Drew Heasley By Drew Heasley The spring market is traditionally the hottest real estate market across the country. For my area in Pennsylvania, the busiest parts of the year are early spring and then again when school lets out. As an agent, you need make sure you and your clients are prepared for these annual… Continue Reading Tips for the Spring Market
Photo courtesy Blinds.com By Katie Laird, guest blogger Take a peek through the windows of your newest listing — what do you see? A stunning seascape? The glitzy city skyline? Layers of mountains stacked against the horizon? Make it impossible for potential buyers to ignore the gorgeous vista that a property offers by maximizing its… Continue Reading Room with a View: How to Accent Your Listing’s Stellar Outdoor Views
For homeowners, animals are part of the family according to 99 percent of animal owners that NAR surveyed in its new report Remodeling Impact: Animal House. Nevertheless, finding a rental property or a home owners association that accommodates animals, according to 61 percent of REALTORS®, can be difficult. Nearly half of all animal owners have… Continue Reading Home Renovations to Accommodate Family Animals
In the spirit of President’s Day we can use data from the 2016 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 83% of buyers choosing a detached single-family home. Looking by first-time and… Continue Reading President’s Day 2017: How Does the White House Compare to the Average Home?
There have been nine U.S. presidents since the National Association of Realtors® began its comprehensive reporting of home sales data in 1968. The country and the typical cost to buy a home have changed a lot. To celebrate President’s Day, here is the national median single-family home price at the time each president was sworn… Continue Reading Infographic: All the Presidents’ Home Prices
The Future, history, marriage, nature, discounts, productivity, and little libraries. The robots are getting smarter. Sure, you can play an updated version of Simon, but you’ll look ridiculous. Please excuse our skepticism, but we’ll take a hard pass on this ride, and don’t see these parachutes being too accurate. This social media company is set… Continue Reading What We’re Reading: February 13-17
WASHINGTON (February 16, 2017) — Existing-home sales are forecast to expand 1.7 percent in 2017, but a new housing affordability model created jointly by the National Association of Realtors® and realtor.com®, a leading online real estate destination, operated by operated by News Corp [NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA]; [ASX: NWS, NWSLV] subsidiary Move, Inc., suggests homebuyers at… Continue Reading NAR, Realtor.com® Identify Growing Rift Between Housing Availability and Affordability
Photo credit: Morguefile/Yoel Wire fraud schemes have been a hot topic in the real estate industry lately. But one real estate pro says she’s been caught up in a different kind of nightmarish scam — one that victims can do virtually nothing to prevent. Sue Dietz, CRS, a sales associate with RE/MAX Advantage Realty… Continue Reading Local REALTOR® Leader Has Been Dealing With a Nightmare Email Scam for a Year
Because housing is a big part of many Americans’ financial wellbeing the ability to access homeownership – housing affordability – is an important topic. The National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Housing Affordability Index is a great way to simply understand how affordable the housing market is or isn’t for the typical home buyer and how… Continue Reading A More Encompassing Look at Housing Affordability: REALTORS® Affordability Distribution Curve and Score
At a pace of 5.7 percent, home-price growth quickened in the final three months of 2016 (5.4 percent in the third quarter) amidst severe supply shortages in much of the U.S. Looking at some of the year-over-year gains in several of the largest metro areas underscores just how drastic the ongoing supply shortage really is.… Continue Reading Large Metro Areas Seeing Hefty Home-Price Gains