PORTSMOUTH – City Assessor Rosann Lentz warned that “people can expect a 50 to 60 percent increase in the value of their homes” once the ongoing reassessment is completed. “This is typical of what other communities are reporting, some may be higher,” Lentz said in an interview on Wednesday. Lentz also confirmed City Manager Karen […]
Affordable housing has long been in short supply for low-income households, but data released on Monday by Redfin showed positive signs for the starter home segment. According to Redfin, pending home sales increased 10.2% year over year in July, reaching their highest level since October 2022. This was in stark contrast to three other market […]
Tips for buying a home in a hot real estate market Real estate agent Andrea Roth of Echo Fine Properties has strategies to help buyers find their new home Greg Lovett, Palm Beach Post Are real estate prices actually falling in Delaware? This was the case in June and July, and the county with the […]
The Good Brigade/Getty Images; Illustration by Austin Courregé/Bankrate Key findings According to the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales rose 1.3 percent in July 2024 from the previous month, ending four consecutive months of declines. The national median sales price was $422,600, up 4.2 percent from last year and the highest median price ever […]
Homes have never been more expensive in Ventura County, although price increases have slowed since the booming real estate market in the early years of the pandemic. In July, the median price of 314 single-family homes sold in the county was $972,000, according to data released Monday by the California Association of Realtors. The median […]
A primary school teacher is forced to sleep in his car because he can no longer afford the rising rent costs. Bill Atkinson is currently homeless in Austin, Texas because he earns too much to qualify for housing assistance – but not enough to afford rent. 5 Bill Atkinson has been teaching for four years […]
A house for sale in San Diego. Photo by Alexander Nguyen Real estate prices in San Diego County fell in July compared to the previous month’s sales activity, the California Association of Realtors said Tuesday. July’s sales pace nationwide rose 3.6% from a revised 270,200 homes sold in June and 4.1% from a year ago, […]
Tenants living in nightmarish accommodation surrounded by chicken carcasses accuse their landlord of trying to double the rent. Additionally, the couple had grown tired of having no running water or electricity on their garbage-strewn property and were now living in a trailer. 2 The rent in the House of Horrors was to more than double, […]
Austin couple realizes they are not the owners of their house after committing fraud In May, someone filed a fraudulent deed claiming ownership of Greg and Jennifer Thompson’s home. For months, the couple have been trying to prove their ownership to the courts, the clerk and the assessor’s office. As the latest figures show, the […]
