You've found the home of your dreams, been pre-approved for a mortgage, made an offer to the seller, and soon you'll accept the keys. Congratulations! You may begin to feel some anxiety if you’re unsure about closing day and the costs involved. The best way to conquer that ...

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We all know or have friends who have part-time jobs, right? The question is do part-time Realtors jeopardize their clients compared to a full-time agent? Forbes Magazine recently posted a question do you want a surgeon who only operates on the ...

In our experience, a home isn’t a dream home because of its room dimensions. It’s about how you feel when you walk through the front door, and the way you can instantly envision your life unfolding there. This is about more than real estate – it’s about your life ...

This month the RGJ, (Reno Gazette Journal reported Reno ranked in the top three of U.S. cities that saw the highest rent increases in apartment rents. A recently conducted survey of prospective home buyers found that rising rent was cited by 25 percent of respondents as the reason they ...

An end-of-the-year, nationwide survey asked builders to rank a series of home features in order of likelihood they’d be included in the typical single-family home they’d be building this year. On a scale from one to five the builders – surveyed by the National Association of Home Builders – ranked ...

Some are looking for a turnkey ready home while others are willing to sweat to make their new home their own, millennial buyers have many traditional home features on their wish lists.

Millennials-loosely defined as those born between the early 1980s and early 2000s are numbering between 80 million ...

People who already have a home usually need the funds from the closing to secure their next purchase. If a “move-up” buyer wants to buy a home during a depressed market, that means they usually have one to sell themselves. Timing becomes very important and negotiations become more involved so ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has been long been working on more regulations to increase energy efficiency in new homes and replacement parts going in older homes. This year two new regulations will come into effect, which according to the DOE will result in approximately $63 billion in ...

Fun Fridays is a new series where I scour the Internet and find the most interesting articles, videos and facts about real estate. Today, if you’re a “Foodie” you are going to enjoy this article.

Wikipedia: A foodie is a gourmet, or a person who has an ardent or refined ...

A family earning the U.S. median income of $63,900 could afford 62.6 percent of the new and existing homes sold during the second quarter of this year, according to the most recent National Association of Home Builders Housing Opportunity Index.

Homes sold in the first quarter of ...