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Manufactured homes are appreciating faster than site-built homes

Housing Wire

In contrast, the average sales price of new site-built, single-family homes (excluding land) rose by 37.66% over the same period,” the study explained. Despite the long-term trend of rising prices, however, the average sale price of a new manufactured home fell between 2022 and 2023.

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Housing coalition publishes recommendations for GSEs’ ‘Duty to Serve’ plans

Housing Wire

It also recommends that the GSEs launch a “Home-Only loan pilot, [and to] consider adding any additional consumer protections, include a standardized land lease, and homebuyer education and counseling,” the document explains.

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First Team High Desert Agent Rob St. Onge Closes Historic Commercial Transaction at $14.7 Million!

First Team Real Estate

Onge of First Team’s Hesperia office recently closed a record-breaking sale of a commercial property in Rancho Cucamonga, Ca. Rob represented both the buyers and the sellers totaling the sale of $14.7 This sale is the largest single transaction completed by the First Team High Desert offices since starting in 2019.

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Flood Plains, High Winds, and Leased Land: Your Guide to Buying a House in Palm Springs

HomeLight

You’ll have to navigate land leases, HOA requirements , and stiff competition from other buyers set on purchasing your picture-perfect property. A shortage of homes for sale. As Hamilton says, “right now, our inventory is half what it was a year ago, so the number of homes available for sale is really low.”.

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How to Handle the Weird Stuff: Appraisal Methods from an Experienced Florida Appraiser

McKissock

An attorney purchased a condo and then gave his mother a life estate with himself as the remainder, to avoid having to share the sale proceeds with his two siblings upon the mother’s death. Example: Land lease. Subject is one of the four, and there were no comps on land leases for miles in this urban/suburban area.

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6 of the Best Retirement Communities in Idaho

HomeLight

Our tool analyzes the records of recently sold homes near you, your home’s last sale price, and other market trends to provide a preliminary range of value in under two minutes. Relatively low property and sales taxes. About: Golden Spike Estates is a 55+ land-lease community with spectacular mountain views. Get Estimate.

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Housing Affordability Task Force Report: My Two Cents (Pt2)

Toronto Realty Blog

In Monday’s blog, I noted that there are some Victorian mansions on Jarvis Street regularly for sale for $10M – $20M, but nobody can buy those buildings at that price, to keep them in their current form. Land leases? However, shall we do so at a major cost to natural development and expansion of the city?