Heat pump water heaters are an energy-efficient solution to gas and electric pumps that could save homeowners money. More home buyers than ever are choosing energy-efficient heat pump water heaters over fossil-fueled water heaters. In 2022, American homeowners installed over 4 million HPWHs, and sales of HPWHs increased by 26%. Sales of gas water heaters …
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Sep 12
7 Hot Home Styles This Summer
From “Japandi” to “kid zones,” find out what’s generating the latest buzz in home design. Home designs are becoming a mishmash of many styles. On one end, there’s calming, Zen-like retreats in softer color palettes, while on the other end, it’s all about dark and moody colors that are bold and memorable. Home remodeling site …
Sep 11
Sustainable Spaces: Patios and Decks
Experts say a home’s eco-friendly features—and their selling points—can extend to outdoor spaces, too. Real estate professionals nationwide have reported that home buyers are increasingly curious about houses’ eco-friendly features. When considering a home’s environmental friendliness, it’s natural to think first of Energy Star appliances and water-saving bathroom fixtures. But outdoor spaces can be sustainable, …
Sep 10
All Under One Roof: Trends in Multigenerational Living
Multigenerational living is a sticky trend, though there’s not one solution to make it work. Families and builders are working to meet the needs with creative, flexible solutions. Three key takeaways Multigenerational living continues to gain popularity in the United States. Preservation of cultural traditions, burden of expenses and caregiving, and warding off loneliness all …
Sep 05
More Than a Lockbox
SentriLock, the Cincinnati-based lockbox, showing service, and experience management solution, has long put sustainability at the forefront of its manufacturing and operations. Company founder and CEO, Scott Fisher recently talked with REALTOR® Magazine about how Sentrilock puts sustainability into practice. The company, founded in 2002, is a subsidiary of the National Association of REALTORS®. What …
Sep 04
Sustaining Others
Partnering with Food Recovery Network, NAR fights hunger by minimizing food waste at meetings. Sustainability isn’t just about ensuring the future. Reducing waste can serve the needs of others in the here and now. A case in point: the REALTOR® organization’s partnership with the Food Recovery Network(link is external). The nonprofit recovers unserved, perishable food …
Sep 04
REALTOR® Gives Wayward Girls Fighting Chance for Brighter Future
Kama Burton provides a safe space for troubled youth in California to express themselves, build camaraderie and chart a more positive path forward in life. Kama Burton heard that girls were getting into fights at school. The fights were so frequent that they disrupted the school day for most of the students, many of whom …
Sep 03
Ohio REALTOR® Supports High School Basketball Players Living in Poverty
Kelly Whelan organized her sphere to provide clothes and food to an inner-city team struggling to find the resources to excel. When Kelly Whelan’s sons were grown and out of the house, she suddenly found herself praying for a new purpose in life. For Whelan, a sales associate with Star One Real Estate in Cincinnati, …
Sep 03
REALTOR® Shows Kids Why They Don’t Need Weapons
Ken Richardson brings at-risk youth off the streets and into local gyms to teach them martial arts—and help them turn away from gang violence. When he was a teenager in 1981, Ken Richardson’s younger brother was shot and killed in gang violence. Coming from an abusive home, Richardson and his siblings grew up on the …
Aug 26
Boston REALTOR® Memorializes Jewish Town Wiped Out in Holocaust
David Wluka has brought back to life the history of Nowy Dwór, a Polish village that was decimated by Nazis in World War II. Now he’s helping to teach local schoolchildren to honor the Jewish legacy of their area—which they never knew about. In the mid-Eastern region of Poland sits a lush, small town known …
Aug 23
REALTOR® Helps Give Homeless Families a Second Shot
Arizona agent Barbara Guy leads House of Refuge, a transitional housing facility, to get more people off the street and into a home. When Barbara Guy was growing up in Phoenix, her grandparents owned a motel in a poor neighborhood. Most of the motel’s guests were long-term residents. “That was affordable housing,” says Guy, SRES, …
Aug 22
San Francisco REALTOR® Brings Critical Lifelines to Asian Community
Mary Liu helps underserved children locally and abroad receive life-changing medical care while also giving Asian Americans a tool to combat hate. REALTOR® Mary Liu was born with a cleft palate and lip that required eight surgeries to correct. It was thanks to the help of several nonprofit organizations that she was able to receive …
