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By Audra Slinkey, Home Staging Resource Outdoor patio spaces have sure changed in the last few years with the onset of new outdoor materials, furnishings, fixtures, Cantina doors, and the home owner’s desire for more outdoor living and entertaining space. In fact, according to the 2017 National Association of REALTORS’ Profile of Home Staging report, the [...]
Fueled by strong job growth and the strengthening economy, existing-home sales and contract signings both increased in November. Visit (or watch below) https://www.nar.realtor/videos/housing-minute to watch a 50-second, animated video from the National Association of Realtors® summarizing how the housing market performed in November, as well as a look at current consumer sentiment and NAR’s 2018 housing [...]
Holidays, real estate, currency, technology, and collections. Time to decide what to do with your Christmas tree. Be the life of the NYE party by mastering this trick. Is this better than a plain yule log video? Dennis van Zuijlekom/flicker/2011 Sometimes you buy a house to enjoy it, and sometimes you buy it to tear [...]
Net neutrality has been repealed on a federal level, but many web users continue to clamor for an open internet. There’s one possible solution that’s gathering steam: cities could build their own internet networks, and run them as public utilities. Electric vehicles, clean home power, battery storage backup, and more: some think 2018 is the [...]
In what reflects the significant amount of pent-up demand in today’s housing market, existing-home sales surged in November to their strongest pace since December 2006. Good news was also found in November’s pending sales data. Whether it’s been weakening affordability, low supply or hurricanes, sales have been somewhat sluggish since the summer. That changed last [...]
Whatever you think of the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” which President Donald Trump signed into law just before Christmas, much of it goes away on Dec. 31, 2025, which means many of the changes will revert back to what was in place before the bill was signed unless Congress acts to extend the provisions. [...]
Based on the new tax law, there is no change for capital gains on the sale of a home and deductibility of interest paid for a second home[1]. However, the new law[2] affects the deductibility of mortgage interest and real estate taxes: - New mortgages are capped at $750,000 for purposes of home mortgage interest [...]
When it came to the YPN Lounge posts that received the most views and engagement in 2017, readers chose those that offer the most nitty-gritty business tips. These business-building articles share first-hand advice written by YPNers for YPNers. This peer-to-peer blog has been going strong since 2009, and as it enters its ninth year [...]
By Mary Purcell, MoneyGeek.com Home staging has gone mainstream and is now widely used to make a home more attractive to potential buyers. According to a 2017 survey by the National Association of REALTORS®, a majority of real estate professionals believe staging increases the sale price of the home anywhere from 1 to 15 percent. [...]
Birthdays, entertaining, travel, technology, room, insurance, design, and Christmas. So, if we don’t acknowledge a birthday, then we don’t age, right? We trust Mary Berry when it comes to all things entertaining, so heed her advice on getting people to leave after a party. Are you traveling over the next week? Here’s a guide for [...]