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BALTIMORE — Greg Cantori plans to downsize when he retires. Really, really downsize.
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It IS cute, but long term....? Delete the scoop?
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Consider this one more sign that the housing market is heating up: Appraisers are putting higher values on homes again, allowing for more deals to go through.
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Thank goodness, since almost everything is going at or over asking. Delete the scoop?
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Home warranties are useful—but they have their limits.
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In this competitive sellers' market I usually advise the buyers not to ask for a home warranty. Delete the scoop?
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Demand among homebuyers is so high in some parts of the country that builders are holding lotteries to decide who gets to purchase homes in their developments.
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Why homeowners are keeping properties off the market.
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Proof positive that it doesn't really pay to wait. Delete the scoop?
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Fun fact: there are only 32 free-standing single-family houses in Century City (at least according to a developer). They're all in the gated Century Woods, home to the aging...
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Welcome back to Curbed University after a brief spring break. Curbed U delivers insider tips and non-boring advice on how to buy, sell, or rent a house or apartment....
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This is some great advice. The best being to calm down before approaching the noise creators. Delete the scoop?
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Let's check in in the Los Angeles real estate real estate market by neighborhood for the 1st Qtr of 2013 and compare it to the last Qtr of 2012. Which areas favor sellers and which favor buyers? ...
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Checking in on Los Angeles real estate by neighborhood for the First Quarter of 2013 Delete the scoop?
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It looks like LADWP officials have gotten one step closer to pulling the stopper out of Silver Lake Reservoir. Eastsider LA reports that the Department of Health has tentatively...
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First Echo Park, and now Silver Lake :( Delete the scoop?
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WASHINGTON — They're back after barely a decade: escalation clauses in real estate contracts, "naked" contingency-free offers and low-ball-priced listings designed to pull in dozens of bidders and turn routine sales transactions into auctions.
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I haven't seen the escalation clause here yet, but it's only a matter of time. Delete the scoop?
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At the REOMAC 2013 Summit & Expo in Dallas on Monday, keynote speaker Rick Sharga, executive vice president of Carrington Mortgage Holdings, addressed what’s in store for the housing market and if the recovery is for real.
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Seemingly overnight, many of the nation's major housing markets have gone from stagnant to sizzling, with for-sale listings spurring bidding wars among a large number of house hunters.
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Exciting things in store for Santa Monica. The metro line is just the beginning. Delete the scoop?
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California’s housing market surged last month as prices jumped from Southern California to the San Francisco Bay Area.
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If this isn't incentive for Los Angeles home sellers, I don't know what is. Delete the scoop?
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In these four markets—all in the same state—multiple offers are the norm.
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All four are in California! 
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Orange County is one of the most competitive markets. Delete the scoop?
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Experts disagree on whether it's a real recovery, or one stoked with government money.
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Before making the decision to buy, people shopping for homes must consider hundreds of factors. This includes the location of the house, the school district, the size of the lot and also the interior features.
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Curbed University delivers insider tips and non-boring advice on how to buy, sell, or rent a house or apartment. Additional questions welcomed to la@curbed.com. It's not exactly a secret that...
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Why so many Californians don't have earthquake insurance.... Delete the scoop?
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The supply of newly listed homes for sale is starting to show signs of keeping pace with buyer activity in some of the nation's hottest real estate markets, new data suggests.
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I am not quite sure what they are basing their facts on here. I am not seeing it. Delete the scoop?
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Homeowners made $359 billion in home improvements from 2009 through 2011.
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This seems to be a trend now. When homeowners can't move they put money into their homes. Delete the scoop?
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The West LA Neighborhood Council is inviting the public on Tuesday night to discuss a proposal to widen Bundy Drive, a major motor speedway north-south thoroughfare on the Westside....
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Rising home prices are raising concerns among some housing analysts that prices could again become unaffordable if price gains outpace income growth.
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A big uh oh and déja vu. Delete the scoop?
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The practice of agencies’ sharing offices with tax services has slowed as business has grown more competitive. But in some areas of the city, it is still mutually beneficial.
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I shall have to take my funeral director's license. Delete the scoop?
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It's still possible to buy a foreclosure and make it the home of your dreams. It's just harder these days.
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I am not sure how that last guy thinks it's a buyers' market...
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This is pretty amazing. The mega-mansion capital of the world! Wow.