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The harvest is the busiest time of year for farmers, with so much at stake and so much dependent on Aberdeenshire's weather conditions.

One of the world’s biggest and most luxurious cruise liners has dropped anchor in Batemans Bay, bringing with it plenty of wealthy passengers. One of the world’s biggest and most luxurious cruise liners has dropped anchor in Batemans Bay, bringing with it plenty of wealthy passengers. But some local environmentalists fear the ship, The World, could damage the fragile ecosystem of Batemans Marine Park. The World boasts ”privileged access to the best in travel” and charges accordingly. Th...

Inman Connect “Homebodies” — homeowners who don’t want to give up their rock-bottom mortgage rates and seniors choosing to age in place — are keeping home sales from reaching their full potential, according to an analysis by First American Financial Corp. According to the latest numbers from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing homes sold at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.8 million in May. But First American’s Potential Home Sales Model suggests existing home...

Home prices are likely to continue higher at an above trend price barring a surge in mortgage rates.

Inman Connect This is the third installment of a new Inman series digging into, and explaining, routine real estate economic metrics and how they’re used to illuminate the current housing market and inventory crises. Don’t miss part 1, The Inman handbook on pending home sales, and part 2, The Inman handbook on new-home sales. While pending-home sales and new-home sales help agents and consumers understand where the market is going, existing-home sales provide valuable insight into what’s ...

WASHINGTON — While Congress remains deadlocked on immigration, state legislatures across the country are advancing bills to curb private immigration detention facilities in their states.

Top Real Estate Trends for June 2021 Millionacres 1 hr ago © Provided by The Motley Fool Top Real Estate Trends for June 2021 Lets dive right into some of the more timely trends were seeing. Heres whats happening in real estate in June 2021. 1. Homes are selling at breakneck speeds Its no secret that inventory is low and demand is high, creating one of the most competitive housing markets our countrys ever seen. But on the ground, the sense of urgency is real. According to data from real e...

The First American Real House Price Index found that home price gains wiped out affordability boost from rising household income and low mortgage rates.

 E-Mail DURHAM, N.C. - A study designed to enroll an equal number of Black and white men with advanced prostate cancer confirms key findings that have been evident in retrospective analyses and suggest potential new avenues for treating Black patients who disproportionately die of the disease. Researchers at Duke Cancer Institute enrolled 50 Black and 50 white men with advanced prostate cancer to test whether there were outcome differences on treatment with the hormone therapy abiraterone acet...

Buy a house during COVID-19? The housing market is a tale of two Americas and first-time buyers are struggling Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA TODAY © Illustration by Ryan Sparrow Housing Boom After five years of carefully saving money for a down payment on their first home, Christine Rodriguez and her husband, Oscar, hoped to finally move out of their rented trailer in Des Moines, Iowa. The pandemic made their need more urgent. While five of their six kids were studying o...