Real Estate, Updates, News & Tips - Deborah Morrison - iPro Real Estate

Welcome to the Team Michael Chung Dealing the Sacramento area

About Mike I can easily work with anyone and am one of the hardest working Realtors you will meet. I want you to find your Real Estate success as quickly as possible! iProcurrently deals throughout the states of California, Texas,Florida, and New York. We continue to strive and broadenopportunities for real estate professionals and consumers. Visit iprore.com for the latestinformation and links.Click here&

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TIP: How to make a Ceiling look Taller

It can be difficult to lend the illusion of more space to a home with low ceilings. A recent article at Houzz from columnist Becky Harris explains how you can make low ceilings appear higher.Use High-Gloss Paint to Your Advantage Painting the ceiling a glossy white will allow the room to reflect more light, making it appear more spacious that it really is. Interior designer Lourdes Gabriela used glossy white ceilings in a Florida condo that, she

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Top 10 Tech Features that Buyers want

Buyers are showing more interest in technological home features, with 46% of new and prospective homeowners saying, for example, that they want a security camera on the premises, according to the National Association of Home Builders’ latest annual survey, What Home Buyers Really Want.Three of the four most-wanted tech features are related to security, with surveillance cameras leading the pack, the survey shows. Buyers also reported high

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Where the Middle Class can find the most Affordability

In the majority of cities, buyers who earn the median income where they live can afford a median-priced home there as well, according to a new study by online loan marketplace LendingTree. Therefore, most households considered middle-class are not being priced out of the housing market.However, “middle class” can be a broad term that consists of a variety of income levels. A household earning anywhere between two-thirds of the national median

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Multiple Refinances cause Problems

It can be financially harmful to borrowers and investors to repeatedly refinance their mortgages, warns Ginnie Mae, a government-backed firm that guarantees government mortgage bonds. That’s why the institution is taking steps to crack down on the practice of “churning,” where lenders push borrowers to refinance their home loans over and over again.Homeowners may be drawn to the idea of lowering their monthly mortgage payments, but multiple

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Mortgage Rates Break from Weeks of Increases

Following four weeks of rate increases, fixed-rate mortgages posted a drop this week. Rates remain well below their averages from a year ago, and Freddie Mac predicts that will be a boon to home sales over the next couple of months. This comes after the Federal Reserve voted Wednesday not to increase its benchmark rate.“Slightly weaker inflation and labor economic data caused mortgage rates to dip this week,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac

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2019 to be a Good Year for Employee Relocations

Corporate relocation volumes and budgets are increasing, helping employees to more easily make a move for a job. In particular, 60% of mid-size firms with 500 to 4,999 salaried employees reported relocation budget increases, according to national moving company Atlas Van Lines’ Corporate Relocation Survey. For comparison, about 40% of small firms (fewer than 500 salaried employees) and 40% of large firms (5,000-plus) saw employee relocation inc

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Average Homeowners stay 8 Years before Moving

Homeowners have been less transient in the last few years. In the first quarter of 2019, homeowners who sold their homes had owned them an average of 8.05 years, down slightly from a record high of 8.17 in the fourth quarter of 2018, reports real estate research firm ATTOM Data Solutions. Still, that's up a 7.75-year average recorded a year ago.Prior to the Great Recession, from the first quarter of 2000 to the third quarter of 2007, homeownershi

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Listing Prices set another Record

The median list price in the U.S. reached $310,000 in April—another record high that surpassed March’s high, realtor.com® reported in its April 2019 housing trend report this week. Listing prices continue to grow, despite an uptick in For Sale signs and home seller competition.“The U.S. median listing price set another record this month, which we expect it to continue to do through summer when prices typically hit their seasonal peak,” s

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These are the Best Dates of the Year to Sell a Home

Mark your calendar: Certain times of the year can offer seller premiums of 10 percent or more, and a majority of those days are during summer months.ATTOM Data Solutions analyzed more than 28 million single-family home and condo sales over the past eight years to find the best time of year to sell. They found that the summer tends to be hot in real estate for more reasons than just the weather.“Since summer is a time for vacations and outi

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