By Wendy Arriz, Contributor |Aug. 19, 2019 Real estate agents are trained to look for these types of key home features as they are valuable attributes that many buyers might initially miss or undervalue in searching for a new home. Everyone has their personal hit list of features that are important to them, such as […]
Buy or Sell Without an Agent? No Thanks!
By Adam Contos CEO of RE/MAX, LLC Although the vast majority of U.S. home sales involve real estate agents, the notion in the industry that consumers would be fine buying or selling a home without one is not really a new one. After all, the for-sale-by-owner route has been an option forever, and other industries […]
Dispelling the Myth of the 20 Percent Down Payment
By Odeta Kushi, Deputy Chief Economist at First American Since hitting a low point of 63 percent in 2016, the homeownership rate has rebounded, largely driven by millennial households purchasing their first homes. Many surveys, like one by Bank of the West, indicate that millennials are no different from previous generations—they view homeownership as a […]