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The nation experienced a certain shift in age distributions over the last decade. With baby boomers moving on to retirement, millennials and Gen Xers began to make up the bulk of the working population. To determine where the different
Redfin’s direct home-buying program, Redfin Now, is no longer in testing phase. Redfin recently announced that it has doubled down, making direct home-buying its long-term business plan. Redfin Now buys and lists homes, making an offer to the homeowner
Millennials want to buy a home, but they continue to view homeownership as unattainable amid rapidly increasing prices and increasingly limited inventory across the market, according to the CoreLogic Home Price Index (HPI) and HPI Forecast for June 2018.
For those under the age of 24, a career in construction is a rare goal. According The Wall Street Journal, many parents these days may feel they have failed their child if they do not receive a college education.
As the homebuying season reaches its peak for the year, sales in the luxury market continued to grow at a record pace in July. Prices in 19 major luxury markets saw double digit growth, according to the realtor.com 2018
The Four Seasons Hotel and Private Residences at One Dalton Street topped off on August 7, making it the third-tallest building in Boston and the highest tower built in the city since 1976. Due to a lack of remaining
A recent Realtor.com survey of more than 1,000 new homeowners concludes that pet ownership plays a vital role in selecting a home. Most pet owners consider their furry, feathered, or scaly friends as family, but 75 percent of pet-owning buyers
The dynamics of the U.S. workforce and the housing market are intricately entwined. Local employment trends have significant implications for a city’s real estate market, not to mention the economic competition between states and metro areas that’s always evolving.
Economic growth often leads to increased home values, but why are some cities overwhelmingly surpassing others? A new report from Zillow finds zoning restrictions seem to have an impact on growing home values. From Zillow’s data, the medium and
Choosing an investment strategy can be a nerve-racking and difficult decision. For years, investing in real estate has been a popular choice for a lot of Americans, but a new survey found that’s no longer the case. In a
The national median home price for existing single-family homes reached an all-time high, edging up to $269,000, 5.3 percent higher than the second quarter of 2017, according to the latest quarterly report by the National Association of Realtors. As
The shift from non-renewable energy to sustainable power has been a slow process, but some cities are climbing faster than others, leading the country in green buildings and power. CommercialCafe ranked the 40 most sustainably powered cities in the U.S.
Source: homes.com Purchasing a home is meant to be a joyful accomplishment, but many Americans find it more stressful than any other major life event. A new survey from Homes.com found that nearly 40 percent of Americans said purchasing
Last month, the Miami Herald reported that an effort to crack down on money laundering through real estate purchases in Miami-Dade County could be expanded nationwide. In a July 31 statement made to McClatchy and the Miami Herald, Florida
Despite the high amounts of debt that plague many millennials, home ownership is still at the top of their priority list. For them, achieving the American Dream means buying a home early, even if that means dipping into retirement
Zillow Group took a lot of risks in the last year, but its latest is seen as one of the most uncertain. On Monday, Zillow announced plans to enter the mortgage business with its acquisition of Mortgage Lenders of America.
