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Americans are growing concerned by the growing threats of an economic slowdown, but that doesn’t seem to be affecting housing. Recent housing reports are showing that lower mortgage rates are buoying buyer demand into the fall months.“Despite fears of an economic slowdown, the housing market continues to be a bright spot in the economy,” says Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist. “While mortgage rates have ticked up in recent weeks
The National Association of REALTORS® has named five real estate professionals as its 2019 Good Neighbor Award winners, spotlighting the practitioners’ impact on their communities through volunteer work. Five honorable mentions also have been named. The honorees represent many noble causes, from housing homeless military veterans to fundraising for new treatments for sick children.This year marks the association’s 20th celebrating the Good N
The living room—that main gathering spot in a home—is a critical part in your showings. Home stagers recently chimed in at Apartment Therapy with their favorite tips for creating a better-staged living room.One of their biggest pieces of advice centered on the tendency to cram too much furniture into one space. Ensure the living room has proper flow with sizable walkways among furnishings. Nathan Thompson with Pavilion Broadway, a luxury inte
For the first time in 25 years, federal regulators are increasing the property value limit under which buyers of certain homes must obtain an appraisal as part of the selling process. Federal banking agencies have approved a plan enabling certain homes worth $400,000 or less to be subject to an evaluation rather than an appraisal.The last time this threshold changed was in 1994, when regulators set the rule for properties worth $250,000
Despite some pushback against the open floor plan, it remains a popular layout concept for younger buyers and homeowners. Forty-three percent of millennials say they want a completely open plan for their family and dining rooms, a higher share than any other generation, according to research from the National Association of Home Builders.However, the desire for an open layout tends to drop with age: Only 40% of Generation Xers, 37% of baby b
Bathrooms are getting more technological. Many homeowners say they desire to play music in the bathroom, and they’re adding in voice assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Google Home to make it easier to do so, new research from the National Kitchen & Bath Association shows. “Bringing voice control into the bathroom is a big request,” David VanWert, a technology integrator in Los Angeles, told Forbes.com. “Being able to ask your house
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an extension of the National Flood Insurance Program through Nov. 21, marking the 13th time the program has been granted a last-minute reprieve from expiration. The NFIP, which faces financial challenges and is billions of dollars in debt, had been set to expire Sept. 30 until Congress rushed a bill to extend the program last week.The NFIP is the nation’s largest flood insurer and provides coverage to 22,
New York is the priciest rental market in the nation, according to a new RENTCafe report. It has 28 of the 50 most expensive ZIP codes for renters nationwide. Tenants living in ZIP code 10282, encompassing the Battery Park neighborhood of Manhattan, pay an average of a whopping $6,211 a month in rent. ZIP code 10013, which includes TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan, and Chinatown, followed in the rankings with average monthly rents at $5,237.RENTCafe anal
A big culprit to the ongoing housing shortage: The dwindling number of new-home construction over the last several years. A new study from John Burns Real Estate Consulting is putting it into perspective at just how much new-home construction has been lagging: The top 10 housing markets in the country are building at a rate that is 54% lower than they were 14 years ago.Markets like Chicago, Riverside-San Bernardino, Calif., and Las Vegas have bee
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