A New Room Takes Top Place in Remodeling
A new survey from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) indicates remodeling the bathroom is more important to homeowners than remodeling the kitchen, although both rooms dominate other...
View ArticleA New Luxury Trend Strips Down Properties Before Showing
Although most homeowners do not want to start “from scratch” when they move into a home, certain high-end buyers like nothing better, and high-end sellers are accommodating that desire by employing a...
View ArticleFreddie Mac Offering Affordability Incentives to Multifamily Owners
Freddie Mac will offer low-cost loans to owners of multifamily properties who keep their buildings affordable to households earning 80 percent or less of an area’s median income for the duration of the...
View ArticleFHA Borrowers Can Now Access Solar Panel Installation Loans
More and more homeowners are expressing the desire to install solar panels in their homes, and an increasing number of lenders are working hard to help them obtain the funding to do so. One lender,...
View ArticleHawaiian Volcano Continues Destruction in Big Island Residential Areas
When Kilauea Volcano, a volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island, erupted last week, the flow of molten lava represented a huge danger to the inhabitants of the island, several thousand of whom lived in areas...
View ArticleLos Angeles and Atlanta Top “Most Popular Neighborhood” Lists
Zillow recently announced its 20 “most popular neighborhoods” results, and Los Angeles, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, are home to the first- and second-place results. Presidio Heights, located in...
View ArticleCalifornia Passes “Solar Mandate” on New Construction
Yesterday, California’s Energy Commission voted to require solar panel installations on nearly all new homes by January 1, 2020. Not surprisingly, solar shares surged upward in the wake of the vote...
View ArticleMillennial Buyers are Skipping the “Starter Home”
Millennial home buyers account for about a third of all home purchases today, and many are opting to purchase properties outside of the norm for a first home. “They rented for longer, and now they’re...
View ArticleLennar to make Alexa Standard in New Homes
Calling the decision to make a variety of smart-home features standard in its new homes a new “hallmark of why we buy a new home,” David Kaiserman, president of Lennar Ventures, proudly announced the...
View ArticleThe Best Months and Days to Sell a Home
Although the best month in which to sell your home is officially May, the best day of the year to sell is June 28. According to new data from ATTOM Data, homeowners who sell in May net an average of a...
View Article3 Outdoor Trends to Showcase in Summer Listings
Springtime is the start of home-selling season, and even with a constricted housing inventory in many markets, your for-sale properties can use every edge they can get when it comes to standing out...
View ArticleFair Housing Filings Continue to Rise
According to the National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA)’s 2018 Fair Housing Trends Report, incidences of fair housing discrimination complaints rose slightly in 2017 after rising in 2016. It is...
View ArticleNestpick Names San Francisco “Best City for Young Entrepreneurs”
Nestpick, a furnished apartment search engine based in Berlin, Germany, recently released its “2018 Millennial Cities Ranking” report. The report debuted last year, in 2017, and Nestpick conducted the...
View ArticleReal Estate Fund Betting on D.C. for Amazon’s HQ2
When Third Avenue Real Estate Fund announced it would buy $10 million worth of shares in a real estate investment trust (REIT) with extensive holdings in Crystal City, an urban neighborhood in the...
View ArticleThink Realty Deepens Partnership with OwnAmerica
The purchase deepens the partnership between OwnAmerica and two of Affinity Worldwide’s real estate-related entities, Think Realty and National Real Estate Insurance Group. The terms of the investment...
View ArticleOklahoma Real Estate Agent Lists Home In Good Condition for $1
For anyone who has ever watched “The Price is Right,” the idea of pricing something at one dollar is inherently strategic. Taking this tactic to the extreme of listing a four-bedroom, four-bathroom...
View ArticleNearly a Quarter of Young Adults Live with Their Mothers
According to Zillow Research, 22.5 percent of young adults, those aged 24 to 36 years, still live with their mothers in 2018. That number has risen sharply since 2005, when 13.5 percent reporting...
View ArticleCalifornia’s Rent Control Initiative Could Alter the Face of Housing in the...
This November, California voters will determine whether city governments need more power to enact rent control policies. Many landlords in the state are already selling off properties or holding off on...
View ArticleNevada Population “Most Likely to Move” in 2018
Today, ATTOM Data released its Q1 2018 Pre-Mover Housing Index, which measures the volume of the population in a housing market most likely to move within the next quarter. Those pre-movers display...
View Article3 Best Cities for Cyclists in 2018
Redfin’s Walk Score released its list of most bike-friendly cities in the country in 2018 this week, and metro areas that protect their cyclists and improve their navigational options are reaping the...
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