]

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Mortgage rates higher after FOMC rate cut priced in

The mortgage industry is still weighing the impact of the latest Federal Open Market Committee short-term rate reduction on housing. Processing Content But reflecting trends prior to the meeting in the benchmark 10-year Treasury used to price mortgages, the 30-year fixed rate gained 3 basis points, while the 15-year climbed 10 basis points, the Freddie

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Point-Aux-Chenes Louisiana after Hurricane Ida 2021

Impact of climate-fueled disasters seen in insurance, real estate data

Point-Aux-Chenes, Louisiana, after Hurricane Ida in 2021.Bloomberg News Climate change-driven disaster risks are having a measurable impact on property insurance rates and home values, according to a recent National Bureau of Economic Research paper. Processing Content In a paper released in June 2024 and revised last month, academics Benjamin Keys and Philip Mulder say their

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