Category Archives: Selling your Home
Natural hazard risk holding back home sales
Source: HousingWire But home prices are higher in high-risk areas Home sales in counties with low natural hazard risk increased during the first half of 2016 at double the rate as those with high natural hazard risk, according to ATTOM Data...
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Homeowners overestimate their home values
Source: Housing Wire To be sure, home prices are rising and even hitting highs in some markets but they are not rising quite as high as homeowners may think, according to the National Home Price Perception Index (HPPI) release by Quicken Loans....
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Make your home more appealing to young buyers
Source: Consumer Reports Millennials comprise the largest group of homebuyers, according to the National Association of REALTORS®, so homebuilders are increasingly including the attributes the millennial generation covets when designing new...
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Back to school? Here’s how it impacts home values
Source: Housingwire The power of good school districts Neighborhoods with at least one good elementary school have greater home values as well as higher home price appreciation over the long term compared to homes without good schools, according...
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Home sales are rising, so why isn’t inventory going up?
Source: HousingWire Between 2012 and 2015, home sales have increased by almost 600,000 units, from 4.67 million units to 5.25 million units, while housing inventory has been flat or down. Existing home sales are up 5 percent year over year in the...
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California pending home sales post third straight annual increase in June
Source: C.A.R. Led by the San Francisco Bay Area, California pending home sales continued their upward momentum in June to post three straight months of annual increases, according to the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.). Making...
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