Category: Independent Business
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Home to the future
A look at the trends that will drive the 2018 market By Jim Parker CTW Features Meteorologists with some certainty can call for rain a few days away; real estate professionals can look out that far – in fact, up to a year – to predict if you’ll have a roof over your head. Yet…
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Condo nation
Condominium market moving up compared with single-family homes based on prices, attractions By Jim Parker CTW Features They’re a value-priced alternative to single-family homes, offering accouterments such as upscale kitchens, master suites and scenic views while giving up the benefit of a yard. Most are geared to singles, couples or parents of one or two…
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No clusters
Ask Our Broker With Peter G. Miller By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: We would like to buy a new home but not in a planned community. Why are new homes always clustered together? Answer: The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) says “six in ten new homes are built in community associations.” According…
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Tax no-show
Ask Our Broker With Peter G. Miller By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: We own a small business and want to buy a home. We met with a loan officer who wants to see our tax returns. Like many businesses we have deductions, which result in a smaller taxable income, but are perfectly legal.…
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Still open … sometimes
Open houses continue to draw interest but aren’t the must-haves they were in the days before the internet By Jim Parker CTW Features The high-tech, instant information world of websites and text alerts may be knocking a dent in old-style real estate staples. For instance, when was the last time you saw the mammoth home-listing…
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Moving damage
A new address means some bills could get lost in the mix. Here’s how to make sure your credit doesn’t get dinged in the transition By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features It takes good credit to make buying and moving to a new home possible. But if movers aren’t careful about leaving things behind, they…
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Safety for realtors
Tips, tools for real estate professionals to protect themselves on the job By Jim Parker CTW Features The real estate business tends to be a solitary profession, enough so that agents can find themselves in potentially vulnerable settings. Associates meet one-on-one with clients, in some cases for the first time, at vacant houses. The get-togethers…
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For better or worse
25 % Percentage of Americans that think it will be better to buy a home in 2018 than 2017 – the same percentage that thinks it will be worse. Source: Trulia © CTW Features
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To-do list
4 before-you-sell projects that pay for themselves By Alex Burnham CTW Features For buyers, the greatest joy of buying and moving into a new home is that new, nothing-needs-done feeling. But if a seller doesn’t have newness to offer but rather a bunch of faulty features, the buyers may be scarce. “Most people want to…
