Homeowners Willing to Tackle Remodeling Projects
February 25, 2011
Homeowners who put off renovations during the recession are thinking about spending money on their properties again.
Take Barbara Moreno and Robert Ptaszynski of Washington Township, N.J., who delayed plans to add a second story to their ranch house when the recession hit their industries-automobiles and title insurance-hard.
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Existing-Home Sales Up Again in January
February 23, 2011
The uptrend in existing-home sales continues, with January sales rising for the third consecutive month with a pace that is now above levels a year ago, according to the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS®.
Existing-home sales, which are completed transactions that include single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, increased 2.7 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.36 million in January from a downwardly revised 5.22 million in December, and are 5.3 percent above the 5.09 million level in January 2010. This is the first time in seven months that sales activity was higher than a year earlier.
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Working with a Real Estate Professional is More Important Than Ever in Today’s Real Estate Market
February 18, 2011
In a landmark study examining the home buying and selling preferences of consumers in the Mid-Atlantic region, 95% reported that working with a real estate professional is just as important, if not more important, than it was just a few years ago. The survey results were released in a new research paper entitled Keepin’ it Real, by MRIS, the area’s Multiple Listing Service (MLS) and a leading developer of real estate information technology.
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Surprising Insider Secrets for the 5 Stages of Buying Your First Home
February 17, 2011
Buying a home is not a discrete event; it’s a process – a sequence of events that happens over time, sometimes over as long as several months or even years! While general guides to buying a home are a dime a dozen, I’vm excited to share with you some insider secrets you may not have heard elsewhere – one for each stage involved in buying a home. Here’s to helping you make the best decisions at every phase of your homebuying process!
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Get in while the Getting’s Good – Why Buyers and Sellers Should Take Advantage of Today’s Real Estate Market
February 17, 2011
The Case-Shiller Index is one of the country’s most popular ways of measuring the movement of home prices. And in its latest rating, which went out in late December, the verdict was: Prices are down. The Case-Shiller report’s 20-City Composite rating was 0.8% lower than it was one year previously; the first year-on-year decrease since October 2009.
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