Posts Tagged ‘Spring Housing Market’
Is Buying a ‘Starter Home’ Still Smart?
When the Baby Boomer generation was venturing into adulthood, it was common to buy a “starter home” — a modest, small dwelling. As their families grew and careers advanced, they moved into bigger or better homes. Now, many people stru...
Dallas Housing Market On Pace for Another Record Year
Dive Brief: Sales of existing single-family homes in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX, during Q1 were on pace to equal or surpass 2016's figures, according to the Dallas Business Journal, making it another record year. Prices for those propertie...
Home-Seller Confidence Blooms this Spring
The strong March housing market was followed by a significant boost in home-seller confidence this April. In its latest Home-Seller Sentiment Survey, Redfin surveyed nearly 900 homeowners, about 20 percent of whom either said their home was cu...
What Home Buyers Want—and How to Give It to Them
Think bigger is better? Well, most of today's home shoppers don't. The homes that are in most demand by buyers in a hypercompetitive real estate environme...
Texas Homebuyers Broaden in Diversity
A new Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report released today by the Texas Association of Realtors revealed growing diversity in the household composition and ethnicity of Texas homeowners as well as...
Here’s What It Typically Takes to Lock in a Home Purchase in Texas
Texas’ housing market is as hot as the state’s scorching summer heat, as the market reaches new peaks in sales and home prices, seemingly to endless heights and unending demand. A new report from the Texas Association of Mortgage Bankers...
Sellers: Avoid The Downside of Hot Markets
Are real estate values on the rise in your neighborhood? Do you feel under siege from real estate professionals who have eager buyers interested in your property? Before you get swept away with the promise of a record sale price for your hou...
