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3 Reasons Why It’s a Great Time for Sellers
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, July 24, 2015 Rising home prices, demand from home buyers, and less competition is making 2015 a stellar year to sell for many U.S. home owners across the country, says Daren Blomquist, RealtyTrac’s vice p...
California Drought to Lessen Lawns for New Homes
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, July 17, 2015 New homes in California are facing a changing landscape. New-home builders will soon face major changes to lawns, as the drought-ravaged state continues to implement water restrictions. California ...
Relief in Mortgage Rates Likely to Stick Around
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, July 10, 2015 Average fixed-rate mortgages moved lower this week, helping to keep buyer activity strong toward the close of the spring homebuying season, Freddie Mac reports in its weekly mortgage market survey....
Gay Marriage Ruling: ‘Housing Game Changer’
Daily Real Estate News | Monday, June 29, 2015 The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision late last week to make same-sex marriages legal throughout the country could lift home ownership among lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender couples. Read mo...
Calif. Moves to Zero Net Energy Homes by 2020
Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, June 25, 2015 The California Energy Commission voted unanimously this month to cut energy use in new homes by 28 percent – another big move toward inching closer to zero net energy new homes in the state wit...
Why Renters May Be in Trouble
Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, March 17, 2015 The gap between rental costs and household income is widening to unsustainable levels across the country. As more renters face steeper costs, it may put them even further away from home ownership...
Can the Housing Market Survive Higher Rates?
Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, June 23, 2015 Home buyers may rush purchases in the coming months as a looming increase in mortgage rates is largely believed to be nearing. NAR's latest report: First-Time Buyers Fuel Latest Sales Boost Mortga...
Chinese Dominate as Buyers of U.S. Real Estate
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, June 19, 2015 Chinese buyers have surpassed Canadians as the most dominant foreign home purchasers in the United States, according to the National Association of REALTORS®' 2015 Profile of Home Buying Activity ...
Fed Hints at Higher Rates Later This Year
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, June 19, 2015 The Federal Reserve this week voted unanimously in their regular policy meeting to leave the benchmark federal rate unchanged at zero but hinted that a raise is expected to occur for the first time...
Here Come 1.5M Boomerang Buyers
Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, June 18, 2015 About 1.5 million home owners negatively impacted by the mortgage crisis could be on their way to re-entering the housing market within the next three years. Within five years, that number could ...
FHA’s Lower Premiums Boost Loan Demand
Daily Real Estate News | Monday, June 15, 2015 Recent actions by the Federal Housing Administration to reduce its mortgage insurance premiums is giving its loan volume a major boost, particularly with a "significant uptick in refinancings," Jul...
Master Bathroom Must-Haves
Posted in Home Trends, by Melissa Tracey on June 8, 2015 Supersized master showers reign, according to the 2015 Houzz Bathroom Trends Study. Showers are expanding with many of the more than 3,000 home owners recently surveyed saying they plan t...
Housing on Track for Best Year Since 2006
Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, June 11, 2015 The residential real estate market, now at its midpoint in 2015, is on track for its best year since the peak of the housing bubble in 2006, notes realtor.com® chief economist Jonathan Smoke. Bu...