SELL TO A CASH BUYER One of the most hectic parts about selling a house is getting a buyer and getting one fast. Unfortunately, getting a potential buyer does not make the process easier but instead ushers you to the actual selling process, which is the closing bit. You see, the closing process is never […]
The responsibility of selling property has often been left to real estate agents. This is fairly okay since that is their area of expertise, and they are best suited for the task. However, selling your house with the help of a realtor calls for a 6% commission of the selling price, not to mention other […]
Inheriting a house here in Maryland is good and honorable, especially knowing that a loved one left you something valuable. However, it can be a process marred with pain, and anguish. First, because it means you probably just lost a loved one, and second because it is not a simple handover process but one that […]
Existing home sales dropped for the fifth straight month in June, according to the National Association of Realtors. Three out of four major U.S. regions experienced month-over-month sales declines and one region held steady. Year-over-year sales sank in all four regions. Total existing home sales, completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops, […]
drop in luxury housing inventory and increased buyer demand drove the high-end real estate market to record prices in 2021, with several sales in the United States eclipsing the $100-million mark. As the pandemic continued, the ultra-wealthy sought second (and third) homes to add to their portfolios and were willing to spend a fortune to make […]
For months, I, along with many prominent housing market analysts, have been forecasting a big shift in the housing market at some point in 2022. For most of the last two years, we’ve been in an unbalanced housing market that strongly favors sellers. Bidding wars, offers over asking, and waived contingencies have become the […]
Undoubtedly, active real estate investors have heard about raising private money for real estate projects. Blogs, podcasts, books, and other media share tactics to successfully find this capital and have it fund your real estate investments using other people’s money (OPM). This magical pool of private capital is much like a secret society with […]
If you could build the house of your dreams, what features would you include? An abundance of bedrooms and baths? A state-of-the-art kitchen? An indoor pool? What about a hidden entrance, an in-house café, or a custom garage for your fleet of luxury cars? In Netflix’s new reality documentary series, the UK import “The World’s Most […]
The new Apple TV Plus series explores extraordinary residences, like a tiny apartment that can accommodate any room, a house inside a greenhouse, and 3D-printed home that was built in 24 hours. What makes a house a home? For many people, a home is more than walls and a roof; it’s a place where they […]