Following one of the strongest years for residential real estate on record, the 2021 housing market has some large proverbial shoes to fill. Both home sellers and buyers fared well in 2020; median home sale prices reached a record $304,100, su...
Every U.S. metro area tracked by the National Association of Realtors (NAR) in the third quarter of 2020 saw home prices rise, driven by unprecedented demand, low mortgage rates and depleted nationwide housing inventory.
In October, the...
Winter has traditionally been the slowest season for the housing market for years, if not decades.With the cold weather, the holidays and the coronavirus, you might expect the same in 2020-21, with buyers and sellers hibernating until the ...
Hey, Millennials. Come on into the real estate market! We really need you to buy some homes so we can keep chugging along. Oh, wait. Prices are rising and so are interest rates, plus inventory is scary low. Hmmm. Well, come on in anyway, w...
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Selling your home with the holidays on deck means you may need a crash course in how to decorate your home for the holidays without turning off buyers.
Unless you're a total Scrooge, it's hard to argue with the fact that...
Erin Culton
As a wave of urban transplants heads for America's suburbs and small towns, those areas could find themselves undergoing a dramatic makeover.
The coronavirus pandemic has driven many well-off residents out of the cities, with...
Dean Mitchell
Congratulations on buying your new home! You survived the hardest parts: making an offer, mortgage approval, the home inspection, and closing. Whew! Go ahead and take a moment to pat yourself on the back. You earned it.
But...
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The median existing home price was $311,800, up almost 15% year over year, and more than 70% of homes sold in September were on the market for less than a month.
Existing home sales rose for the fourth consecutive month i...
With mortgage rates hovering near historic lows, demand has increased beyond expectations, fueling some of the hottest homebuying competition in decades.
Combined with historically low levels of inventory, it’s a recipe for pandemic...