No matter what, the home absolutely must look its bestKey Takeaways Quality photography is defined differently by different agents, but the key is turning out a professional product.With more than 90 percent of buyers starting their home search online, listing photos are your new curbside. And if you want buyers to stop and investigate further, your exterior photos, especially, need to create a positive first impression.But exactly what does cons
As we all know, the real estate industry is hyper-competitive. And because there are few better catalysts for innovation than competition, real estate is constantly blazing new ground.Real estate expansion teams — teams that do business in multiple markets — are one of the industry’s latest, and hottest, innovations. These teams are constantly striving to do more business with a lean team and drive profits higher.Due to their lean structure
The door for first-time homebuyers is wide open.Rents are rising faster than incomes, which is causing many millennials to enter the market and buy. In fact, half (50 percent) of today’s homebuyers are under the age of 36, according to Zillow’s 2016 Consumer Housing Trends Report, and 47 percent are first-time buyers. Solo homebuyers are in the minority, while most buyers are shopping with a spouse or partner (73 percent).Buying a home is t
Buyers want to be able to picture themselves in the houseWhen you show your home’s best features by staging it effectively, you help increase your final selling price without breaking the bank. As our infographic below shows, the following five golden rules of home staging will help you show off its best assets:The five golden rules are:1. De-personalize: While your family photos are beautiful and your kids’ drawings on the fridge are adorabl
About RosannaWelcome to San Antonio, a place I love to call home! Born and raised here is one of the many benefits of choosing me as an agent. When I graduated from Trinity University, I decided to move to Dallas. There I taught as a bilingual education teacher. Dallas was a great city, but San Antonio was my home. I moved back home to help manage my dad's private OB/GYN practice and in that time also decided to go back to school. Upo
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A new survey of 30 large cities in the United States shows that the cost of water utilities has risen by up to 150 percent over the last seven years.The data from Circle of Blue, a group of journalists and scientists tracking water issues, shows that in some cities, a family of four using 12,000 gallons a month—which is considered average household use—could pay up to $154 per month.That was the rate for Santa Fe, N.M., with San Francisco com
Ongoing inventory shortages are propelling home prices higher, causing pending home sales to slump for the third consecutive month, the National Association of REALTORS® reported Wednesday. None of the major regions of the U.S. saw an increase in contract activity in May.NAR’s Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, dropped 0.8 percent to a reading of 108.5 in May. The index is 1.7 percent below a year
Mortgage rates are hovering at a six-month low, yet mortgage demand is decreasing. And high-end buyers are taking the lion's share of the blame.Total mortgage application activity for refinancings and home purchases plunged 6.2 percent last week on a week-over-week seasonally adjusted basis, the Mortgage Bankers Association reported Wednesday. The index is now 17 percent below where it was a year ago.Broken out, home purchase applications dropped
Homeowners can make a lot of mistakes during that first year in homeownership, especially when eagerness can sometimes lead to ignorance. HouseLogic recently featured several of the most common and costly missteps homeowners most often make in their first year, including:1. Always going with the lowest bid.Homeowners may be smart about gathering multiple bids when, say, that HVAC system needs repairs. But they may be tempted to always go with the
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