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Guest Contributor: Patti Stern, PJ & Company Staging and Interior Decorating The start of a new year in the real estate industry signals a prime opportunity for sellers to do what it takes to get their home noticed among the sea of listings soon to flood the spring market. After tackling the clutter, necessary repairs… Continue Reading Using the Latest Decor Color and Trends to Attract Buyers

In the spirit of President’s Day we can use data from the 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers to see how the typical home differs from the White House. Typical Home Purchased in the U.S. 86% of buyers purchased a previously owned home, with 82% of buyers choosing a detached single-family home. Looking by first-time and… Continue Reading President’s Day 2019: How Does the White House Compare to the Average Home?

Planetary photobombing, the Flowergeddon, bobbleheads, Super Mario Brothers,  a winning dog named King and much more, compiled by Anne-Marie Siudzinski, Senior Library Information Specialist. Ghost apples, created by the Polar Vortex. You can buy Amazon’s birthplace. The Earth has photobombed the Moon. The Flowergeddon will be coming to California soon. It’s nice change from fires… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: February 11-15

Using data from the 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers we can break down household composition, and the relationship it has to home purchasing choices. Among all recent home buyers, 63 percent were married couples, 18 percent were single females, nine percent were single males, and eight percent were unmarried couples. Four percent of… Continue Reading Home Buyer Households: Valentine’s Day 2019

By Lee Davenport No. I’m not interested. Some other time. You don’t have to call me, I’ll call you. If you’re “single and ready to mingle” this Valentine’s Day, you may know these are words of rejection. No means no in dating, PERIOD. But in the world of residential real estate—where everyone needs a place to… Continue Reading Turn Objections into Sales Opportunities

NAR members and Association staff can borrow up to six electronic books, digital audios and/or videos at no cost, through the Virtual Library eBooks Collection. Members can also borrow up to three books for 30 days from the Library Catalog for a nominal fee of $10. Call Information Services at 800.874.6500 for assistance. Essential rainwater harvesting : a… Continue Reading New Books–February 2019

By Sarah Anderson, vice president marketing, VHT Studios Photo credit: VHT Studios Have you found yourself in the past month mysteriously decluttering and refolding your clothes, all the while holding each one in your hands and pondering if they truly “spark joy?” Since the release of Netflix’s newest hit show Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,… Continue Reading 3 Ways to Virtually ‘Marie Kondo’ Your Condo

By Dale Swanton Millennials are all grown up! The generation that came of age around the turn of the century are now in their 20s and 30s. While generational groups can be difficult to define with any specificity, the Pew Research Center, one of the country’s leading research institutions, considers millennials to be those born… Continue Reading Attract and Retain More Millennial Clients

At the national level, housing affordability is up from last month but down from a year ago. Mortgage rates were unchanged from last month at 4.99 percent this December, and up 18.2 percent compared to 4.22 percent a year ago. Housing affordability declined from a year ago in December moving the index down 8.4 percent… Continue Reading December 2018 Housing Affordability Index