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5 Staging Tips to ‘Master’ the Owner’s Suite

The master bedroom is an important room to stage in oder to help potential buyers feel right at home. Apartment Therapy recently highlighted tips from designers on how to achieve a posh bedroom look without spending big bucks. A few of their ideas include:Add overstuffed pillows. Overstuffed decorative throw cushions can offer a luxurious touch. You can buy inserts that are slightly larger. For example, designers with an 18-inch square pillo

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Another Last-Minute Save for Flood Insurance

President Donald Trump signed a bill Thursday evening to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until Dec. 20, another short-term gap measure that came just hours before the program was set to expire. Congress had approved the extension bill earlier Thursday before it went to the president for his signature.This marks the 13th short-term extension of the NFIP since 2017. The National Association of REALTORS® has long called for a long-term

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Strong Economy Boosts Home Sales

Low mortgage rates and a strengthening economy propelled home sales in October, the National Association of REALTORS® reported Thursday. Total existing-home sales, which include completed transactions of single-family homes, townhomes, condos, and co-ops, rose 1.9% month over month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.46 million, NAR’s latest existing-home sales report shows. Sales are up 4.6% from a year ago.“Historically low interest

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Double Master Suites are a Growing Trend

Double master bedrooms are proving to be a growing trend in new luxury developments, Forbes.com reports.As more homeowners want to live near their families and multigenerational households become more common, relatives and adult children move in together; as a result, more household members want to call dibs on the owners’ suite, which is often the largest bedroom in the house with an attached bathroom.Builders are responding by adding two mast

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Housing Permits Surge to Postrecession High

More new home construction may finally be coming. Housing permits, a gauge for future construction, climbed 5% in October, reaching the fastest rate of building permit authorizations since 2007, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Broken out, single-family permits increased 3.2% to a rate of 909,000, while multifamily permits rose 8.2% to a rate of 552,000. Permits rose in every region of the country last month and are 14.1% higher tha

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Low Inventories are Pushing Single-Family Rental Prices Up

It’s good to be a landlord: National rents on single-family homes rose 3% in September, as low rental housing inventories compared to demand continues to push up prices, according to CoreLogic’s Single-Family Rent Index.“Low rental supply coupled with ongoing demand pushed up rents in September,” says Molly Boesel, principal economist at CoreLogic. “Vacancy rates have fallen moderately on the national level over the last quarter—with

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Retirees are Looking for Larger Homes

A growing number of retirees are bucking the downsizing trend and are opting to upsize instead. They may be motivated to find a larger home to accommodate a live-in parent or visiting family members or because a larger home is simply what they prefer.“People who choose to upsize in retirement often do so when relocating to a more climate-friendly area, such as Florida or Arizona,” Cara Ameer, a real estate professional with Coldwell Bank

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More Millennials are Preparing for a Life of Renting

Some millennials are feeling trapped in renting because they’re unable to save enough to make the leap into homeownership, according to Apartment List’s “2019 Millennials & Homeownership Report.” The report analyzes the attitudes, expectations, and actions of more than 10,000 millennial renters nationwide.The vast majority of millennials say they want to own a home and view it as a financially superior choice over renting, but ne

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Diversity a Top Draw for Future Gen Z Buyers

The youngest generation of future home buyers appreciates diversity in the neighborhood where they want to live. Nearly half of potential Generation Z home buyers who plan to purchase say they believe living in a racially and ethnically diverse neighborhood represents “a positive force in society,” according to a new survey of 1,300 18-to-24-year-olds conducted by Homes.com. They also say they are interested in being exposed to other cultures

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