housing
Are You Paying Too Much for a House in Your Neighborhood?
Sometimes determining how much you should pay for a home can be as simple as looking at the recently sold homes in the neighborhood and considering how your specific lot compares. But if the home you ...
HOA Basics: What to Know Before You Buy
Before signing on the dotted line for your new home, make sure you know what your homeowner’s association fees are and what they cover. Because most new planned communities have HOAs whether you’re bu...
How an Offer Letter Can You Help Get the Home You Want
After finding a real estate agent and throwing yourself into your housing search—familiarizing yourself with different neighborhoods and working out a budget to decide what home you could afford—you’v...
Housing Value at Record-High
Housing’s collective value grew to $29.6 trillion in 2016 — a record high reflecting 5.7 percent appreciation (an additional $1.6 trillion), according to a recently released analysis by Zillow. The mo...
Five Big Real Estate Trends to Watch in 2017
The election of real estate magnate Donald Trump as president likely will bring some dramatic changes in 2017 for the housing industry, which saw healthy increases in values this year thanks to low in...
Number of Older Adults in the U.S. Expected to Surge, Highlighting the Need for Accessible Housing
By 2035, more than one in five people in the U.S. will be 65 and older and one in three households will be headed by someone in that age group, according to Projections and Implications for Housing a ...
Flipping is flopping, says RealtyTrac
According to RealtyTrac data, flipping homes has been on a nearly continuous decline since its peak in 2006. This is attributed to a variety of factors, including a reduction in the number of foreclos...