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CONSIDERATIONS WHEN YOU SELL A HOME WITH SOLAR PANELS
Source: Realty Biz News --- Fitting solar panels is an eco-friendly option if you want to save on your energy bills. A 30% tax credit is available to homeowners to make this easier. As well as these advantages, a solar power system has the potential to increase the...
Wars in cities: three rules for protecting the built environment during conflict
Source: The Conversation --- During the course of wars, the infrastructure of cities faces destruction. Fighting, regardless of its intentions, destroys roads, bridges, commercial and residential buildings, as well as the architecture they embody. Throughout history...
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This Cost-Lowering Idea Could Prove Risky
Source: Scotsman Guide --- The Federal Housing Finance Agency, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are taking steps to ensure that everyone has access to affordable housing — especially low- and moderate-income families. Certain components of these initiatives, however,...
How one Philly area real estate agent uses ChatGPT to help sell homes
Source: The Philadelphia Inquirer --- Right after the Super Bowl is an unofficial start of the spring housing market, one of the busiest times for real estate agents and current and potential clients. Agents are always looking for ways to be more efficient and connect...
ADEC Innovations Launches RiskFacts On-Demand Property Risk Forecasting SaaS Platform
DEC Innovations, a global company focused on designing and delivering sustainable development solutions that drive organizational value and impact, announces the launch of RiskFacts, a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) on-demand property risk forecasting platform....
4 Emerging Real Estate Trends
Source: Realtor --- The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a mass disruption to the way people live and work and prompted sweeping economic fallout felt throughout the world. Global leaders are still coming to grips with the long-term impact to the real estate industry....
Strategically Using Color to Make Your Project Pop
Source: NAHB --- An unexpected pop of color not only brings visual interest to a home but can also help achieve other design goals in strategic ways. Integrating a touch of turquoise, a spot of sienna, or a punch of pink into the color palette, for example, might help...
The Risk In Real Estate: Six Types To Evaluate Before You Invest
Source: Forbes --- If you’re new to investing in real estate, don’t get seduced by a sexy-looking building or great projected returns. To ensure a higher rate of success, understand the basic elements of the offering and then decide if it’s right for your investment...
Investors’ Guide To Preferred Equity In Multifamily Real Estate
Source: Forbes --- In the volatility of today's economic climate, many investors are looking for stable and consistent returns with low exposure to risk. Preferred equity is a special financing structure that provides investors the opportunity to achieve consistent...
In a Seller’s Market, Sell the Buyer
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Here’s a line slung around a lot in the past year: “These are unprecedented times.” But it’s absolutely true in the sense that the mortgage industry is facing the biggest housing inventory shortage in decades. In the past, there have been...
Think Like an Accountant
Source: Scotsman Guide --- Commercial mortgage underwriting is usually discussed in terms of asset performance, such as rents, occupancy, expenses, valuations and debt loads. But we can’t forget that traditional lenders, especially banks, also are evaluating the...
With many Americans house rich, here are the best ways to tap your home for cash
Source: CNBC --- Many Americans are suddenly house rich. On paper, anyway. Soaring home prices have resulted in a record amount of home equity on hand. By the end of last year, roughly 46 million homeowners held a total $7.3 trillion in equity to tap, the largest...
Disrupting Cliques In Multifamily Real Estate To Bring Innovation To The Industry
Source: Forbes --- There’s a problem inside the multifamily industry. I’m not the first person to point it out, but I will join the chorus of people speaking out about it. That problem is cliquish behavior. If this was about everyone joining together to push the...
How to avoid overspending in this hot housing market
Source: CNBC --- In this hot housing market, it can be easy to blow your budget. That’s why you have to have a clear plan in place before you start looking for your next home, experts say. “If you don’t go in with a clear budget in terms of what it is you can...
Buying a Home in Foreclosure: What to Expect from a Foreclosure Auction
Source: Point2Homes --- There are several sources you can use to find auction listings. The local government websites are a good starting point, but you can also check out real estate websites, MLS reports and even local newspapers. If you’re only looking for homes...
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