AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoHome Prices: Prices rose in 78% of U.S. metro areas in the third quarter. The national median existing single-family home price reached $432,900, up 1.7% from a year earlier, even as affordability challenges weigh on buyers. Troubled Development: Auckland’s Beachcroft Onehunga apartment block is on the market after a long, rocky build. Lenders and other creditors claim about $95 million is owed. Buyer Finances: Family help is increasingly important: 40% of U.S. homeowners say they received down-payment assistance, including nearly 78% of Gen Z buyers. A separate report cautions parents to consider tax and estate-planning rules before gifting funds. Older Sellers: A Silicon Valley real estate team says about 40% of its business now involves homes held for at least 25 years, with California’s Proposition 19 making it easier for some older owners to move without losing their property-tax base. Rental Rules: A Washington appeals court revived a landlord’s challenge to Seattle tenant-protection laws, allowing the case over alleged impacts on an affordable apartment building to proceed.
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