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The Fall Housing Market Could Benefit Both Buyers and Sellers—Here’s Why

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Further gains in the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate will continue to stall would-be buyers into the fall season, but those who can weather a prolonged affordability storm will benefit from less competition and newfound bargaining power. Namely, record-high home equity, thanks to skyrocketing home prices. Market Data + Trends.

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Home Sellers Are Retreating as Higher Mortgage Rates Price Out Prospective Buyers

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Though buyers are gaining more bargaining power in a rebalancing market, the majority of homeowners are holding onto their homes not just due to a lack of buyer demand, but also because many locked in ultra low mortgage rates last year and are still picking up significant equity.

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Five business success stages: How can you move to the next level?

Construction Marketing Ideas

Your “brand” is your marketing magic value. ”Brand equity” and “brand value” relate to how much others will pay above commodity price levels for your product or service and closely correlate to trust. Clients know a bargain when they see it. Stage 2 — Word-of-mouth and repeat build up.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Ivory is taking on innovations from outside the company, too, pairing faculty at the University of Utah with Landed , a personal finance company that provides part of a down payment for “essential professionals” as a private equity partner, a model that earned it a 2019 Ivory Prize.

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Dispute Boards: An Approach to the Efficient Resolution of Disputes in the Construction Sector

Constructlaw

Further, some practitioners believe that there is a risk that the dispute board members, especially engineers who lack formal legal training, may disregard the requirements of a contract in favor of their own sense of equity and judgment. [7]