Hotel and interior design experts offer tips for staging primary bedrooms with touches of luxe. Recently, furniture and home decor company, CB2(link is external), named “luxury for all” as one of the top three home trends of 2022. The brand’s popularity with millennials, who currently comprise the largest percentage of home buyers(link is external), means …
Category: Real Estate Tips
Nov 28
What Homeowners Should Know About Rain Barrels
Sustainability is trending, especially among young buyers, and an aesthetically pleasing rain barrel offers cost savings and curb appeal. Outfitting a house with a rain barrel does more than collect and conserve rainwater: It saves money, too. Well-placed rain barrels help cut utility costs by collecting free water for gardening, lawn watering or even washing the car. …
Nov 23
Slowdown in Home Prices Ahead Despite Q3 Growth
The third quarter may have marked the end of price surges as higher mortgage rates put a damper on projections for property appreciation. Read more from NAR’s latest report. Home prices continued to climb in the third quarter of this year, but the upward trend may finally be coming to an end, according to the …
Nov 22
Ways to Be More Intentionally Inclusive
How real estate pros can support greater diversity within brokerages and associations. Growing up on the South Side of Chicago, Marki Lemons-Ryhal was considered “Black royalty.” Her family owned the city’s second-oldest Black-owned restaurant, and her grandfather was an inductee into the Barbecue Hall of Fame. Despite Chicago’s well-documented segregation, Lemons-Ryhal, a broker, author and …
Nov 22
Formula for Creating Short Marketing Videos
This foolproof method for crafting storytelling videos can build deeper connections with your clients or prospects. You undoubtedly know the power of video marketing, considering that YouTube is the number two search engine. But maybe you don’t feel comfortable in front of the camera, so you’ve avoided trying your hand at creating videos. The purpose …
Nov 21
Standards Multigenerational Housing Needs to Meet
A fourth of Americans are living in multigenerational households, but current housing stock needs to adapt to the population’s changing needs. Multigenerational housing has become commonplace, and many Americans even show a preference for it, experts said at the Urban Land Institute’s 2022 Fall Meeting in October. In fact, a quarter of Americans in 2021 …
Nov 18
Slowdown in Home Prices Ahead Despite Q3 Growth
The third quarter may have marked the end of price surges as higher mortgage rates put a damper on projections for property appreciation. Read more from NAR’s latest report. Home prices continued to climb in the third quarter of this year, but the upward trend may finally be coming to an end, according to the …
Nov 18
Sales Mistakes to Fix Before the Market Changes Again
Every real estate pro makes these errors at one point or another. But you have to learn how to prevent them in the future to keep your business viable. Even the venerable Leigh Brown, a prolific real estate speaker and broker-owner of One Community Real Estate in Concord, N.C., has experienced dry spells in her …
Nov 17
Young Buyers Focus on Investment Properties to Build Wealth
Many under the age of 40 are looking at real estate as a means to generate income rather than looking for their own home to live in, a new survey shows. A growing number of young adults are charting a different path toward building wealth through homeownership, prioritizing buying an investment property before a primary …
Nov 16
REALTORS® Expect These Tech Disruptors to Grow in Influence
NAR’s 2022 Technology Survey reveals the innovations members are using now and watching for the future. REALTORS® believe cybersecurity, 5G and drones are the areas of technology that will have the most impact on the real estate business in the next two years, according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2022 Technology Survey. Nearly half …
Nov 15
After Collapse, Does Cryptocurrency Still Hold Promise for Real Estate?
Despite an extremely volatile crypto market, one real estate pro says a decentralized financial system could help create more immediacy in housing transactions. When she unexpectedly ran out of cash during a trip to Cuba, Kristin Smith knew her options for accessing more funds were limited. Without the ability to use a credit card or …
Nov 11
Fair Housing Primer: Disability
What you need to know to serve this protected class. Definition: Federal fair housing law defines a person with a disability as any individual with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. Some disabilities, such as blindness or mobility impairment, are readily observable, while others are invisible. What’s …
