As more and more Americans get their shots, masks come off in the great outdoors, small parties of fully vaccinated friends and family gather in backyards, and the country begins to emerge from a long pandemic winter, a new survey suggests a turnaround may soon begin to break for frustrated buyers who can’t find enough homes for sale. Realtor Magazine…
When a house is right for you, you just know it. It hits you like a ton of bricks. You make your offer, negotiations follow, and your offer is accepted. Now what? A home inspection (assuming the seller agreed to make it a condition of the sale and the house has been lived in before) is usually next. BiggerPockets’ Mindy…
Just because you’re working your posterior off to get your house ready to be listed in time for the weekend doesn’t mean the weekend is the best time for it to make its premiere, as evidenced by a new report from Redfin. The study shows that homes listed midweek not only sell for an average of $1,700 more than homes…
At first, it was converting a bedroom into a home office, perhaps improving the “backdrop” for Zoom calls within a given room. Or perhaps a quarantined family set up a “home schooling” station in a den for their kids. While home remodeling has surged since the pandemic began, many of the projects initially were smaller in scope, according to Realtor…
While prices for resale homes are being driven up due to both lack of inventory as well as demand, prices for new homes will no doubt continue to rise due to prices that must be paid for goods used in residential construction. Excluding energy, goods prices rose 2.1% in January (not seasonally adjusted) and have increased 6.8% over the past…
While 3D-printing has been talked about for a while now, where home building is concerned, it’s a phenomenon whose time is due. With home prices surging due to lack of inventory and builders fretting over the cost of building materials, 3D-printed homes now means the homebuilding industry is on the edge of a revolution, according to CNBC’s Diana Olick. Olick…
It’s not unheard of to take items you store in your home and make cleaning products out of them, such as vinegar or lemons. But what about that bottle of clear libation that reminds you of furry hats, Bloody Marys, and Tchaikovsky? Vodka is a natural cleaner that is surprisingly effective due to its high alcohol content as well as…
If the pandemic has caused the proliferation of anything, it has exploded the world of video conferencing. When any technology becomes an overnight mainstay, however, hackers take advantage. “Zoom-bombing” has surfaced. Big time. Reports of conferences being disrupted by pornographic and/or hate images and threatening language caused the FBI’s Boston office to issue a warning for users of video conferencing…
Visiting Your Childhood Home Retracing your steps and considering the road you’ve traveled is often a healthy practice. It reassures, it confirms, and it often helps you move forward. But what about ringing the doorbell on a house you used to live in? What emotions should you prepare yourself for? Jerry Burger, PhD, is a professor of psychology at Santa…
Pay for a dorm room or buy a condo? Know what your money gets you So you’re sending your kid off to college. Hats off. But what about housing? Will they live in a dorm, or is there a better alternative outside of him or her renting a room in a house? According to Bankrate, Janna Herron, many parents bypass…