NAR’s Profile of International Home Buying Activity is available on an annual basis, providing information on the 2 to 3 percent of the existing home sales made annually to foreigners. Data from the 2010, 2011, and 2012 reports indicate that … [Read more...]
#HomeFeatures13 Twitter Chat Recap
Yesterday, NAR Research held a Twitter chat on home feature preferences for recent buyers. The information for this chat was taken from our recent 2013 Home Features Survey and echoes many of the experiences real estate professionals are having in … [Read more...]
Home Improvements After the Home Purchase
Click chart to view larger version. Fifty-three percent of buyers undertook a home improvement project within three months of their home purchase. Buyers who purchased older, previously-owned homes were the most likely to undertake a home … [Read more...]
A Few Green Features for St. Paddy’s Day
• Home buyers were recently asked about the importance of green features to their home purchase. Not surprisingly, features that directly affected home buyers’ monthly energy costs were most important to buyers. Buyers found heating and cooling … [Read more...]
The Market Pulse Survey: 9 Years in Retrospect (Part III)
Note: this is the third and final part of a three-part article on consumers’ views towards home buying and home ownership over a nine-year period. Access to credit, down payments, and job security all grew as concerns for consumers between 2003 and … [Read more...]
The Market Pulse Survey: 9 Years in Retrospect (Part II)
Note: this is the second part of a three-part article on consumers’ views towards home buying and home ownership over a nine-year period. The first part is here > With the dramatic swings in the housing market over the last decade, one would … [Read more...]
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