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Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Pike Research estimates the market for bringing energy efficient to commercial buildings will increase to $100 billion by 2017.
Companies doing retrofits — as well as property managers — are promoting the cost savings and other benefits of energy efficient buildings. President Obama is making [...]
by Lawrence Yun, chief economist of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® – June 14, 2011
Many baby boomer parents who are approaching retirement age have been frustrated at receiving virtually nothing on their lifetime savings from CDs (certificate of deposits) at banks. Some baby boomer parents have become frustrated with their children – adult children [...]
by Judy Klem on ActiveRain – June 13, 2011
Getting your home ready to sell? The basic equation goes something like this: Time + Effort + Money = Ready to Sell. It’s very easy to underestimate the time, effort and money it takes to get your house ready to sell. Stint on the time element [...]
by Sophia Stuart, Marketing Associate
Energy efficiency is an important feature for home buyers. NAR’s 2010 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers includes some interesting data about buyers’ preferences for energy efficient features in a home.
Study findings show that:
Buyers in the East South Central and West South Central tended to place the highest [...]
Tips for shopping for foreclosed, short-sale and flipped homes.
by Peter Corbett – April 23, 2010. The Arizona Republic
It has a mountain out back and, apparently, a mountain of debt.
Weeds and overgrown landscaping obscure a for-sale sign in the front of the foreclosed home northwest of Deer Valley and Cave Creek roads in [...]
AZcentral.com – April 21, 2010
Foreclosures and short sales dominate metropolitan Phoenix’s housing market, making it more difficult to calculate the value of a home. At the same time a lot of homeowners want to know, either as they consider a sale or purchase, or want to factor home value into their overall financial picture.
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“Many sellers cannot see the value in preparing their home for sale. They just don’t want to invest anything else in their home. The problem with this attitude is that if you don’t value it neither will the buyer. That investment doesn’t have to be money. It can be time and effort.”
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