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Remodeling Realities: What Home Renos Bring Greatest Joy, Biggest Returns?

By Leah Shafer / January 19, 2016 /

Americans are crazy about renovations. Entire entertainment mediums are dedicated to our love of home improvement, like DIY Network and HGTV Magazine. In the first ten months of October 2015 alone, Americans spent $326.1 billion on remodeling their homes. The big goals were to upgrade worn-out surfaces, finishes, and materials; add features and improve livability; and just because…

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From the Archives: 6 Ways Millennials Are Changing Real Estate Business

By Leah Shafer / December 23, 2015 /

For years, millennials have largely been thought of as renters, not buyers, but that has changed. Millennials, born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, now represent the largest group of homebuyers in the U.S. at 32 percent, taking over from Generation X, according to the 2015 National Association of Realtors (NAR) Home Buyer…

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MidlandDirt.com: Three August Reports Say Midland-Odessa Housing Market is HOT

By Leah Shafer / September 10, 2015 /

The reports are in for August and it’s not just the temperatures that are hot, hot, hot in Midland-Odessa. The real estate market is ranking among the top performing in the nation. Realtor.com listed Midland as the No. 8 market in the country—and that’s not the only report about this West Texas market that says it’s…

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Report Roundup: It’s Not Just The Temps Outside — CoreLogic, Realtor.com, and Local Market Monitor Say Dallas Real Estate is HOT

By Joanna England / September 8, 2015 /
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We love graphs and data, especially when those graphs and data show Dallas and Fort Worth at the very tip top. Not only did Realtor.com call the Dallas metro the second-hottest real estate market in America for August (up from third-hottest in July), but CoreLogic has D/FW at the top of its Housing Price Index rankings…

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Airbnb, Realtor.com Partnership Targets Millennials Looking to ‘Try Before Buying’

By Leah Shafer / July 31, 2015 /

“Try before you buy” is a hard concept to implement in the world of real estate. But a new partnership between Airbnb and realtor.com aims to do just that for potential homebuyers, letting them experience a specific neighborhood before purchasing there. The partnership is particularly focused on millennials, who now represent the largest group of homebuyers in…

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