Category: Housing
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The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster Experience
Darren Hardy—motivational speaker, publisher, author and mentor hosted The Entrepreneur Roller Coaster Experience—an eight-hour workshop seeking to help guests become more proficient entrepreneurs by revealing his own strategies for success as well as methods other successful entrepreneurs use. As part of the NAWRB Media Outreach, and being on a NAWRB committee, Yesenia Lopez from Parkfield…
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Auction.com Taps into International Market with New Partnership
Auction.com, a leading online real estate marketplace, announced a new partnership today with Juwai.com, a number one Chinese international property portal. The partnership will allow Chinese investors to access online real estate auctions in the United States.
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Short-Term Rentals: Boon or Bust?
Cities nationwide are banning the popular use of short-term vacation rentals to the dismay of many citizens who supplement their incomes with the use of vacation rental sites such as Airbnb, VRBO, and HouseTrip.
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Housing Affordability Hindering Fiscal Growth
High-productivity markets are not the key to increasing economic growth due to the lack of housing affordability. The National Bureau of Economic Research found that high-profile locations such as San Francisco, New York and San Jose are not generating the GDP growth that they should be.
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The Reverse Mortgage that Will Save Seniors Money
Starting May 1, there will be a new way for seniors to attain reverse mortgages from what is called a Caregiver Loan. This loan will allow adult children or grandchildren of seniors to pool resources to provide a flexible line of credit at interest rates much lower than commercial reverse-mortgage lenders charge.
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Serious Delinquency Rates on Single-Family Loans at an All-Time Low
The serious delinquency rate on single-family loans has fallen to its lowest level in six and a half years. Serious delinquency is when a single-family mortgage is 90 or more days past due and the bank considers the mortgage to be in danger of default. When a mortgage is in default, a lender usually initiates…
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Best Strategies and Courses for Selling to Senior Buyers
The population of seniors in the United States is increasing rapidly due to the aging baby boomer generation. Some cities are experiencing rapid growth more so than others. It’s important for real estate agents to be aware of these locales and understand the best strategies for appealing to this growing demographic.
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Coming To A City Near You: Micro-Apartments
With the scarcity of affordable housing in metropolitan areas, are micro-apartments the future of housing? The tiny home movement and creation of micro-apartments has taken international cities by storm. The rise in micro-living can be attributed to a lack of available land for housing, surges in population, and booming economies in urban areas. Cities such…
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MLS Partners of Zillow Group will Receive Public Record Data for Free
Zillow Group has announced its newest program: Zillow Group Data Connect (ZGDC). The program will grant its industry partners access to public record data for free. Partners can obtain the data with broad usage rights.
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House Payments Surpass Rent in Affordability
According to a RealtyTrac report titled Residential Rental Property Analysis, 76 percent of the U.S. counties surveyed in the first quarter of 2015 found that it is more affordable to pay a monthly house payment for a median-priced home than a monthly fair market rent for a three-bedroom property.