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Homebuying Must-Haves: How COVID-19 Has Changed What’s Hot or Not in a Home

What used to be the “must-have” item in a home might not be the case anymore as people are changing how they use their spaces. Here’s what you can expect to come back in style, and fade out, in a post-coronavirus market.

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Buying, Coronavirus, Finance

Why It’s Suddenly Harder to Get a Mortgage

With COVID-19 making it incredibly difficult to buy a home, or even to get a mortgage, home buyers and homeowners who are trying to refinance need to stay up-to-date with the changes in the mortgage sector.

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Moving, Social Distancing

How to Move While Practicing Social Distancing

So it’s the middle of a pandemic and you find yourself having to move soon, how do you do it appropriately and safely? There are a few routes to take, whether it’s professional help or just family and friends, but you still need to practice social distancing. Here’s how.

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Buying, Local Market Report

City Spotlight: Charlotte, North Carolina

Charlotte, North Carolina is a regular on “Best Places” lists each year, and its housing market is typically one of the strongest in the country. But during the COVID-19 outbreak, how is the Charlotte housing market faring, and what does it mean for prospective buyers?

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Buying, Coronavirus, Finance, Foreclosures

Why Homeownership is Still a Great Investment

Surprisingly, homeownership’s reputation as a safe investment took only a minor hit before rebounding in the 2012 Great Recession. Now, we’re entering an economic crisis that may be worse. But, here’s why homeownership is still a great investment.

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Buying, Coronavirus, Selling a Home

What You Need to Know About Virtual Open Houses in the COVID-19 Era

Since the arrival of the COVID-19 crisis, the real estate industry has evolved how open houses are conducted. Now that they’re virtual, you should know what exactly they mean to you as a buyer and questions to ask during the open house.

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Buying, Coronavirus, Selling a Home

How Homebuyers and Sellers are Feeling with the Current Real Estate Market

Seemingly overnight, most industries are finding themselves at the mercy of the coronavirus pandemic — real estate included. But, how do current buyer and seller sentiments compare to pre-pandemic aspirations? Homes.com surveyed 1,000 people from across the country to find out.

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Buying, Home Values

Safest States to Live in America Based on Crime Rates

How safe are you, really? We explored where Americans feel the most safe vs. where they are actually safe. Read on to find out more.

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How to Hire the Right Mortgage Lender and Updates on Lending During COVID-19

Millions of homebuyers take months to find the home of their dreams, but about half don’t shop at all for the mortgage lender. In fact, shopping for the right lender is just as important as shopping for your dream home and, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, here are some updates you’ll NEED to know.

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Buying, New Home Construction

Questions to Ask Before Buying Land to Build Your Dream Home

As many dream of building a custom home, their excitement may overshadow stark differences between buying land and buying existing construction homes. If you’re wanting to build a home, there are several questions you need to ask before you buy land!

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Buying, Finance

How Low Mortgage Rates are Making Housing Shortages Even Worse

Perhaps the most damaging aspect of the chronic drought of homes for sale is the destructive way shortages are concentrated on the least expensive properties on the market– the starter homes that are the gateways to homeownership.

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Buying, Finance

COVID-19 And Its Impact On The Real Estate Market

As investors and home buyers are re-evaluating and sellers remain unsure of what’s next, it’s important to understand how the Coronavirus has impacted the industry, but also how real estate professionals are working to mitigate the impacts.

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Buying, Out of the House

Before You Move: What to Know About Homeowner Associations

If you’re looking to move sometime in the near future, it’s important to consider if a neighborhood managed by a Homeowners Association is something you’re interested in. While different HOAs have different restrictions, here’s what you need to know if it’s something you are, or aren’t, considering.

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20 Questions to Ask Yourself When Deciding to Keep or Sell Your Home

The question enters many homeowners’ minds whether it’s your first home or your fourth home. “Is our current home our forever home or will we be selling in the near future?” Often it’s a split decision. But these questions should help alleviate some of that stress when trying to make a decision.

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Buying, Home Values

The Impact of Aging in Place on the Housing Market and Younger Generations

With the two biggest generations, Baby Boomers and Millennials, competing for space in America’s housing market, inventories of available homes have been affected drastically. But what does this mean for future generations when Boomers eventually start vacating their homes?

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Buying, Finance

The 2020 Democratic Presidential Candidates’ Policy Impacts on First-time Home Buyers

With the race to the White House still months away from the finish line, we’re highlighting snapshots of the Presidential candidates’ housing policies and how they might affect young, first-time buyers.

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Buying, Finance

The Housing Affordability Crisis and Proposed Changes That Can Help

With over 15 million millennials experiencing monumental student loan debt, the combination of that and rising home prices has created a housing affordability crisis. Here are some proposed changes to help ease the rising problem.

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Buying, Going Green

What’s On The Mind Of A 2020 Buyer: Sustainability and Climate Change

Sometimes trying to guess what’s on the mind of buyers can be a difficult challenge. While some of those answers vary, statistics are showing us that despite location or style of home, buyers have one thing on their minds: sustainability and climate change.

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Buying, Going Green

How Climate Change Can Affect Real Estate

Many cities, states, product manufacturers and individual builders have thrown their weight into combating global warming– but just how important are the effects of real estate on climate change?

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Buying, Making a House a Home

My First Homebuying Experience and What I Learned | BuildingBluebird

I often think back to what made my husband and I fall in love with our first home and I can narrow it down to one word– potential. I had no idea what kind of passion this little fixer-upper would create inside of us or the path that it would set us on, but I am so happy that she was our first.

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Buying, Finance, Foreclosures

The Best Markets If You’re Looking to Buy a Foreclosure

Whether you’re in the market for a family home or an investment property, you will find that foreclosure filings and prices differ significantly from one market to another.

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Buying, Moving

My First Homebuying Experience with At Charlottes House

Charlotte Smith from AtCharlottesHouse shares her first-time homebuying experience. Living in NYC for many years, she never expected to become a homeowner. But, soon after getting married and having a couple of kids, her outlook changed! Here’s her story.

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