Aug 19
Household Chores to Tackle Now While spring is a popular time to tidy up a home, there is also summer cleaning to be done. Before summer winds down completely, home owners may want to tackle a few chores around the house, particularly before the cold weather makes these household chores more difficult. 1. …
Aug 18
What Will Replace Golf Course Communities? More than 800 golf courses have closed nationwide in the last 10 years, as interest wanes in the sport. Even if their particular course it still open, some home owners who paid a premium to live nearby may be finding their property values slip. And others are fearful …
Aug 17
Idea of an Empty Nest Is Fading So-called empty nesters are finding their homes aren’t so empty anymore. While the kids may have gone off to college, they’re coming back. Also, aging parents are moving in. It’s a full nest as multigenerational households soar. About 19 percent of all Americans – or about 60.6 …
Aug 16
Parent Buyers Need You More Than Ever The home search for many households with school-aged children is still going strong into the fall, as many buyers are faced with low inventory and rising prices. In fact, a new survey from NAR revealed that finding the right property was the hardest task for 53 percent …
Aug 15
Where Properties Sell the Fastest, Slowest Nearly 50 percent of properties nationwide were on the market for less than a month before selling, according to the June 2016 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey Report. Only 11 percent of properties were on the market for six months or longer. Homes are tending to sell the …
Aug 09
Consumers Love Looking for Homes Online Americans spend an average of 55 minutes per online visit with real estate apps on their phones, according to new research unveiled by Google. Basically, “customers roll over in the morning and start looking at real estate listings [on their phone],” John Thornton, a partner in Google’s real …
Aug 08
Help Clients Get to Know the Neighborhood During a house hunt, helping your clients find a neighborhood where they can feel comfortable and satisfied long-term can be just as important as helping them find them a home with the right features. This is particularly important for younger buyers, who still want traditional single-family homes …
Aug 05
Renovation Ideas Owners May Want to Rethink Home renovation television shows give home owners big ideas about how they can spruce up their property. But some of these projects can open up problems for owners whose big remodeling dreams may not have been well-thought out. Realtor.com® recently spotlighted a few renovation plans that often …
Aug 04
Home Owner Sues Over Pokémon GO Grief A home owner in West Orange, N.J., has filed a request for a class-action lawsuit against the makers of the popular Pokémon GO game, saying that it has encouraged trespassing on his property. The owner says the company placed Poké Stops and Pokémon gyms on his property without …
Aug 03
It’s a Good Time to Sell, Americans Say Fifty-two percent of home owners say now is a good time to sell in their neighborhood. This is up from 34 percent who said so last year, according to a survey conducted by the real estate brokerage Redfin. What’s more, 58 percent of home owners believe …
Aug 02
Buyers Want More Land A high demand for land is driving up prices in the luxury market. Median list prices for prime lots in the nation’s top luxury markets climbed 8.7 percent in the first half of the year compared to a year ago, realtor.com®’s data shows. The South saw the highest increases compared to …
Aug 01
Rate of Home ownership Hits 50-Year Low More Americans have become renters. The share of Americans who own their homes dropped to 62.9 percent in the second quarter, the lowest rate since 1965, the Census Bureau reported Thursday. That also marks the second consecutive quarterly decrease. In the previous report, the home ownership rate was …
