First of all, during this crazy Holiday season, I want to wish you the warmest Holiday wishes! While we can’t be with all of our loved ones or do many of the things we love, I hope you’re able to find some joy, even if that is just in knowing that 2020 is almost over!! In other news (or […]
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If trends in China are any indication, real estate sales could bounce back as soon as coronavirus restrictions are lifted. Emerging from the outbreak, the country has slowly started easing lockdowns and saw real estate activity come back even stronger as a result.
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In light of coronavirus concerns, the housing market is starting to signal a minor downturn with a decrease in housing starts.
That said, more people are remodeling and new construction is up compared to this time last year.
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Mnuchin said the delay would apply to individuals and small businesses, and that he did not need the approval of Congress to do it. It would be part of a broader package of stimulus the Trump administration is planning, he said in testimony to the House of Representatives Appropriations Committee. He did not specify what the new deadline would be.
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Typically, spring homebuying season starts in earnest as the calendar ticks toward March, but homebuyers are seemingly getting an earlier start this year, perhaps driven into the market by low mortgage rates.
Now, a new report from the Mortgage Bankers Association shows that spring homebuying season officially began in January this year.
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Much has been written ad nauseam about how to sell a house. Clean, declutter, reorganize, pressure wash, paint, freshen up landscaping, make repairs, update light fixtures and plumbing hardware, stage, repeat. The list goes on and on.
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Last year proved to be an unexpectedly good year for housing in general and mortgage companies in particular. Ten years after the end of the financial crisis, low interest rates and strong home-price growth contributed to a banner year, with consumers sitting on record amounts of home equity to tap. But the ten-year mark also spawned a host of predictions for a coming recession, maybe even in 2020. Our economy operates on a cycle, and a full decade of growth seems bound to end with a downturn.
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Homeowners who decide to undergo a home improvement project, whether it be interior or exterior modifications, often find that the task was worth the investment and time, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors®, with insights from the National Association of the Remodeling Industry.
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Buyers and sellers are on separate sides of the fence when it comes to home sales. What one is trying to achieve is often diametrically opposed to what the other wants to see happen—the first usually wants to steal the property while the other wants top dollar. And yet, they share the same ultimate goal.
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“For money you wouldn’t need for more than 10 years, which ONE of the following do you think would be the best way to invest it—stocks, bonds, real estate, cash, gold/metals, or bitcoin/cryptocurrency?” That question was recently asked of more than a thousand investors in a Bankrate survey, and the winner—by a large margin—was real estate.
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