The season of spook is upon us! For a little fun, we've rounded up a series of spooky seats for you to rest your backside on as you count your candy and cackle - muahahaha!
Meat Seat
Cannibalism is trending right now, according to a slew of cannibal-themed films release this year. Feast your eyes on this merry meat seat, made from paper, wood and wax.
Everyone knows location is the most important part of real estate. You can't change where your house is (all things being equal). You have to consider school districts, crime rates, commute times—the list goes on and on. It can be much simpler when you're considering buying a home to compare apples to apples so you can see how the real estate market differs according...
The annual Trick-or-Treat Index from Zillow puts San Francisco in the sweet spot: No. 1 for trick-or-treaters. Analysts at Zillow began with the Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), concocting a formula that includes home values, how close homes are in proximity to each other, and the share of 10-year-olds (and younger) in a given market. Bubble, bubble… "Searching...
By Liz Dominguez Last month, Amazon announced the search for its second headquarters (HQ2). The online marketplace giant has not yet slipped about what city they are leaning towards. Perhaps a look at CEO Jeff Bezos' real estate investments will give us an inkling. Check out Bezos' current homes. Are any of these located in a city that fits the bill for HQ2? Bezos...
Would you ever live in a haunted home? A new survey from Realtor.com shows most folks won't shy away from a spooky space--so long as the price is right. In September, Realtor.com surveyed more than 1,000 online respondents. The verdict? Thirty-three percent were open to living in a haunted house, 25 percent might be, and 42 percent are not open to the idea. So what...
Most of us have a hobby—baking or painting, a creative interest, a part-time passion or a simple way to pass the time. For Matt Widdows, CEO and founder of HomeSmart International, that passion is flying his private plane, a Pilatus PC-12 that seats eight passengers. For years, Widdows has been using his flying skills to give back, working with the Eastern division...
By Liz Dominguez
The change of season often brings a shift in real estate market conditions. Inventory tends to decline and buyers may become more aggressive in their home search. This change can affect real estate transactions in a variety of ways.
Here's what you need to know about buying or selling a home in a seller's market:
Time is valuable.
Buyers don't...
By Liz Dominguez Crowdfunding has appeared in the real estate industry in a variety of forms: house flip investing, mortgage payoff and down payment support. High fees and legality issues have made it difficult for the popular funding method to be taken seriously within U.S. real estate markets. A new crowdfunding platform—HomeFundMe—was recently launched by CMG...
Florida real estate is on fire with addition of a four bedroom home in the luxury Florida community The Concession, located in Bradenton. Sitting at 8337 Lindrick lane, this 5,105 square foot home--freshly built in 2017--boasts soaring ceilings, tons of light, a three car garage and palm trees galore. The bathrooms alone will make you want to move in, and the dining...
Staying ahead of the curve on technology is an ongoing challenge for real estate brokerages of all sizes. From deciding on which technology to use to agent adoption, there are many options. With these challenges in mind, we want to hear directly from the nation's leading brokers about how you make your firm's technology decisions, how you incorporate them into the...
