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This week’s properties include a six-bedroom in Montclair, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Elmsford, N.Y.
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This week’s properties include a six-bedroom in Montclair, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Elmsford, N.Y.
Published: July 23, 2016 at 09:00PM
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This week’s properties include a six-bedroom in Montclair, N.J., and a four-bedroom in Elmsford, N.Y.
Published: July 23, 2016 at 09:00PM
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This week’s properties are in Chelsea, on the Upper West Side and in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Published: July 23, 2016 at 09:00PM
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This week’s properties are in Chelsea, on the Upper West Side and in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Published: July 23, 2016 at 09:00PM
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By VIVIAN MARINO
Some who can swing it pay cash for a home upfront, then take out a loan afterward.
Published: July 23, 2016 at 09:00PM
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By KAYA LATERMAN
Some move managers specialize in helping seniors downsize, divest, donate or simply declutter for safety’s — and sanity’s — sake.
Published: July 23, 2016 at 09:00PM
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The percentage of Manhattan homes bought with cash in the first half of 2016.
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July 14, 2016
Racial disparities in roadblocks to achieving American Dream
Prospective home buyers want current presidential candidates to address housing affordability
LOS ANGELES (July 14) – Prospective home buyers face numerous challenges when it comes to achieving the American Dream, and homeownership obstacles vary among ethnic groups, according to a poll conducted by leading think tank the Futures Company in partnership with the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®’ (C.A.R.) Center for California Real Estate.
For all respondents, saving enough for a down payment is the biggest barrier to becoming a homeowner, cited by nearly one in three (29 percent) prospective home buyers, followed by housing supply constraints (27 percent), access to credit and financing (22 percent), and personal debt (19 percent).
These hurdles diverged across race and ethnicity. Thirty-one percent of non-Hispanic whites said constrained housing supply was the most likely deterrent to becoming a homeowner, while a third of Hispanics cited access to credit and financing as their primary challenge in buying a home.
African-Americans (33 percent) and Asians (32 percent) both cited a lack of down payment or savings as the main prohibitive factor in purchasing a home.
"With record high rents and only about a third of the state’s households able to afford to buy a median-priced home, the dream of owning a home in California is evaporating," said C.A.R. President Pat "Ziggy" Zicarelli. "It’s even more discouraging for prospective ethnic home buyers who must face greater obstacles to scrape together a down payment or obtain credit and financing."
Homeownership and sense of well-being
The poll also found that the vast majority (84 percent) of respondents agree that owning their own home gives them a greater sense of well-being and control over their environment. Across all incomes, races/ethnicities, and generations, respondents overwhelmingly agreed on the positive impact of homeownership on their personal satisfaction and health from having greater control over their environment.
Housing and retirement strategy
In connecting housing to opportunity, nearly three in four (72 percent) agree that owning a home is part of their retirement strategy, believing that homeownership is a tool for long-term financial security among those who plan to buy a home or currently own one.
Presidential candidates and housing policy
Lastly, nearly three-fourths (70 percent) of survey respondents who plan to buy a home agreed that they would like the current presidential candidates to address how to make housing more affordable in their campaigns.
And, across all incomes, generations, and races/ethnicities, consumers were strongly in agreement that housing affordability should be a top priority on the presidential campaign trail as candidates make their pitches for ballots in the lead-up to the November contest.
However, housing affordability and solutions to reduce the cost of living have received noticeably little attention this campaign season. Other than releasing plans to increase the five-decades-low homeownership rate, the presumptive nominees, Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, have not issued comprehensive housing policies, including action items to address the significant housing affordability crisis.
The Center for California Real Estate (CCRE) (centerforcaliforniarealestate.org) is an institute from the California Association of REALTORS® dedicated to advancing real estate knowledge. The goal of the center is to arm C.A.R.’s 185,000 members with ideas that help them become more knowledgeable, professional, and insightful in their work as practitioners and stakeholders in the future of real estate. To fulfill this goal, CCRE regularly enlists the foremost experts on topics of pertinent interest to the industry.
Leading the way…® in California real estate for more than 110 years, the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (www.car.org) is one of the largest state trade organizations in the United States with 185,000 members dedicated to the advancement of professionalism in real estate. C.A.R. is headquartered in Los Angeles.
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WASHINGTON (July 21, 2016) — Boosted by a greater share of sales to first-time buyers not seen in nearly four years, existing-home sales maintained their upward trajectory in June and increased for the fourth consecutive month, according to the National Association of Realtors®. Only the Northeast saw a decline in closings in June, and sales to investors fell to their lowest overall share since July 2009.
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