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"How a ‘Dry January’ Mindset Can Get You Closer to Buying a Home in 2024"

Posted by Grossman & Jones Group on January 15th, 2024

Realtor.com writes, "the “dry January” challenge of giving up alcohol for a month got us thinking about kicking some other bad habits that might be holding us back.

We’re not talking about giving up carbs for a month or an afternoon latte, but the not-so-great things you might be doing as a wannabe homebuyer. Not to point fingers here, but many home shoppers fall prey to a faux pas or two when making what’s likely the most significant purchase of their lives, especially in today’s brutal housing market.

To help you get closer to your homebuying dreams, consider taking the month of January to hit the reset button and think about the strategies that aren’t working in your favor. Ready for a homebuying reset? Read on.

Bad habit No. 1: Shopping…

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"Hundreds of Realtors, builders nominated for Austin Residential Real Estate Awards"

Posted by Grossman & Jones Group on February 17th, 2023

Austin Business Journal shares, "the time to honor Central Texas' top-selling Realtors, superlative homebuilders and inclusive master-planned communities is approaching.

Austin Business Journal's 2023 Residential Real Estate Awards are scheduled for next month. A total of 214 agents and realty teams and 16 builders and master-planned communities were nominated — you can find their names below.

There's nothing subjective about the agent awards — they are based on hard numbers. Realtors were asked to submit data on their 2022 transactions for deals in the six-country area: the five counties in the Austin metro, plus Burnet County. Winners will be crowned in three categories for solo agents and teams and ranked by last…

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"Compass shares soar 90% around earnings report"

Posted by Grossman & Jones Group on November 15th, 2022

TheRealDeal writes, "Compass shares climbed to a nearly three-month high Friday after an earnings report revealed mounting losses but gains in market share and progress in its cost-cutting efforts.

The run-up began Thursday, before earnings were released at the market close. The share price gained 32 percent that day, then another 73 percent in the first hour of trading Friday before retreating a bit.

The brokerage’s stock was hovering around $3.50 at midday, up nearly 50 percent since markets opened Friday morning and 90 percent from Wednesday afternoon, when it fell to an all-time low of $1.85.

The iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF, an index that tracks the broader real estate sector, stood at $88.04 per share, up 7.2 percent from Wednesday…

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"Why is the real estate boom in Austin slowing down?"

Posted by Grossman & Jones Group on October 31st, 2022

KVUE Austin reports, "more than two years ago now, 2020 saw what many real estate agents and developers called a gold rush in Austin, with homes being sold in a matter of hours. Now, the market appears to be slowing down.

"It's brought a lot of people here and it was just a perfect storm," said Chester Wilson, one of the owners of Greater Austin Builders.

Two years ago, many set their sights on Austin.

"Gold rush is a perfect term for it. I've been doing this for 25 years. It was unlike anything we've ever seen," said Cord Shiflet, the president of the Austin Board of Realtors.

However, Shiflet said Austin's real estate boom isn't going anywhere but that it's just slowing down.

He noted that rather than…

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