Home prices across the country have risen by a total of 6.9% as of April of last year, and an additional 1.2% when compared to last month, according to CoreLogic’s Home Price Index ...
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Research from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) shows that outdoor home improvements are a driving force in the resale of properties...
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President Donald Trump signed legislation on Thursday, lifting restrictions on community banks. As a result, more home-buyers are likely to get approval for a mortgage from their local community bank.
The California Energy Commission passed a new order as a part of the 2019 Building Efficiency Standards mandating the installation of solar panels on most newly constructed homes starting in January of 2020.
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The high-end housing market is populated increasingly by buyers between the ages of 25-49
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The American housing market is expected to be flooded with nearly $40 billion as a result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.
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New-home sales in March took off, with an increase of 4 percent to 694,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The average new-homes sales price was $369,900, with the inventory at 301,000—a 5.2-months [...]
Buyer demand for environmentally friendly/efficient homes is on the up, according to 61 percent of REALTORS® in the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) REALTORS® and Sustainability 2018 Report. Lucky for them, the market has options for them, with eighty percent of REALTORS® reporting that their market has solar panels, and 23 percent [...]
For the second time this year, existing-home sales have strengthened, building on the gains in February, as reported by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). March saw an increase of 1.1 percent to 5.6 million, and inventory has seen increased of 5.7 percent up to 1.67 [...]
Billy Joel's Florida Mansion now on Castles Magazine!
This 8 bedroom, 11 bathroom oceanfront home of one of America's biggest stars is now listed for $31,900,000.
The spectacular compound features an outdoor kitchen, detailed ceilings, wrought iron entryways, 12 car garage, billiards room connected to pub room with full bar, and much [...]
Carla Sands, the Trump-appointed U.S. ambassador to Denmark, recently listed her Moraga Estates property for $37 million. The Italian-style villa sits on four acres of the premier community, with six bedrooms and 11 bathrooms within the 14,700 square foot [...]
As temperatures get hotter, so does the housing market, with price increases totaling 8 percent year-over-year, according to a realtor.com® report. This March climb has sent the median list price from $275,000 in July 2017 to [...]
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With the coming of spring, so comes the busy buying and selling season in the housing market. The market is seeing developments across the country of low inventory and rising [...]