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ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s premier property database and first property data provider of Data-as-a-Service (DaaS), has released its 2019 property tax analysis for more than 86 million U.S. single family homes, which shows that property taxes levied ...

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JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has closed the sale and financing of LakePointe Corporate Center 3 and 5, a 226,863-square-foot, Class A office portfolio in Charlotte, North Carolina. JLL represented the seller, and procured the buyer, Bridge Investment ...

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Global investment manager Nuveen Real Estate and mixed-use development experts Crosland Southeast have acquired a 12-acre site at the corner of Pecan and Central avenues in Plaza Midwood and are in the early planning stages of a pedestrian-friendly development that ...

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By Julie Havlak Carolina Journal News Service RALEIGH — Lawmakers are trying to fix the Department of Transportation’s spending problems that triggered mass layoffs, project delays, and chaos in the transportation industry.  The department’s overspending exposed failures in oversight, both ...

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Construction employment increased by 20,000 jobs in July but the gains were limited to housing, while employment related to infrastructure and nonresidential building construction slipped by 4,000, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government ...

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Accelerating price growth pushed home prices into uncharted territory in July with the national average median home price reaching nearly $350,000, while inventory continued to evaporate and homes sold in an average of 60 days — the same as last ...

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One of the most common scams in the U.S. and Canada today involves callers pretending to be government officials. Some claim to be tax officials and representatives from the Social Security Administration or Service Canada; others claim to be law ...

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ApartmentRatings and SatisFacts Research today announced the launch of the epIQ Index, a powerful new single performance metric for the multifamily housing industry. The epIQ Index—short for “Experience & Performance Intelligence Quotient”—is powered by verified data from ApartmentRatings reviews and ...

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Freddie Mac (OTCQB: FMCC) has released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing that the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 2.99 percent. “It’s Groundhog Day in the mortgage market as rates continue to remain near historic lows, ...

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Many families quickly adjusted their current living space to accommodate working from home, but those who expect the change to be permanent are likely to pull the trigger on a new home purchase in the next six months, according to ...

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