Discounted listings are becoming more commonplace, with 38 of the largest 45 U.S. markets seeing an increase in price reductions in December, according to a new report from realtor.com®. The highest number of price reductions on homes was in Charlotte, N.C., where 24 percent of listings were discounted in December, followed by San Jose, Calif. (10 percent); Tampa, Fla. (9 percent); Phoenix (9 percent); and Seattle (8 percent). Further, 40 percen
Homeowners could be putting themselves in more danger as they increasingly tackle home repairs themselves. Using common household tools can be dangerous, especially when it comes to ladders. Accidents involving ladders landed nearly 200,000 people in the emergency room last year, according to a new analysis from Porch.com, a home repair and maintenance website. Porch.com researchers analyzed data from the National Electronic Injury Surv
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How can buyers determine if a community is a good fit for them? Sure, they should walk the neighborhood and make visits at various times of the day. Realtor.com® recently interviewed housing experts to identify signs that a neighborhood could be on the brink of a decline. Here are some of those possible indicators:Several houses are on the market.Two or three homes for sale in close proximity is OK, but more than that could be an indic
Revamping a kitchen can be a costly undertaking, with the median price of a remodeling job coming in at $60,000. So, how do you make sure the changes you make won’t look dated in a few years?HouseLogic, a home improvement website by the National Association of REALTORS®, offers ideas to future-proof your kitchen, including:Stick with whiteWhite has remained the top choice of the National Kitchen and Bath Association’s annual s
Mortgage rates posted more drops this week, lowering the borrowing costs of potential home shoppers and refinancers. Rates are now at a nine-month low, which helped boost mortgage applications more than 20 percent this week.“Lower mortgage rates combined with continued income growth and lower energy prices are all positive indicators for consumers that should lead to a firming of home sales,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief e
The most popular names in transactions show that women, millennials, and Hispanics are shaping up as dominating forces in the housing market, according to a new analysis from realtor.com®. Ten of the top 20 and seven of the 10 fastest-growing buyer first names are mostly millennial female names, researchers found. Home deeds that contained predominantly millennial first names rose 5.3 percent year over year. Home sales associated with
Mortgage rates have been decreasing in recent weeks, but if they reverse course and start to rise again, more potential home buyers may get “priced out,” a new study from the National Association of Home Builders shows. About 1 million households would likely no longer be able to afford buying a median-priced new home if mortgage rates rise from 4.85 percent to 5.1 percent. Last week, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 4.51 percent
Following the deadliest wildfire in the state of California, Chico, Calif., has seen an influx of new residents that made it the highest performing housing market in the country at the end of December last year. Chico is 14 miles from Paradise, the town destroyed by a deadly wildfire in November.“It’s just insanity,” Sabrina Chevallier, a real estate professional with RE/MAX of Chico, told realtor.com®. “It’s been a really challen
Wages are failing to keep pace with rising home prices, according to a new study from ATTOM Data Solutions, a real estate research firm. Median home prices increased faster than weekly wages in 601 of the 755 counties—80 percent of the markets that researchers analyzed in the report.The markets that saw home prices outpace wage growth by some of the highest amounts were Los Angeles County, Calif.; Cook County (Chicago), Ill.; Harris County (Hou
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