Owners Hold Off On Sales Of Homes
Owners Hold Off On Sales Of Homes: Traditionally, home ownership has been about trading up. People bought a starter house and lived there for a while. Then, as their families grew or their incomes rose, they moved to a bigger house or a tonier neighborhood.…
The Market.
Inman Real Estate News - Time to cash out or dive further into real estate?: (Link requires paid subscription) “Real estate is the perfect capital market scenario,” he said when I posed the “what's going on here” question to him. “Information is readily available via…
Gourmet Gas Stations
New York Post Online Edition: : While it's an unlikely culinary revolution, Slim Jims are making way for sushi as gas station convenience stores transform themselves with upscale eats and shed their image as junk food pit stops. It's an attempt by the industry to…
May Newsletter
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Subdivisions Impose Social Divide
Subdivisions Impose Social Divide: It was not simply that thousands of houses came; it was how they came -- in such self-contained communities as Brambleton and Forest Manor, Forest Run and Belle Terra, all with their backs turned to the rambler. And Ivan, once the…
Great post about Big Builders
From an E-Pro listserv - ... I would get to know the big builders, their product, their policies and welcome them to the area. They don't buy in a market unless they know who will buy their product, where they work, how much money they…
Interesting Mold article
MOLD: ARE YOU COVERED? : A growing body of scientific evidence indicates that the air within residential and commercial buildings can be seriously polluted. Coupled with the fact that people spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors, the risks to health may be greater…
Thinking about restoring an old home?
Visit this site first. The visual story of an old home's return to glory. Some of the pictures are not for the faint of heart! For those of you with visions of restoration, this is a good place to start.
Buying a new home?
New-Home Incentives: Who Benefits More -- Buyer or Builder's Affiliate?: If you have shopped for a newly built house in recent years, you have probably run into this: The builder offers you a substantial incentive -- a finished patio, extra square footage or lush landscaping…
Chemistry when choosing an agent
From the RealEstateJournal (update 3 Feb 2014 - the previous link broke; this one works) Finding an agent is a lot like dating: Chemistry counts. You've given ample hints that you prefer No. 1, the agent with whom you have rapport. I am not sure that…