1.How to assess a real estate agent
“Selling or buying a home can come with a lot of confusion. If you’re in the market for a real estate agent, ask these questions to find the best fit”
2.Middle class will struggle to buy a home this year
“We’ve had the Rust Belt and the Bible Belt. Behold — the Home-Affordability Belt. There’s a growing divide between home affordability in Middle America and coastal cities, experts say, and mortgages in the most expensive metro areas are likely to be even further out of reach for the average house hunter this year”
3.Home Buyers, Sellers and Estate Agents, Sell Your House for Cash?
“There will be greater competition in affluent areas between estate agents for business due to higher potential commissions, therefore there is a tendency to more aggressively value these properties so as to secure business and shut out other agents which means houses at least when first going on the market will tend to be over priced by typically 10%. “
4.Urban real estate investing is back with a new name, look
“Urban investing — real estate investments made in densely populated, ethnically diverse communities — is making a comeback, but under new names such as impact, millennial or hipster investing. “
5.Home improvements that put green in your pocket
“Along with summer fun comes heavy energy use in many parts of the country. But there are more and more ways to cut that usage—and to be rewarded for doing so with money in your pocket. “
6.What does $600,000 buy you in Southern California real estate? A look at Pasadena, Arcadia, and Torrance. Some boomers cashing in their housing lottery ticket.
“We have an astute audience that reaches beyond the confines of the 405 and 10 freeways. I know it is hard for some readers to see beyond PCH but it is true, the U.S. is an expansive and far reaching country.”
7.Sales of new homes climb, offering more hope for turnaround
“Sales of new single-family houses increased in April while total inventory rose to its highest level in nearly three and a half years, offering more hope that the housing market has shaken off a recent slump, the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development reported today.”