Top 10 Home Improvements to Increase ROI
Whether you’re thinking of selling in the next six months or a few years down the road, remodeling with ROI in mind is a smart move. Your home is a huge financial investment, and any money you put toward it should not only increase your enjoyment of the home now but...
DAWGS Steel Security: Securing Properties & Protecting Communities
DAWGS STEEL SECURITY DOORS AND WINDOWS PROTECT COMMUNITIES Schools, hospitals, mental health campuses, nursing homes, and colleges are typically integrated within residential areas. Surrounded by homes, these facilities are often used as a central hub for community...
How the Moratorium’s End is Affecting Foreclosure Activity
Housing professionals have long been anticipating the response to the July 31 expiration of the federal moratorium on foreclosures. With August numbers coming in, analysts say there has indeed been a rise in foreclosure activity, but they do not expect a large influx....
The 2021 Real Estate Market: Predictions For The Final Quarter
In early July 2021, Fannie Mae confirmed something that most real estate professionals already knew: Buyers and sellers are currently on a very different page. Over half of buyers (64%) think it is now a bad time to buy. By contrast, an even higher percentage of...
The Top 10 Zip Codes with the Most Zombie Homes in Q2 2021
ATTOM Data Solutions’ just released Q2 2021 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report found that 1.4 million residential properties in the U.S are vacant in Q2 2021, representing 1.4 percent of all homes. The report also found that the number of pre-foreclosure...
Will The Housing Market Cool Off By Fall?
Here’s What Experts Predict Today’s hot housing market is one of the peculiar outcrops of the pandemic. Housing supply was already low before Covid-19, but it was further hampered as lockdowns took place and people began looking for new homes, driven by a host of...
11 House Design Trends to Watch For in 2021
One thing that 2020 taught us is to be prepared for the unexpected and face its challenges with composure and calm. We look back at the DIY adjustments we had to make in our homes as they were transformed into schools, offices, gyms, and getaway areas – and how we got...
Top 5 Real Estate Trends for June 2021
Let's dive right into some of the more timely trends we're seeing. Here's what's happening in real estate in June 2021. 1. Homes are selling at breakneck speeds It's no secret that inventory is low and demand is high, creating one of the most competitive housing...
These are the Best (and Worst) Places to Buy a Single-Family Rental
Investor profits are declining on single-family rentals. According to new data from ATTOM, the average rental yield is just 7.7% in 2021 -- down from 8.4% in 2020. The problem in many markets is rising home prices, which have jumped significantly since the pandemic...