According to a recent article on Builder Magazine's website, new home sales in April were up 3.3% over March's numbers. The total figure came in at 343,000, which exceeded the consensus expectations of 335,000. Median home price also ticked upwards with a 0.7% gain to...
Realtor.com and RealBizMedia recently announced the launch of a new real estate channel called the Realtor.com Channel. Poised to launch in the second half of 2012, the new channel will bring millions of property listings into 55 million U.S. homes via the Cox cable...
If sales of building materials and garden equipment are directly lated to sales of homes, we could be looking at an upsurge in the latter, according to a recent piece on the Smart Money blog. The theory goes: Sales of these materials are up because homeowners are...
According to a recent article on Builder Magazine, the trend that saw home sizes decreasing may be reversing. When the housing market tanked, new homes went down in square footage. The McMansion seemed destined to go the way of the dodo, while smaller, more efficient...
Vicki Naggy, a hair stylist from Acme, Penn., was this year's winner of the HGTV Dream Home Giveaway 2012, which aired this past Saturday. As the grand prize winner, Naggy was given a new, fully furnished home in Midway, Utah, a 2012 GMC Terrain and $500,000. Her name...
Redfin just launched an online tool call the Home Price Tool that lets homeowners get an accurate price for their home. The tool uses the same process and data that professional agents use. The interactive tool is being touted as the first of its kind for putting...
The online real estate broker Sawbuck Realty recently launched the HomeSnap app for the iPhone. The app lets you take a picture of a home to get information on it, including current value, its last sale date and price, the local schools and more. Info on over 90...
M&I, a part of BMO Financial Group, recently issued some advice for first time homebuyers. Although M&I is located in Indiana, the tips apply to non-Hoosiers, too. How does this sound? Assess Affordability It's widely accepted advice: Housing costs should not take up...
The KCM Blog recently posted a short piece on applying the well-known Serenity Prayer to the challenges of selling a home in today's market. For those who don't know the Serenity Prayer, it is: "Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to...
This is the first question that you need to answer before putting money into that home that is getting a little long in the tooth. Would I be better off selling now before the house needs very serious updating, taking that money, and looking for another home that may...
