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2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |James Rodriguez |Henry Blodget

Chelsea Atkinson understood, at least in theory, that her father's house might one day be hers. She just didn't expect that day to arrive so soon. The death of her father in 2019 came as a shock: He was just 58, but complications from an earlier bout with lung cancer led to a quick decline. "It was like, 'Boom,'" Atkinson says. She was 28, an only child, and had already purchased a house in Austin, where she'd grown up.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |James Rodriguez |Henry Blodget

Kiersten Essenpreis for BI 2025-05-07T08:04:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . It's a tough market for homebuyers given the economic uncertainty and high prices.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |James Rodriguez |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Anthony Volpe was late to the party, and he knew it. It was summer 2024, and Volpe, a semiretired pharmacist and college professor, was looking to buy a house near Orlando. Home prices had skyrocketed during the pandemic, but the frenzy had come with a silver lining: a steep drop in mortgage rates.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | James Rodriguez

Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Thousands of real estate agents across the US opened their email Saturday night to find an unexpected message from Andy Florance, the CEO of CoStar Group and Homes.com. As the top executive for one of real estate's largest search websites, Florance had a lot on his mind.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Bob Bryan |James Rodriguez |Henry Blodget

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . To anyone snooping on Zillow, it appears that the two-bedroom condo at 364 Arkansas Street, in San Francisco's sunny Potrero Hill neighborhood, is not for sale. The site can only offer a hazy estimate of the home's value, basic facts about the property, and some grainy, decade-old photos from the last time it traded hands.