• VA issues temporary fix to allow buyer-paid broker fees,Flávia Furlan Nunes

    VA issues temporary fix to allow buyer-paid broker fees

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Tuesday issued a temporary fix that will allow homebuyers using VA loans to pay for their real estate agent’s commission — i.e., the buyer-broker fee.The change, a result of the National Association of Realtors’ (NAR) commission lawsuit settlement agre

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  • Study: Housing Prices Far Outpaced Consumer Inflation in San Diego, Across U.S.,Damon Cuccia

    Study: Housing Prices Far Outpaced Consumer Inflation in San Diego, Across U.S.

    A home for sale in Tierrasanta. Staff photoOne measure of housing prices in the last five years shows them rising far faster than general inflation over the same period, according to a new analysis of real estate data.The increase in median price-per-square foot suggests that the typical home on the

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  • Home sellers are returning to the market,Damon Cuccia

    Home sellers are returning to the market

    The weekly volume of new listings is now higher than at anytime last year. It’s still April, so there could be as many as eight more weeks of seller growth in the spring housing market. And seller growth is happening pretty much everywhere across the country, with Florida and Texas leading the way. 

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