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According to a report from RentCafe, an online rental marketplace, the price on new apartment rental listings have risen 7% in the last 5 years, yet the square footage is 8% smaller than 10 years ago. The report took into consideration apartments from 100 of the largest cities in the nation that hav [Read More]

Although the Treasury yield has increased 12 basis points over the last week, the mortgage rates have been slow to adjust. They remain at a 3 year low, but continue to inch upwards on weekly basis, according Mortgage Giant, Freddie Macs' Prime Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS).The survey reveals the fol [Read More]

Everyone knows that international buyers love United States real estate. Nearly 16% of all commercial real estate sales in the U.S. were from overseas in 2015, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.Taking a look at the residential side of the real estate industry, the National Association of Realtors (NAR [Read More]

There are so many questions to ask when you are looking to purchase your new dream home.How much are the closing costs? What's included in the price? Are there Association fees?According to Josh Altman, Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles star there is really only one question that a potential home b [Read More]

Mortgage Rates Continue to Rise as was expected, the mortgage rates continue to climb upward this week. After jumping 11 base points two weeks ago, this week the rate on a 30 year fixed rate mortgage has escalated another 2 points to 3.66 according Mortgage Giant, Freddie Macs' Prime Mortgage Market [Read More]

There was a time when a seller would offer a big screen TV as an incentive to purchase their home. Times have changed and incentives have become much more (cough) inventive.A Brand New CarThere are certain markets where the gift of a car is the incentive used to reel in the buyers. One Brooklyn Brid [Read More]

Since the qualifications needed for buying a home have become a bit stricter since the real estate bust of 2007, home rental has become a more competitive market then it once was.If you have never rented a home before, this process can be a little intimidating so, knowing what lies ahead can take a [Read More]

After playing professional football for five years, Syd Kitson, now real estate developer, dreamed of developing the first solar-powered town in the United States. After nearly a decade, his dreams are coming true. Babcock Ranch, soon to be the first Eco-friendly city, is located on 91,000 acres in [Read More]

In celebration of this amazing planet that we call home, let's take at least the next 24 hours and practice the art of recycling what we can, reusing what can and reducing waste where we can.In addition to the "reduce, reuse and recycle" mantra, practice the art of keeping it local. As real estate a [Read More]

Mortgage Giant, Freddie Mac released this weeks Prime Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) showing the average mortgage rates on a fixed rate mortgage sinking to their lowest point since May of 2013!The surveys reveals the following:30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.58 percent with an average 0. [Read More]