home sales

Real Estate Sale: 6 Ways An Energy Audit Can Boost Home Listing Price

Why do you need an energy audit? The answer is pretty simple: an energy-efficient house is an attractive house. When buying a house, the mortgage payment is one consideration, but ongoing maintenance and utility bills are also part of a smart consumer's equation.

6 Mistakes That Could Screw Up Your Home Sale

There are more ways than you think that could make you sabotage your own home sale. There are more ways than you think that could make you sabotage your own home sale.

Home Selling Tips: 5 House Features To Speed Up Your Home Sale

If you are a hundred percent decided on selling your home, then you must be very eager to make that sale as soon as possible. Unfortunately, with the strong competition in the real estate industry, that is not as easy to do.

Real Estate: Recovery Is Not There Yet

New home sales reports may not always indicate recovery. An article in Bloomberg View talks about real estate and new home sales. In the said article it was mentioned that the New home sales were reported earlier this week are a component of gross domestic product (existing home sales are not).

Real Estate News: Living Near a Starbucks Can Upsell Your Home

Your neighboorhood Starbucks may do wonders for your area. If you live near a Starbucks and you're planning to sell your home, then you're in luck.

Volume Of Home Sales Up, says NAR

Number Of Pending Home Sales Up For Fifth Consecutive Month, Says NAR Last Monday, June 29, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) reported an increase in the number of homes sales for the fifth consecutive month.

Mortgage Applications To Rise in 2015 – MBA

As mortgage rates hover at record lows and the jobs scenario improves, experts at the Mortgage Banking Association forecast a rise in home loan applications in the United States in 2015.

Real estate psychology: How your real estate agent is also a therapist

Buying a new home is an emotional affair, mostly because it reflects your style and way of living. But while deciding on the house several factors are at play and your realtors know when you like something and you don’t. They will show you exactly what you’ll love because they can read you and will also listen to you when you are confused. They are your therapists!

More American Homes Sold through Complete Cash Transactions: Goldman Sachs Survey

Almost all homes that sold in 2012 and in the first half of 2013 were financed by all-cash transactions, a new survey by financial firm Goldman Sachs Group found.

Low Housing Inventory Renders Pending Home Sales Flat

Data from the National Association of Realtors reveals that new contracts signed for homes remained flat in February – a indicator that the market is picking up competitiveness.