Vacation rentals are a great investment, but many people are starting to see the benefit of turning a home they already own into a rental getaway. Not only can it be more cost-effective, but it’s also easier for many homeowners to make changes to a home they’re already familiar with. You also don’t…
The most important thing you can do to prepare your home for sale is to get rid of clutter. Make a house rule that for every new item that comes in, an old one has to leave. One of the major contributors to a cluttered look is having too much furniture. When professional stagers descend on a home…
JANUARY MARKS THE 10TH CONSECUTIVE MONTH OF COOLING FOR U.S. HOUSING MARKET BY RALPH MCLAUGHLIN HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, REAL ESTATE According to the latest S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National Home Price Index, home prices in the United States grew by 4.3 percent in January. This is the 10th…
The Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford metro came in high on a report released by government-sponsored mortgage lender Freddie Mac ranking the nation's top 20 rent-burdened metro areas – areas whose residents spend more than 30 percent of total income on housing. Miami is ranked as the most rent-burdened…
The Orlando housing market saw its median price continue a years-long upward trek with an economically healthy 3 percent year-over-year increase in February. Sales again dipped a fraction and inventory increased for the fourth consecutive month, just in time for the start of Orlando's homebuying…
February 2019 National Home Prices Home prices nationwide, including distressed sales, increased year over year by 4 percent in February 2019 compared with February 2018 and increased month over month by 0.7 percent in February 2019 compared with January 2019 (revisions with public records data are…