A home inspection report is not a required repair list comes from an opinion post by Barry Stone in The Oaklahoman. People write into Barry and ask for advice, and his answer to this one really spoke to me, so I wanted to share. The person writing into Barry says that they had a home [...]
Potential pitfalls during a home renovation comes from a Realtor.com article about seven terrifying things that can happen during renovations. If you are going to get involved in home renovations, you need to be aware that sometimes things just don't go as planned. Many times, these issues are not foreseeable, but it doesn't hurt to [...]
Millennials buy homes for their dogs? Many do, according to an article by the American Kennel Club. The article discusses a recent survey done by Harris Poll for SunTrust Mortgage, where 33% of the Millennials surveyed said that having a yard or better space for their dogs motivated their first home purchase. Marriage followed at [...]
Millionaire David Bach says, "Buying a home is an 'escalator to wealth'," according to an interview with CNBC. He states in the CNBC article, "If millennials don't buy a home, their chances of actually having any wealth in this country are little to none. The average homeowner to this day is 38 times wealthier than [...]
This Month in Real Estate February 2016 is out! Home sales activity rose to a pace of 5.5 million up from the pace of 4.8 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate January 2016. The median home price rose to $224,100 up from $220,300 last month. This [...]
This Month in Real Estate January 2016 has been released. Home sales activity dropped to a pace of 4.8 million, down from the pace of 5.4 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate December 2015. The median home price rose to $220,300 from $219,600 from last month. [...]
This Month in Real Estate December 2015 has been released. Home sales activity dropped to a pace of 5.4 million, down from the pace of 5.6 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate November 2015. The median home price dropped again, to $219,600 from to $221,900 last [...]
This Month in Real Estate November 2015 has been released! Home sales activity rose to a pace of 5.6 million, which is up from the pace of 5.3 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate October 2015. The median home price dropped again, to $221,900 from to [...]
This Month in Real Estate October 2015 has been released! Home sales activity dropped to a pace of 5.3 million, which is down from the pace of 5.6 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate September 2015. The median home price also dropped, to $228,700 from $234,000 [...]
This Month in Real Estate September 2015 has been released! Home sales activity rose to a pace of 5.6 million, which is up from the pace of 5.5 million projected home sales that we saw last month in This Month in Real Estate August 2015. The median home price dropped to $234,000 from $236,400 last [...]