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A month after shutting down Zillow Offers, the company’s home-flipping, iBuyer business, Zillow will buy back stock, which fell about 60% so far this year.

The Fla.-owned insurer wants fewer policies, and it’s proposed a law that would force homeowners to accept private coverage even if it costs up to 20% more.

After increasing for 14 straight months, home price growth finally slowed in September. Experts say it’s a step in the right direction for buyers in 2022.

The report says population density is part of the problem in increasing housing supply, as most consumers prefer living in single-family homes.

More real estate pros are advising clients not to use the clauses, which may give away too much info in a bidding war and hurt any negotiations.

Analysts: Fears over the omicron variant could drive mortgage rates lower and perhaps stall demand for what has been a rebounding office sector.

Insurance experts: Fla. homeowners can expect to pay even more in premiums over the next decade if insurers’ losses cannot be significantly reduced.

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The key: Many relocating buyers explore prospective cities via Facebook Groups. The strategy: Join those groups and become the voice for local real estate.

According to the analysis, only Fort Lauderdale (18.6%) comes close to that number. In Jacksonville, more than 1 in 4 homebuyers (28.1%) are investors.

In S. Fla., housing has never been affordable for most of its working-class population, and new challenges could take years to fix.

Rates ticked slightly higher than last week’s 3.10%. Many economists predict increases since the Fed says it will tighten monetary policies – but it hasn't happened yet.

A Brown University analysis finds the primary factor driving Americans’ neighborhood choice is race rather than income. Some things got better; others did not.

Agencies must apply by Dec. 30. The money can be used for a range of fair housing activities related to discrimination resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cap on conventional and FHA loans will rise notably higher next year, with caps in a handful of high-cost markets coming close to $1 million.

Office markets’ future – who will/won’t return – still isn’t clear, but it lost its No. 1 spot in total space in 2018 as the warehouse sector rose to the top.

Home prices continue to rise, but the pace of that rise seems to be slowing. Since June, year-to-year increases have decelerated for four consecutive months.

On Monday, NAR said that pending sales rose 7.5%, but it appears the buyer uptick includes fewer millennials as home prices rise beyond their reach.

Also: A non-gated community installed security cameras at entrances. Now board members monitor who comes and goes on their cellphones. Is that legal?

U.S. home prices rose 18.5% year-to-year in 3Q, but the increases in eight Fla. metros ranged from 20.5% in Central Florida to 34.7% in Cape Coral-Fort Myers.