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Homeownership is easier to break into in some markets than others, and Zillow has named this year’s best markets for first-time buyers, where their dollars go further and starter homes are relatively plentiful.
Via Russ Bergeron
Over the years, tiny houses have evolved beyond their humble DIY roots, with some designers pushing the practical limits of the small living movement to create huge towable homes that are more like luxury apartments on wheels. With this in mind, let's take a closer look at five of the largest and most impressive recent examples.
Via Russ Bergeron
Learn all the most vital things to know when selling a home for the first time. Get advice and tips from a Realtor with three decades of experience.
Via Bill Gassett
We humans may prefer to spend our winters indoors where it’s warm, away from the harsh, frigid elements, but these bears, bunnies, birds and more seem to enjoy being out in the snow. A few inches of frosty flakes don’t send them scampering for cover. They know the season is fleeting, so they appreciate the winter while it’s here.
Via Russ Bergeron
Defined by a wavy roof inspired by desert dunes and traditional Islamic geometric patterns, the Zayed International Airport, Terminal A recently opened for business. The huge building significantly increases passenger capacity for the airport and is designed to maximize light inside without unduly heating up.
Via Russ Bergeron
This crop of muscle cars is precisely what we’d stock in our garage—if said garage was an airplane hangar. We invite you to momentarily unplug from the nascent age of electrification and appreciate the unapologetic glorification of the internal-combustion engine that the following models present.
Via Russ Bergeron
The World Economic Forum’s “Global Risks Report 2024,” released Wednesday, ranked AI-derived misinformation and disinformation — and its implications for societal polarization — ahead of climate change, war and economic weakness in its top 10 risks over the next two years.
Via Russ Bergeron
Beginning Wednesday, Starbucks is adding the reusable cup option to drive-thru and Starbucks app orders, marking a “milestone” move the company said was previously only available for orders made in-person at its cafes since 1985.
Via Russ Bergeron
DevTernity organizer Eduards Sizovs admitted on social media that one of the featured speakers was an “auto-generated” woman with a fake title. He was responding to allegations about a number of suspicious profiles on his conference websites that appeared to be generated by artificial intelligence.
Via Russ Bergeron
The current real estate market's high home prices and mortgage rates, as well as limited inventory, are the top reasons that Realtors® and prospective home buyers across races and ethnicities cite as barriers to purchasing a home.
Via Russ Bergeron
With their ability to capture imaginations and evoke emotions, photos can tell us stories about nature that words alone can’t convey. The winning entries in the Nature TTL Photographer of the Year 2023 competition prove that, as far as nature is concerned, a picture is worth a thousand words.
Via Russ Bergeron
there were a total of 92,634 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings — default notices, scheduled auctions or bank repossessions — up 3 percent from the previous quarter and 104 percent from a year ago.
The report also shows there were a total of 31,836 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings in September 2022, down 8 percent from the previous month but up 62 percent from September 2021.
Via Russ Bergeron, Rich Rawdin
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The 2024 Home Buyers and Sellers Generational Trends report, which examines the similarities and differences among recent home buyers and sellers across generations,1 found that the combined share of millennials, both younger (ages 25 to 33) and older (ages 34 to 43), now make up a combined 38% of the home buying market, a substantial increase from 28% last year.
Via Russ Bergeron
This crop of muscle cars is precisely what we’d stock in our garage—if said garage was an airplane hangar. We invite you to momentarily unplug from the nascent age of electrification and appreciate the unapologetic glorification of the internal-combustion engine that the following models present.
Via Russ Bergeron, Rich Rawdin
U.S. median single-family home property taxes have risen by more than 25% since 2019
For U.S. homeowners, annual property taxes are a direct, out-of-pocket cost that impacts budgets. As U.S. home prices have continued to rise and reach record highs, millions of owners are feeling the pinch from soaring property taxes.
Via Russ Bergeron
Zonda, the leading provider of data-driven housing market solutions for the home building industry, recently announced it had acquired Builders Digital Experience (BDX).
BDX includes NewHomeSource.com, the largest new construction home listings platform in the U.S., and Envision, the leading new home design platform.
Via Russ Bergeron
Among the major U.S. regions, the South posted the largest share of single-family existing-home sales (45%) in the fourth quarter, with year-over-year price appreciation of 3.2%. Prices also climbed 7.3% in the Northeast, 4.7% in the Midwest and 4.2% in the West.1
Via Russ Bergeron
The journey from having a neat idea to actually realizing it can be long and arduous, as shown by the + Pool. Some 13 years after we first saw it, the plan to creating a floating and self-filtering swimming pool that helps New Yorkers cool off is finally set to go ahead.
Via Russ Bergeron
The biggest contributors to December's pickup in price growth were housing and shelter costs, which the Bureau of Labor Statistics said accounted for more than half of the gain. On a year over year basis, total shelter costs increased 6.2%, while rents increased 6.5%.
Via Russ Bergeron
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear five cases during this current term, which ends in June 2024, that collectively give the court the opportunity to reexamine the nature of content moderation – the rules governing discussions on social media platforms such as Facebook and X, formerly known as Twitter – and the constitutional limitations on the government to affect speech on the platforms.
Via Russ Bergeron
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)* – a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings – sank 7.1% to 71.8 in August. Year over year, pending transactions fell by 18.7%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.
Via Russ Bergeron, Rich Rawdin
Total existing-home sales1 – completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – slid 0.7% from July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.04 million in August. Year-over-year, sales fell 15.3% (down from 4.77 million in August 2022).
Via Russ Bergeron
The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI)* – a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings – sank 7.1% to 71.8 in August. Year over year, pending transactions fell by 18.7%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.
Via Russ Bergeron
“The recent increase in foreclosure filings nationwide indicates a trend that has been observed throughout the year, and what we have expected to occur,” said Rob Barber, CEO at ATTOM. “This upward trajectory suggests the possibility of continued heightened activity, and with foreclosure completions seeing the largest monthly increase this year, we will continue to monitor the potential impacts this may have on the housing market.”
Via Russ Bergeron
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