Posts Tagged ‘Market research’
Schools Rule
As the summer winds down into a new school year, here are some interesting statistics regarding the influence schools have on the home search of families with children.
Highlights From the 2018 Investment & Vacation Home Buyers Survey
Highlights from the 2018 Investment & Vacation Home Buyers survey show that 1/3 of buyers purchased at a beach, 1/2 will use their purchase as a vacation home, and 3/4 believe now is a good time to buy. Do you have your beach getaway yet?
2018 Texas Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
The 2018 Texas Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers is out! Here are some of the highlights of this year's report. For the full report, click here.
Mortgage Debt Smaller in Texas
Here's one thing that isn't "bigger in Texas" - mortgages. You gotta love how affordable our great state is!
2017 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers survey
The 2017 Investment and Vacation Home Buyers survey is out, and here are a few of the details. View the full report here.
National Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
The 2016 NAR Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers is here! For buyers, heating/cooling costs topped the list of environmental concerns. Most buyers avoided homes needing renovations and view a home purchase as a good investment. The typical selle...
Profile of Texas Home Buyers and Sellers
How have you changed over the past 10 years? Today's Texas home buyer is older, more compromising, and buying more expensive homes than 10 years ago, according to the 2016 Profile of Texas Home Buyers and Sellers courtesy of the Texas Associati...
Texas Homebuyers – Then and Now
How have you changed the past 10 years? Texas buyers today are older, more compromising and buying a more expensive home, according to the Texas report from the National Association of Realtors 2016 Profile of Homebuyers and Sellers. See the fu...
Thinking about Remodeling?
Thinking about remodeling this year? The 2017 Remodeling Magazine Cost vs Value report is out. See which projects, for our area, provide the best return when it's time to sell.
Texas Home Sales Continue to Beat Records
11/01/2016 | Author: Editorial Staff of Texas Association of Realtors The Texas housing market saw a slight increase in home sales volume in the third quarter while median prices also continued to rise. The Texas Quarterly Housing Report, re...2016 Texas Luxury Home Sales Report
Sales of luxury homes were one of the key drivers of the Texas housing market through the first 8 months of 2016, according to the Texas Luxury Home Sales Report released this week by the Texas Association of Realtors. Click here to view t...
Why You Shouldn’t Trust Online Value Estimates
Ahh, the hazards of online value estimates. What is value anyway? Above all else, it's subjective. One man's trash..., beauty is in the eye... AVMs, or Automated Valuation Models, and all their algorithm-based cousins simply cannot factor in th...These Small Home Improvements Can Pay Off Big When Selling
First impressions matter when selling a home. But the first thing buyers see isn’t always your staged living room or upgraded kitchen. The price is the first impression buyers have of your home. The price also determines whether buyers skip o...2015 Year in Review: The Economy and National Real Estate Market
This time of year, many people like to take a moment and reflect on the year that has passed, whether it’s reflecting on good memories or how the nation is doing financially. Today, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the economy an...Report: US Housing Market Experienced Fantastic Gains This Spring
We just love having the opportunity to share with you good news about the US housing market and this is one of those weeks! Evidently, according to a recent article we were reading, sales of newly built homes as well as home prices in genera...US Housing Market Well Positioned for Busy Summer Home Buying Season
The summer months should be quite busy for home buyers, sellers and real estate agents alike! As we head into June, real estate analysts are saying that the national housing market is poised for a successful (and busy!) summer home buying ma...
US Pending Home Sales Rise for Third Month in a Row
We have some excellent news to report from the national housing market: Evidently US pending home sales index increased for the third straight month in April. This is a great testament that the national housing market is getting back on trac...5 Baby Boomer Housing Market Trends to Watch
Regardless of where you live, experts are expecting that Baby Boomers will have a major impact on the local housing market. That’s because this sizeable portion of the population is comprised of 76.4 million individuals. And many of them a...
Signed Contracts for US Homes Increase, Report Shows.
In the latest sign that the U.S. real estate market is improving, more Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in February than in nearly a year. The National Association of Realtors released the data, which showed that the seasonally ...Report: US Home Prices See Gains in February
The national housing market continues to show gains, with home prices rising year-over-year during the month of February. This is fantastic news as it shows that the U.S. real estate market continues to rebound from the Great Recession. I...The National Real Estate Market Shows Positive Signs of Growth
Things are certainly looking up on the national real estate market! According to a recent report from the national Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index, home prices increased during the month of January despite cooling home sal...
Report: US Home Prices On the Rise
The National Association of Realtors recently announced the latest US real estate figures and the numbers are encouraging for anyone considering selling their home. Evidently, home price growth accelerated in much of the country during the f...
2014 4th Quarter Market Data for Galveston
Some interesting statistics from the Texas Association of Realtors show what we're all seeing here on the ground in Galveston. Prices are trending up and inventory is definitely down. It's looking more and more like a seller's market!