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    São Paulo listings diverging in January 2026: seasonality or buyer selectivity?

    The citywide reports suggest a broad pattern, but my January 2026 sample is too uneven for me to accept that conclusion yet. Well-presented São Paulo retail units seem to be selling in about 100 days, whereas homes requiring work are lingering. The gap I can see between asking and completed...
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    Guess the eventual sale price: 5-bed coastal home at $355,000

    $338,500, based on the asking price and time on market. It allows for negotiation without assuming that 87 days means distress. To make the exercise less speculative, I’d next look for the original listing price, each reduction date and one genuinely comparable completed sale. Those would show...
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    R$72,800 left after closing on a São Paulo new-build — too little buffer?

    We kept losing to cleaner offers and finally had one accepted on a 3-bed new-build flat in São Paulo at around R$6,020,000. After the deposit and estimated closing costs, we would have roughly R$72,800 left. The inspection may still identify ordinary first-year work. How would you divide that...
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