Nov 28, 2016 | Real Estate News
These Plants Can Improve a Home’s Air Quality A study 30 years ago by NASA reveals that certain houseplants can help clean the air to space stations, and studies since then have confirmed they may be able to do that for a home or office too. Further, studies have...
Nov 22, 2016 | Real Estate News
Americans Show Less Willingness to Move Moves across the country dropped to an all-time low this year, new Census data shows. The percentage of Americans migrating within the country dropped to 11.2 percent, according to the Census’ “Geographic Mobility: 2015 to 2016”...
Nov 21, 2016 | Real Estate News
More Tiny Neighborhoods Are Coming Tiny homes are still mostly illegal in the majority of the country since they don’t tend to meet municipalities’ zoning and building standards. But more cities are looking to change ordinances to pave the way for entire tiny home...
Nov 17, 2016 | Real Estate News
3 Issues That Could Expand Fair Housing Law Shifting societal values and the ever-changing world of technology are creating new legal challenges that the federal Fair Housing Act must address. Emerging issues, such as the rights of immigrants and transgender people,...
Nov 16, 2016 | Real Estate News
Millennials Flee Coasts in Favor of Central U.S. As young Americans move out on their own, they’re choosing more inland areas of the country to call home. The metro areas seeing some of the biggest surges in millennial populations are in Charlotte, N.C.; Houston; and...
Nov 14, 2016 | Real Estate News
Study: Home Ownership Key in Retirement Older home owners who leverage the equity in their home may be better off in funding their retirement, according to a new study by the Urban Institute. However, the recession may have hampered many retirees’ abilities to do so....