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The standard 5% to 6% broker commission on home sales may soon become a thing of the past, which could mean big savings for Bay Area home buyers and sellers.

The change in how commissions are priced, set to take effect nationwide in mid-July, is the result of a recent landmark settlement by the real estate industry’s largest trade group to level the playing field for buyers and sellers to negotiate lower rates. According to some analysts, it could cut fees by

More homes hit the market in the Austin area in March, inspiring confidence among home sellers while simultaneously boosting options for first-time homebuyers, according to the latest real estate report by Unlock MLS and the Austin Board of Realtors (ABoR).

There were more than 4,700 new home listings placed on the market in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in March, which was a 10.2 percent increase year-over-year from March 2023. Housing inventory in the Austin area has now climbed for two straight months, after a previous real estate report showed more than 3,900 new home listings were added

A SMALL rural town about 160km west of Brisbane is now Queensland’s fastest selling house market.

Houses in Goombungee, north of Toowoomba, are selling, on average, in just 10 days, according to the latest REA Market Trends report.

It had a population of 786 in the 2021 census, and has a median sales price of $436,000 – more than double what it was just three years ago.

But houses in the rural town can, and do, sell even faster, with a three-bedroom home that was listed for offering over $409,000 selling for $436,000 after just seven days on the market.

By Devin Watkins

Cardinal Konrad Krajewski has set out on a papal mission to accompany the people of the Holy Land through the celebration of Christmas.

The Dicastery for the Service of Charity announced the news in a communiqué released on Friday.

Sign of Pope’s solidarity

Cardinal Krajewski, the Dicastery’s Prefect, commonly called the Papal Almoner, has frequently visited places of conflict to express the Pope’s solidarity.

He has

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WLUC) – The Keweenaw Land Association is looking to expand its mineral rights within the Upper Peninsula.

The mineral assets company wants to lease about 10,631 acres across Baraga, Dickinson, Iron, Marquette and Menominee counties. If this is approved by the DNR, this would allow the exploration for the presence of metallic minerals in those areas.

Currently, the Keweenaw Land Association owns and manages 400,000 acres of mineral rights within the Upper Peninsula.

As a part of the public comment stage of the direct leasing process, the Michigan DNR held a public information meeting on Wednesday.

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