Florida Realtors economist: Is the work-from-home trend here to stay, along with its real estate impact on new housing and location demands? A nine-month study suggests that the change was already underway before the pandemic started. It’s simply happening faster now.
A remodeled home is worth more – and the cost to replace it goes up. Some remodeling owners could find themselves underinsured should a disaster strike.
Single-family homeowners with a Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac-backed mortgage cannot be evicted in Jan., nor can renters in properties they’ve acquired through foreclosure.
Those door-to-door people offering free roofs and more, billable to your insurer? Owners who sign their iPads might be hiring a lawyer rather than a contractor.
A searchable database contains partial information on 42K Fla. company names that received more than $150K – but no business names for smaller loans.
92% of broker-owners made donations in 2020, up from 81% in 2018 – and in addition to money, volunteerism also increased, NAR says.
The divorce agreement called for an ex-husband to deed the family home over to his ex-wife – but he didn’t. How can this be fixed if she can’t track him down?
Appliance manufacturers are pushing refrigerators with sterilizing ultraviolet lights and germ-killing washing machines during the pandemic.
The Commerce Dept. lowered the tariff from 20% to 9%. Higher lumber prices aren’t caused exclusively by tariffs, but lumber prices for a new home are up $10K-$15K.
In the first of six training webinars, NAR speakers answered questions about a new Code of Ethics Rule, effective Nov. 13, that bans “harassing speech, hate speech, epithets or slurs” against protected classes. Must a Realtor, for example, no longer oppose same-sex marriages?