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Spruce Up Your Home- Design Trends in 2014
For recent buyers, or soon-to-be sellers, here’s ten big design trends in 2014: 1.) Wider reclaimed wood and wood-like porcelain floors Floorboards are becoming wider, sometimes up to 5-6 inches. Mixing in different types of wood, even reclaimed boards, and keeping the stain colors warm is becoming popular. Porcelain flooring is also becoming more popular […]
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7 Tips for Remodeling a Bathroom
Average bathroom remodels can be pretty up there in price, but here’s some simple tips to help get you a budget-friendly bathroom remodel with the maximum value for your investment. 1.) Planning is important. DO NOT improvise. Think beforehand about how you want to use the space available, what materials you want to use, and […]
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2013 Home Sales Strongest In 7 Years
Home sales in December 2013 went up, closing the 2013 year with the highest amount of home sales since 2006. There were 5.09 million home sales throughout all of 2013, which is a 9.1% higher increase from 2012. Housing has been steadily recovering over the past two years. Home sales have risen almost 20% since […]
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Great News For Homeowners!!
Almost half of the country is within 10% of 2006 peak home prices! Prices are up 12.5% year-over-year. This includes distressed sales. The housing market is finally catching it’s breath as we head in to 2014, according to the president of CoreLogic. We are seeing normal and anticipated seasonal patterns with strong gains in the […]
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Buyer Urgency!!
Buyer Urgency Expected to Drive 2013 DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2012 Home shoppers will likely have more urgency in the new year, wanting to buy before home prices rise even more. Home prices are edging up in most markets, and buyers are taking notice. Buyer surveys recently have shown that home […]
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4 Million Homes Return to Positive Equity
Many home owners had a return of equity in their homes last year due to rising home prices. 4 million homes returned to positive equity in 2013, this brought the total up to 42.7 million. Of those 42.7 million homes with positive equity- around 21.1% of them have less than 20% equity. More than 1.6 […]
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59 Metros Back to Normal
According to National Association of Home Builders/First American’s latest Leading Markets Index, 59 out of 350 housing markets across the country have returned to, or exceeded their last normal level of housing and economic activity. Markets nationwide are running at around 87% of their normal economic and housing activity. The Leading Markets Index evaluates metro […]
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4 Million Renters Say They’re Eager to Buy
According to a new survey by Zillow of renters in the 20 largest housing markets in the U.S., 10% of renters say they want to buy a home in the next year. If those 10% of renters all buy homes in the next year, it’ll amount to 4.2 million first-time home buyer sales. That number […]
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10 Most Expensive Places To Live In The World
It could cost as much as $6.64 in U.S. dollars for a cup of coffee, or $6,960 to rent an unfurnished, two-bedroom apartment In Hong Kong. Hong Kong ranked # 3 on Mercer’s latest annual Cost of Living Survey. The survey is aimed at giving those who are working abroad insight into the cost of […]
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Jumbo Mortgages Are More Affordable
Wealthy home buyers are paying lower average rates on jumbo mortgages and sometimes, they don’t even have to come up with a large down payment or mortgage insurance. In the last several months interest rates on jumbo loans (mortgages that are $417,000 or more or $625,000 or more in high-priced markets) have been lower than […]
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