These Are The Rooms That Sell Your House
If you’ve spent any amount of time watching home renovation or reality television (Hello, Sheffield Real Estate!), you’ve likely seen countless ways to upgrade your home. You can add bowling alleys, indoor basketball courts, or not one, not two but three gift-wrapping rooms. But when it comes time to sell your home – SPOILER ALERT […]
Get It While It’s Hot: Tampa Bay’s Real Estate Market Values Continue To Rise
The sky is blue. The grass is green. And Tampa Bay’s housing market is white hot. Facts are facts, and the fact remains that while it seemed that just when we thought the Tampa Bay real estate market couldn’t get any hotter, this recent article in the Tampa Bay Times says it will. In fact, […]
The Future: Smartphones & Real Estate Signs
Portions of this article republished from Inman with permission from its author Patrick Kearns (Follow Inman and Patrick on Twitter). The future is now: A real estate company is getting smart – and leveraging smartphone technology to disrupt the housing market. As Inman first reported, Compass has unveiled a revolutionarily new – and customizable – […]
Retirement Funds For Down Payments: Yea or Nay
According to a recent article in USA Today, many millennials are feeling compelled to stretch financially to buy homes. How so? Members of this burgeoning homebuying segment are considering what some may deem ‘risky’ financial behavior when trying to come up with a down payment to buy a home. In fact, according to a new […]
Tips For Homebuying Parents
Ah, parenting. It’s all so simple and euphoric and idyllic, isn’t it? At least, that is, if you believe every diaper or baby food commercial with its soft instrumental soundtracks, hazy-lensed filters, and well-rested parents. But any veteran parent can tell you that while children are, of course, incredibly rewarding and fulfilling, they are also […]
BUSTED: Top 4 First-Time Homebuying Myths
Starting to shop for your first house is incredibly exciting and exhilarating – with a dash of exhausting and a bit scary. You want a home you love at a price you can afford but unfortunately, many first-time buyers are often – though unintentionally – their own worst enemy. In a day and age wherein […]
Fourth of July 2018: Where To Celebrate In Tampa Bay
Next Wednesday is July 4 and if you’re anything like us, we’re counting down the days to fireworks, parades, parties and family fun. So check out this exhaustive list of things to do to celebrate the fourth in Tampa Bay from the Tampa Bay Times. With a list like this, there’s no shortage of things […]
The Real Estate Roller Coaster Shows No Signs of Slowing
Since the start of the year, mortgage rates have been all over the place, hitting multi-year highs one week only to come back down the next. But while interest rate volatility had dissuaded borrowers for months, many returned to the mortgage market last week. After falling 1.5 percent last week, mortgage applications rebounded, increasing 5.1 […]
Father’s Day 2018: Where To Celebrate In Tampa Bay
This weekend is Father’s Day and if you’re anything like us, we can’t think of a better way to celebrate than enjoying the weekend together as a family. So check out this exhaustive list of top picks of things to do this Father’s Day weekend in Tampa Bay from the Tampa Bay Times. With a […]
Booms, Busts and Bubble: Where Tampa Lands Among Overvalued Markets
As the staggering gains in home prices continue, more markets are seeing values higher than their local economies can withstand, leaving some experts fearing another bubble. CoreLogic®, a leading global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, released its Home Price Index (HPI™) and HPI Forecast™, which shows home prices are up considerably. Nationally, prices […]
Ready to Flip: These Are The Hottest Tampa Bay ZIPs
Even in a hot sellers’ market, Tampa Bay one of the nation’s top areas for house flipping. In fact, just last year, the Tampa Bay area ranked third among the 52 largest metro areas in the percentage of flips – which defines flips as sales that occur within 12 months of the last time the […]
Family-Friendly Memorial Day Weekend 2018 Events in Tampa
Memorial Day honors the U.S. men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving in the military. It is a holiday many of us spend enjoying family gatherings, backyard BBQs or a relaxing time at the beach with friends and family. So however you choose to enjoy the long weekend and honor the brave […]
