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Calculating “The School District Premium” (or Discount, as the Case May Be)

Effect on Property Values More Complicated Than You’d Guess So, how big a premium do homes in stellar school districts fetch? Conversely, how much of a discount is baked into the price of homes in poorly regarded school districts? Two Sides of Same Coin Step #1 is to realize that one size doesn’t fit all — that...
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“Sure I Can Sell My House . . . But Where Am I Going to Move To??”

Explaining Why There’s Nothing for Sale:  A Theory Just when Twin Cities Realtors and brokers thought local housing inventory couldn’t get any tighter . . . it did. As of this week, there are barely over 10,000 units for sale in the entire 13-county metro area. That compares with more than 30,000 units for sale...
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How the Housing Market Shifts Gears

From a Seller’s to a Buyer’s Market? The catalyst(s) and pace may vary, but the dynamics of a housing market shift — most recently from a Seller’s market to a (nascent) Buyer’s market — are unvarying. And that’s regardless of locale or calendar (i.e., it describes Las Vegas 2007 as well as Orange County in...
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