Tag: real estate
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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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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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12 States With the Lowest Amount of Foreclosures
Many homeowners in the U.S. are still dealing with the after-effects of the housing bubble and credit meltdown. However, the foreclosure market is starting to show signs of slowly improving. The amount of completed foreclosures in December dropped 14% in comparison to December 2012. There were 45,000 foreclosures in December 2013, whereas there were 52,000 […]
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