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As the new year kicked off, the wild run-ups in rental prices that terrorized tenants last year appear to have leveled off.

January was the 12th month in row where rent growth slowed, according to the Realtor.com® monthly rental report. Monthly rents were down $80 from the peak in August, but they were still up 2.9% year over year, to hit a median $1,726 a month in the nation’s 50 largest metropolitan areas.

(Realtor.com looked at rents for studios, one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments, condos, townhomes, and single-family homes in the 50 largest metros. Metros include the main city and surrounding towns, suburbs, and smaller urban areas.)

“The biggest takeaway is while the rental growth is slowing, the affordability concerns continue,” says Realtor.com Senior Economist Jiayi Xu.

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A former whaler’s house in Swainton, NJ, is the oldest property to hit the market this week on Realtor.com®.

The waterfront property boasts more than 15 acres of wooded privacy. Inside, the home has lots of charm and character with many period details still remaining.

Other vintage homes to hit the market this week include an updated Colonial in Massachusetts, a waterfront stone home in Pennsylvania, and a farmhouse on 60 acres in Vermont.

Scroll down for a full look at this week’s 10 oldest homes.

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The numbers: Mortgage rates are up sharply, putting pressure on the housing market once again.

The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 6.5% as of February 23, according to data released by Freddie Mac on Thursday.

That’s up 18 basis points from the previous week. One basis point is equal to one one-hundredth of a percentage point.

The 30-year rate was last at this level in November 2022.

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Former big leaguer Ryan Klesko is selling four bungalows on his private island in Florida’s panhandle region. The former slugger owns the island with an anonymous business partner.

Black’s Island, as it’s known, is on the Gulf Coast and was discovered by Captain James Black nearly 200 years ago. The island is said to have a storied pirate history.

Today, the seven-acre island near Port St. Joe, FL, is accessible only by a short boat or helicopter ride. It features 26 cozy bungalows along the waters of Saint Joseph Bay.

Amenities for island residents include a clubhouse, cabana, and spa-style pool. There will soon be on-island dining and access to the Mainland Black’s Hotel, which will be completed in late 2023.

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This week’s properties are in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Midtown East and on Riverside Drive.

This week’s properties are a five-bedroom homes in Armonk, N.Y., and Upper Saddle River, N.J.

Ohio is the latest state to file suit against MV Realty for deceptive practices following probes by regulators over its "homeowner benefit agreements" in Florida, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Where single renters paid the greatest and smallest portion of income for rent on studio apartments.

According to the suit filed Wednesday, Michael Bjorkman and David Golden took advantage of women while attending real estate industry events.

A schoolteacher left her six roommates behind for some privacy and a decent kitchen. But would her budget be enough?

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By now you know that your credit score can have a big impact on your life—like when you want to finance a big purchase such as a house, or when you’re looking for a new rental. You can expect your potential landlord to run a credit check and, as a general rule, you will need a score of 620 or higher to rent an apartment.

But credit reports can, on occasion, contain errors—and those errors can derail your apartment search when a landlord gives you a hard pass as a tenant.

“Credit report errors are actually common,” says David Bitton, co-founder of and chief marketing officer of DoorLoop, a property management software. “In fact, at least 1 in 5 people can encounter an error in any of their credit reports.”

Apartment hunting is hard enough, especially if you live in an area where desirable properties get snatched up at a moment’s notice. The last thing you need is to lose out on a rental because of errors on your credit report. But knowing what to look out for can get you back on level playing field. Read on for more information about credit score errors.

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While winter is generally a slow time for real estate as homebuyers hunker down and wait for spring, certain cities—and in fact, one entire state—are defying those odds.

The Realtor.com® Hottest Markets List for January has ranked Manchester, NH (a more affordable alternative to Boston, about an hour away), No. 1 for the 18th time in the past two years. Coming in second was Rochester, NY, on the shores of Lake Ontario. Neither of these metros is much of a surprise, given they’ve lingered near the top of this list many times in the past.

But the No. 3 hottest market—Columbus, OH—is where things get interesting. Why? Because it’s just one of five cities in Ohio that made January’s top 20. That’s a whole lot of Buckeye State property people are snapping up!

(The rankings factor in a combination of demand—measured by the number of unique views per home listing—and how quickly homes are selling in that market.)

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