by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 5, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
The affordability of housing has been on the tip of everyone’s tongue as of late. With many things shifting in the industry, some experts talk about the lowering of required down payments. RealtyTrac recently analyzed affordability in512 U.S. counties with a...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 5, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
With all the buttoning up many homeowners are doing as temperatures drop in many areas of the country, I went looking for some basic tips to help that won’t break the bank. Luckily, our partners at Better Business Bureau say that winterizing your home...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 4, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)—I’m quite good at balancing things. Plates on my head, scoops of ice cream on a cone, a child in one arm and several bags of groceries in the other while trying to open a door. But the thing I care most about balancing is work and life. That doesn’t sound too...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 3, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
Despite an improving job market and low interest rates, the share of first-time buyers fell to its lowest point in nearly three decades and is preventing a healthier housing market from reaching its full potential, according to an annual survey released recently by...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 3, 2014 | For Your Clients, News |
A growing economy, rising household formations, low mortgage rates and pent-up demand will help single-family housing production to rev up in 2015 while a growth in renters will keep the multifamily market at cruising altitude or higher, according to economists who...
by Susanne Dwyer | Nov 3, 2014 | Consumer, For Your Clients, News |
(MCT)–The scary stuff is out there — shaky days a few weeks ago on Wall Street, Ebola, sticker shock in the dairy aisle, you name it. But consumers posted their most optimistic outlook since before the start of the Great Recession. Consumer confidence rose in...