For those who have been thinking about relocating to San Diego, or moving forward with purchasing a home, you wouldn’t be the first. With low interest rates and high appeal, real estate inventory in San Diego is shockingly low for both single-family homes and condos. The county has seen about a 30 percent decline in the...
February proved to be another sizzling month for North Texas home prices. According to data from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University and the North Texas Real Estate Information Systems, the price of pre-owned homes saw a 22 percent increase in comparison to this time last year. Data also showed that the average...
More people own houses than ever before in North Texas, yet there has been a dip in homeownership in the areas of Dallas and Fort Worth. So what is the reason behind this dip? The area has seen dramatic employment gains, as well as a changing demographic which has led to the shift that has been seen in renting. Due to this...
Dallas area home prices are seeing growth at a much faster rate than nationwide rates. In January, Dallas home prices saw a 9.8 percent increase in comparison to the start of 2015, while U.S. home prices were 6.9 percent higher in January. The Dallas area is the number three on the list of major U.S. markets for home price...
With the growing concern of attacks on real estate agents, the need to further protect agents when showing homes has been a growing movement. The state of Florida is currently considering legislation that would put harsher penalties in place for attacks on real estate agents. The measure, SB 214, would increase the classification...
2015 was a great year for the Miami real estate market, breaking the all-time record for single-family home sales. According to the Miami Association of Realtors, there was approximately 14,000 single-family homes that sold in Miami-Dade County last year, an increase of 3.1 percent in from 2014. Last year was the third...
After the housing burst, many homeowners turned into renters. The metro areas that found themselves with the biggest renter gain were Phoenix, Las Vegas, and the larger Florida metros such as Fort Lauderdale and Miami; as these areas saw the largest hits. After two years of steady decline, homeownership rates in the...
It’s well known that Colorado has become a hot spot over the last couple of years, creating a rise in the real estate market. While price hikes in Denver may be slowing down, Northern Colorado is heating up. Last month, local real estate experts put out statistics and made predictions for 2016. Though numbers slightly...