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Lovingly maintained by the same owner for nearly 4 decades, this impeccable 4 bedroom, 2 bathroom, 1,745sf El Dorado Hills home is ready to be somebody’s new beginning, and is the perfect blank canvas for your personal touches. You will love the spacious layout. The sizable kitchen is open to the family room and offers […more]
Purchased for $545,000 in August of 2016, the 371-square-foot studio condo #307 at 388 Fulton Street returned to the market listed for $525,000 in September of last year, a sale at which would have represented a 4 percent drop in value on an apples-to-apples basis. Reduced to $495,000 in November, newly touting “transparent pricing” and […more]
The longtime District Manager of Brooklyn Community Board 1 retired from his post on August 31, possibly leaving the board without a leader until next summer. Gerald Esposito, who had served as the district manager for more than 45 years, submitted his resignation in August, said CB1 chair Dealice Fuller at… Read More > The […more]
With a seasonal adjustment for Labor Day, mortgage loan application volume in the U.S. ticked down 1.2 percent over the past week, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s. And while purchase mortgage activity was effectively unchanged from the week prior on an adjusted basis, it dropped 12 percent in the absolute and was […more]
Workers were busy and the foundation was in when Brownstoner stopped by 450 Grand Avenue in August. A block of retailers here for decades, including a busy laundromat and restaurants occupying a 19th century row, has been demolished to make way for a seven-story, 39-unit apartment building. The development faces… Read More > The post […more]
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A growing number of Los Angeles-area office buildings are being converted to residential use as demand for offices stalls.
The talk of a housing bubble in the coming year seems to be at a fever pitch as rising mortgage rates continue to slow down an overheated real estate market. Over the past two years, home prices have appreciated at an unsustainable pace causing many to ask: are things just slowing down, or is a […more]
Demand for mortgage loans declined last week as mortgage rates reached their highest level since 2008, crossing the 6% threshold. The market composite index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume by the Mortgage Bankers Association, fell 1.2% for the week ending Sep. 9, compared to the previous week. It was also down 64% compared […more]