Sales of distressed homes (REO and short sales) fell to their lowest level in seven years and foreclosure inventory dropped by 34% year-over-year in December 2014, according to CoreLogic's February 2015 The MarketPulse report released on Tuesday. Distressed home sales (REO and short sales) made up 12.8% of total home sales in December 2014, the…
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6 Seller Secrets For This Spring’s Real Estate Market
Each year, it seems the housing market takes on a different tone – and whether it’s going to be a sellers’ market with inflated prices and bidding wars, or a buyers’ market with tons of choices and low prices – there’s no denying that the 2014 spring housing season is upon us. So what does…
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Fast and Easy Spring Cleaning Tips For 2015
As the winter thaw slowly sets in, people consider warmer days and time spent outdoors. As the sun gets stronger, the increase natural light reminds us it is time to consider fast and easy spring cleaning tips for 2015. Now is the time to wipe away the winter dust and get ready for a fresher…
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Living Single: Buying a House Without a Spouse
Home purchases among single people are a growing trend, as buyers take advantage of low rates and available funds to transition from renting to homeownership. And by and large, those singles are not men. "A few decades ago, a single woman buying real estate on her own was a rarity. Before the Fair Housing Act…
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Buyers, Get an Edge During The Busy Spring Season
Getting started early is key to success Article By: Michele Dawson The spring and summer months are traditionally the busiest times of year for the residential real estate market. Weather is more cooperative and many families like to move while the kids are on their summer break. But in recent years spring, for many regions, has…
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Welcome Vincent Humphrey- Outside Counsel
It is with great excitement that I write to you about my partnership with the James Real Estate Group and their Divorce and Real Estate Services Division. As a practicing family law attorney and mediator there are a lot of factors and decisions that go into a dissolution of marriage. One of the larger concerns…
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Surprise: Seattle Stats Say Winter Is A Better Time To Buy A Home
I've written before about the opportunities for home buyers in winter. It's the best time to buy a home if you can brave the weather and the holiday schedule. Buyers at this time of year have little competition, and sellers know it. Now, I have statistical evidence to back up the notion. Here's the simple analysis: Match…
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10 THINGS THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY KILL YOUR HOME SALE
When you're selling your home, you need every advantage you can get. And there are few homes that are magically market ready without a little help. If your home needs a touch more than a little help, it's time to get focused. After all, listing your home when it's not in the right condition to…
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Generation Y Prefers Suburban Home Over City Condo
One of the hottest debates among housing economists these days isn’t the trajectory of home sales, but whether millennials, those born in the 1980s and 1990s, want to remain urbanites or eventually relocate to the suburbs. Some demographers and economists argue that the preference of millennials, also called Generation Y, for city living will remain…
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BOOMERS, MILLENNIALS, AND THE URBAN CORE: A LOVE STORY
For all the speculation about what aspiring Millennial homeowners will do over the course of the next several years, the surprising push for Boomers towards the same urban cores associated with those pesky youngsters is perhaps the more interesting story. And while many investors for decades prior put their chips on resort and retirement communities…
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