Think bigger is better? Well, most of today’s home shoppers don’t. According to a new realtor.com survey, the homes that are in most demand by buyers in a hyper-competitive real estate environment have just three bedrooms and two baths. Ranch-style homes top the wish lists of 42 percent of home seekers surveyed by realtor.com this spring. But more than…
Everyone loves the idea of indoor-outdoor living. And when you’re selling a home, staging your outdoor space can be an important way to show off one of your home’s best features while attracting prospective buyers. Whether your property has a sweeping lawn or a small city balcony, Redfin suggests some ways you can help buyers envision…
There are plenty of reasons to ponder the possibility of buying a house without your spouse. Basically, this means that although you two might live in the home together, only you would technically “take title” to the property—a fancy way to say that you own it and have your name on the deed. It’s legal—and more common than you…
Competition among buyers in many markets has gotten intense, so if you’re serious about homeownership, you’d better get your act together. To point you in the right direction, Realtor.com has prepared a road map of the typical steps you need to be aware of during the home-buying process. 1. Choose an agent The first step in the home-buying…
Realtor.com has launched a new home search by school boundaries to help buyers narrow their search to specific elementary, middle and high schools. Schools continue to play a major role in how buyers search for homes. More than 40 percent of potential homebuyers with children would use a school-led home search feature, according to Realtor.com. This is…
Thirty-three percent of people who bought a home during the past year made an offer without first seeing the home in person, according to a May survey of 3,350 homebuyers and sellers commissioned by Redfin. In a similar survey completed last year, 19 percent of buyers said they had offered sight-unseen. Among recent millennial homebuyers,…
Need to sell your home in a hurry? By using these easy and inexpensive tips, Trulia.com says you can expect an offer in no time. Get a storage unit Anyone who tours your home is going to check out the storage spaces, which means that disorganized, overstuffed closets only serve as evidence that your home…
Summer is the most popular time of the year to buy and sell a home. So, if you’re thinking about starting your home search, your first instinct might be to stay away and wait for the weather—and the market—to cool down. However, Realtor.com points out five distinct advantages to entering the marketplace during housing’s hottest…
An improving economy, multiple years of strong job growth and a notable increase in home values in most markets fueled a greater share of purchases from Generation X households during the past year. According to the National Association of Realtors’ 2017 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends study, which evaluates the generational differences of recent…
As the traditional home buying season kicked off, the seller held the upper-hand as low housing inventory drove competition among homebuyers, including millennials. However, the competitive market did not deter millennials—even in some of the most expensive markets—as the percentage of purchase loans among these borrowers steadily increased to 89 percent in April, up from…