Tag: Real Estate

Robots Suit Up for Bigger Roles in Real Estate Several new companies are introducing robots that could reshape how property is rented and sold. Robots are showing properties, creating floor plans, and shooting videos of homes and freeing the time of agents to focus on other tasks in a transaction. The Wall Street Journal recently …

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8 Hot Markets for Millennials, Gen X, Boomers Because millennials, Generation X members, and baby boomers are in different stages of their lives, they are seeking different types of real estate markets that meet their specific needs. Realtor.com® found the hottest locations for each age cohort based on migration data for each of the major …

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The Power of Flowers in Your Listings Forty-eight percent of the country has recently been covered in snow, according to the National Weather Service. If the cloudy skies and muted winter landscape have your listing looking ho-hum, try some greenery to get potential buyers thinking about spring. According to a Harvard University study, seeing flowers first …

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Spring May Not Be Pretty for First-Time Buyers A shortage of homes and surging prices are hitting first-time buyers particularly hard heading into the spring season. The share of first-time homeowners dropped to 29 percent of all existing-home sales in January, down from 33 percent a year ago, according to the latest housing report from …

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Home Sales Off to Sluggish Start Blame it on the housing shortage: Existing-home sales posted their largest declines on an annual basis in more than three years, the National Association of REALTORS® reported Wednesday. All major regions of the U.S. saw monthly and annual sales decline in January. “The utter lack of sufficient housing supply …

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