14 NEW-HOME DESIGN TRENDS FOR 2014 What the buyer wants is top of mind when it comes to new-home design By: Nick Lehnert Nick Lehnert, executive director at Irvine, Calif.–based KTGY, and Mollie Carmichael, principal at John Burns Real Estate Consulting in Irvine, assembled for BIG BUILDER 14 ethnographically informed design trends. All 14 of these trends fall within three primary assertions in … [Read more...]

Here are some tips that will help you to get more money for your home and sell it faster. A. Improve Your Curb Appeal: 1. Repair wood rot on the exterior and have your house painted if it needs it. Stay away from bold colors. 2. Have the roof washed if there are black streaks of mold on the shingles. These black streaks make a buyer think it needs replacing. 3. Clean the windows and … [Read more...]

Foreign Buyers Up Their Stake in U.S. Housing Market DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | WEDNESDAY, JULY 09, 2014 International buyers continue to flock to the U.S. to purchase and invest in properties. Favorable exchange rates, affordable home prices, and rising affluence abroad is driving interest, according to the 2014 Profile of International Home Buying Activity conducted by the National Association … [Read more...]