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Leslie Cook

@LeslieLCook

Writer for @Money. Avid scuba diver and animal lover. Views are my own.📫 [email protected]

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What makes a city or neighborhood the best place to live? This year, @Money's list of the Best Places to Live highlights places where the make all the difference. #money #bestplacestolive money.com/best-places-to…


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great. because of the beep. the human found the phone. i have been using to send these tweets


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A Record Share of Home Sellers Are Giving Concessions to Buyers Buyers received concessions—such as money for repairs and mortgage-rate buydowns—in a record 42% of home sales in the fourth quarter, up from 31% a year earlier. redfin.com/news/home-sell…

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Mortgage rates above 7% by end of year? "At the current pace, we can expect rates to surpass that level in the next three months," says @GeorgeRatiu at realtor.com. #mortgagerates #realestate money.com/freddie-mac-mo…


Freddie Mac rates are up and may go higher when the Fed ramps up then the sale of MBS next month, which "is expected to keep upward pressure on mortgage rates," says Realtor.com economist @GeorgeRatiu money.com/freddie-mac-mo…


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Emmanuel doesn’t always choose violence. Today, he chose REVENGE👏 @LibertyMutual #EmmanuelDontDoIt



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"With rents and for-sale home prices both hitting record highs in June, the rising cost of financing a home purchase stands out as the clear driver of rental affordability relative to typical starter homeownership costs," Danielle Hale with @LeslieLCook money.com/cities-where-r…


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Good exchange with @LeslieLCook about the shifts taking place in #housing markets!

"Looking at the next few months ... "Buyers and sellers will find themselves on more equal footing," @GeorgeRatiu with @LeslieLCook money.com/freddie-mac-mo…



She had no problem jumping over the towel to get out. Now she's afraid to come back in. Cats.

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Will we have a burst housing bubble? Maybe not if history holds true. Thanks to Bill McBride @calculatedrisk, @GeorgeRatiu and Skylar Olsen at Tomo for their perspective on the housing market. money.com/housing-crash-…


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POORLY DRAWN PETS IS BACK! Our ridiculous fundraiser is back by popular demand! Just donate $25, and we’ll draw your pet. The catch? We’re a whole lot better at caring for animals than drawing them. Submit photos: ow.ly/2MYU50Ja7Z1. Submissions close 5/19 at midnight.

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Are high mortgage rates a bad thing for buyers? Maybe not as bad as we think. Thanks to @HousingRalph @tayloramarr and Melissa Cohn for their insights. money.com/reasons-higher…


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ICYMI, I was on 60 Minutes last night talking about why rents are so damn high.

Rents are increasing dramatically across the U.S., but what is the cause? “We didn’t build any housing for [millennials] in the last decade because we are still so traumatized by the last housing crisis,” Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather explains. cbsn.ws/3N4q3ml



I just heard the new name for rhe Washington Football Team and I must say - I'm disappointed.


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Mortgage rates are back to their highest level since March 2020, writes @LeslieLCook in @Money theweek.com/making-money/1…


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