More than 60 percent of
current home owners said they favor «green» home improvements — even over kitchen, bath, and flooring projects.
Not exact matches
The bank also found that 42 per cent of
current home -
owners surveyed
said they were looking for family help with the purchase.
And when I contacted the auction's
owner to ask for an interview, he was welcoming and spent an entire day with me, talking openly about his personal history, his
current business practices and even taking me to meet the types of breeders he respects — breeders whose dogs, when I got to their commercial - scale farms, were running and playing in spaces as big as many suburban backyards and even ballfields, dogs who came up to me to
say hello and, in most cases, seemed just as happy and normal and healthy as my own two spoiled mutts at
home.
I wouldn't go so far as to
say that the second - generation Echo is a major step up in smart
home audio, but it's a nice improvement that
current Echo
owners will probably enjoy.
The key is to take an educational approach, teaching
home owners about
current favorable market conditions rather than asking them to sell,
says Karina Eskandary, a sales associate with Homelife / Bayview Realty in Toronto.
Such a requirement — not part of any
current legislation — could result in higher utility costs for
home and building
owners, analysts
say.
The Buyer acknowledges that it is his responsibility to do his own due diligence regarding any anomalies that may be associated with the subject property, such as but not limited to: the location of half - way houses, group
homes, child molesters, grow houses, sewage treatment plants, plans for highway expansions, road widenings, locations of fire hydrants, proposed plazas or other retail property, proposed dump sites and such other issues that may impact future value (s) of the subject property, beside, behind, in the foreground of, or in any position that may impact value (s), including but not limited to: any change or increase in taxes due to
Current Market Value Assessment alterations or changes of any sort, brought about by such situations that may affect the subject property now or in the future, and the Buyer acknowledges that
said situations are totally outside the control of the Realtor (s) involved in the transaction, and the Buyer agrees to hold harmless Carolyne Realty Corp. its
owners, directors and staff regarding any such findings, and in particular if they have not been disclosed by the Seller or the Listing Agent / Company.
«Some
home owners will delay moving into a new residence because of the desire to hold on to the
current lower rate mortgage,» Yun
says.
Fears
says that while
home owners may choose to spend money on a private school or adding on to their
current home instead of moving, such expenditures don't have the tax benefits or equity - building power that a
home purchase does.
For
home owners who do eventually decide to move on, they may want to hold onto their
current home and rent it out to keep their low interest rate, some economists
say.
Another option is a repayment plan that requires
home owners to increase their monthly payments until the loan is
current,
says Loni Parmelly, a real estate practitioner and consultant who specializes in short sales.
Overall, the majority of
current home owners — 88 percent —
say it's important to update or renovate their
home over time to enhance its long - term value.