Millennials make up the largest share of today’s home buyers With each generation, the landscape of various industries changes and gets reshaped – this is also true for the real estate industry. 2018 was a big year for millennials in terms of homeownership, with the rate rising by half a percentage point over 2017 …
Planning Your Home Buying Based On Property Taxes There is nothing drier under the sun. Taxes, even property taxes, have such technical jargon attached to them that we all tend to zone out about them. However, you can achieve some genuine things by planning for property taxes. Home Taxes Can Differ A city or urban …
Attracting Buyers In Today’s Market According to the National Association of Realtors® 2018 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences of home buyers and sellers, 90 percent of millennials purchased or sold their home through a real estate agent and 84 percent of other generations also worked with an agent. …
Disaster-Prone Areas Continue To Rise The US property market is full of surprises. Common sense dictates that people should avoid disaster-prone regions. Hurricane Harvey, Hurricane Irma, and the California wildfires are some of the disasters we have witnessed recently. The death and destruction are still vivid in our memories, but the property market seems to …
Avoiding Home-Buyers Anxiety The anticipation of buying a new home can be very overwhelming for some consumers. Sometimes it’s difficult to determine what steps to take if you are doing it on your own. Knowledge is the key to making the right decisions, and the right choice. It takes time to research all of the available …
How Buyers Are Finding Homes We are living in an age that is highly digital, which has changed the way buyers look for homes and therefore changed the most effective ways to market a home. In a real estate environment that is ever-changing, it is important to find a professional who can help you understand …
Where Home Sales Originate Is A Huge Deal Where do home sales ORIGINATE? This is a HUGE DEAL. This is the key question that should be asked and answered at every listing presentation. If you are hiring a Realtor to market your home they should be able to tell you exactly where they are marketing …
How Does Real Estate Commission Work? How to Realtors get paid? Who pays the broker fees? How do real estate commissions work? Read on and get the facts! Anytime a home is listed on the MLS someone signs what is called a listing agreement. Inside a listing agreement, amongst other things, is a clause that …