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The federal budget deal passed by Congress and now on its way to the President’s desk contains a number of wins for real estate, including a temporary extension of federal flood insurance and extension of several National Association of Realtors®-backed tax provisions. NAR President Elizabeth Mendenhall issued the following statement: “The National Association of Realtors®… Continue Reading Realtors® win pro-real estate provisions in budget deal

NAR released a summary of pending home sales data showing that December’s pending home sales pace was up 0.5 percent last month and up 0.5 percent from a year ago. Pending sales represent homes that have a signed contract to purchase on them but have yet to close. They tend to lead existing-home sales data… Continue Reading December 2017 Pending Home Sales

Amid strong demand and tight supply, REALTORS® reported that properties that sold in December 2017 were typically on the market for 40 days in November 2017, down from 52 days compared to the same month last year, according to the  December 2017 REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey.[1] The median days on market have been broadly on… Continue Reading In Which States Did Properties Sell Most Quickly in December 2017?

The National Association of REALTORS® estimates that home prices will increase in the U.S. around 2 percent on average in 2018, but some individual states are predicted to see more growth or in sames cases decreases. Here is an infographic highlighting some of the states where housing prices are expected to rise and fall the… Continue Reading Infographic: 2018 Home Price Predictions

In the monthly REALTORS® Confidence Index Survey, the National Association of REALTORS® asks members who reported about their most recent sale for the month “Did the buyer pay in cash, without financing the home?” The share of cash sales to residential sales continued to trend down, to 21 percent in 2017[1], down from 23 percent… Continue Reading Fewer Cash Sales, Investor Buyers, and Distressed Sales in 2017

By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR® Magazine Consider adding more floral patterns into your staging. It’s bold and trendy, home designers say. Floral prints are seeing a revival in home design, according to the design community on Houzz, a home renovation and design platform. In fact, they are calling florals one of the hottest home design… Continue Reading Hot Home Trends: Florals Are Dressing Up Interiors

The New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles have had two weeks to rest, strategize and get pumped up for Sunday’s big game in Minneapolis. Here’s a look at how home prices have moved from the last time – in February 2005 – these two teams played each other in the championship game: Philadelphia     … Continue Reading Sunday’s Football Rematch: A Tale of Two Cities’ Home Prices Since 2005

Lee Davenport By Lee Davenport Time-blocking (designating time on your schedule to work on a specific task) isn’t really a challenge. Whether you prefer pen and paper or an online system, you can fill your schedule with items galore. But the real trick is staying consistent with time-blocking. It helps if you know how to… Continue Reading Effective Habits of Time-Block ‘Bouncers’

New products, tech tips, design, real estate, Super Bowl parties, PR, fitness, and librarians. This is a pretty exciting product from a company called “Boring.” Oh, it’s not that kind of boring? Our mistake. Are you optimizing Google searches? Try these tips. Amazon’s design theme for this space is a little on the nose. Have… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: Jan. 29 – Feb. 2

Winter lovers and haters come together on the second day of February every year to see Punxsutawney Phil climb out of his hole and cast his prediction for how much longer before the snow and ice slowly makes way for green lawns and chirpy birds. Can a groundhog and his shadow also predict the direction… Continue Reading [Infographic] Forecasting a Shadow: Groundhog Day and Real Estate