Tag Archives: Real Estate
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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Many Full-Time Workers Face Housing Affordability Problems
Source: Harvard While statistics on the gap in affordable housing clearly indicate the magnitude of the problem, they mask the extent of the difficulties that certain low-wage workers often face in obtaining a unit they can afford, particularly...
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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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Landlord Nation: Boomers’ New Retirement Plan Is Millennials Paying Rent
Source: Bloomberg Redfin Chief Executive Glenn Kelman says an increasing number of Americans are joining the ranks of what he deems the “Landlord Nation,” a group of mom-and-pop investors who have seized on low mortgage rates and robust rent...
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