Hunters Point: Who lives in new homes there? – The San Francisco Standard
In a brand new community in San Francisco’s Hunters Point, things are quiet. Maybe too quiet. Residents of the San Francisco Shipyard, a 522-home condo and townhome complex being built by Miami-based developer Lennar, say one of the area’s main draws is its isolation. But the isolation comes at a price. Not the price of the homes, which is comparatively…
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A luxury agent on how the NAR settlement will change his business – The Washington Post
Many real estate agents already were struggling to get by in a housing market plagued by high prices and low inventory. Now a proposed settlement in litigation accusing the National Association of Realtors of artificially inflating commissions threatens to forever change the way they make money. The settlement would do away with a 6 percent sales commission as a default,…
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