Hurricanes Pummel New-Home Production

Hurricanes Pummel New-Home Production Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, October 19, 2017 Fewer new homes are in the works, and economists say recent hurricanes that struck the South brought down the latest numbers. Housing starts dropped 4.7 percent in September to a...

Airbnb, Realtor.com® Team Up

Airbnb, Realtor.com® Team Up Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, June 24, 2015 Realtor.com® announced a new partnership with home-sharing and vacation-booking site Airbnb to allow potential home buyers to experience a specific neighborhood before purchasing. The...

Lot Prices in Midwest Hit Record High

Lot Prices in Midwest Hit Record High Daily Real Estate News | Monday, October 16, 2017 Builders are paying more for new-home lots, and those expenses will be passed on to home buyers. Single-family lot prices remained at record levels last year, with half costing...

Home Haunted? No Problem, New Survey Shows

Home Haunted? No Problem, New Survey Shows By Zoe Eisenberg Editor’s Note: This was originally published on RISMedia’s blog, Housecall. See what else is cookin’ now at blog.rismedia.com: Answering the Call: HomeSmart CEO Pilots Irma Rescue Mission Buying in a Seller’s...

Amazon Teeters Into Selling Homes… Kind Of

Amazon Teeters Into Selling Homes… Kind Of Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, October 11, 2017 Between its own stock and the offerings by third parties that use its storefront, Amazon has earned the reputation of having anything shoppers can buy, and now consumers...

Home Lot Sizes Shrink to New Low

Home Lot Sizes Shrink to New Low Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, October 05, 2017 Lot sizes on new single-family homes have reached a new record low. New homes sold in 2016 had a median lot size of 8,562 square feet, or slightly under one-fifth of an acre. Read...

Are Hipsters The Secret To A Hot Market?

Are Hipsters The Secret To A Hot Market?   Daily Real Estate News | Friday, October 06, 2017 The places that hipsters tend to call home are among some of the hottest housing markets in the country, according to a joint study by realtor.com® and Yelp. Based on...

Is This House Indestructible?

Is This House Indestructible? Daily Real Estate News | Tuesday, October 03, 2017 The Crete House, a precast concrete structure designed for the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon competition in Denver this month, is being touted as a home that is impervious to...