Home inspection began as a consumer service in the early 1970's in direct response to the growing
demand by home buyers to learn about the condition of a house prior to purchase.
Not exact matches
Housing prices surged ever higher as greater credit availability increased the
demand for
homes by bringing a greater number of
buyers into the market.
The economic team at Realtor.com created this list
by determining which U.S. housing markets had the best availability (good for
home buyers) along with the highest level of
demand (good for sellers).
The report, titled «In High
Demand» and released Monday
by Ryerson University's City Building Institute, favours a tax on foreign
buyers — similar to the one introduced in Vancouver last summer — but suggests it should be implemented in addition to a «progressive surtax» on expensive
homes owned
by people who aren't paying income tax, including people with foreign capital.
If the class - action lawsuit is approved
by the court, Brasil says it seeks to overturn the legislation and
demands repayment of any tax added to the purchase price of a
home because of the
buyer's nationality.
WIN's support can help franchisees take advantage of the
demand for
home inspectors
by helping deliver great service to
buyers and build strong relationships with local real estate agents and other industry - related referral sources.
Sounds like a win / win for both
buyers and the local grid, because not only can the solar array be used to charge the LEAF directly during the day, which helps to reduce peak
demand, but because the new LEAF includes a vehicle - to -
home (V2H) feature, sometimes referred to as a vehicle - to - grid (V2G) system, it could potentially act as an electricity buffer
by acting as a giant «personal» battery.
Rising prices in the west driven
by increasing
demand and inventory shortages make for an attractive opportunity for
buyers looking to purchase a
home at a steep discount.
The NAHB's recent
Home Builder Preferences Survey reveals that in addition to closer quarters, new
homes are now being constructed with separate laundry rooms, which are in -
demand by both first - time homebuyers and other generations of
buyers.
In Florida, flipping has been revived
by a steady supply of foreclosed housing and a
demand for affordable housing that's making once - marginal neighborhoods near Tampa more appealing to
buyers of renovated
homes, says Christopher McCarty, director of the state Bureau of Economic and Business Research.
If the oil situation worsens, the Federal Reserve may be forced to raise interest rates further next year, inhibiting the
demand for
homes by buyers.
Buyer demand is highest for starter supply — and entry - level
homes are appreciating faster than others as a result, according to an analysis
by Zillow.
But with consumers
demanding more and more information, and more data being available on consumer behavior than ever before, the use of predictive analytics — being able to accurately show
buyers and sellers what their
home will be worth in the future, backed up
by data science — is the game - changer.
Perhaps encouraged
by rising housing
demand and
home prices, over 80 percent of both vacation
buyers and investment
buyers believe that now is a good time to purchase real estate.
Demand in Alberta has been fuelled
by the confidence
buyers have in the economy, as they are able to spend more on a
home than ever before due to significant income increases and the equity they have developed in their
homes.
Shortly following the twister,
homes for - sale that were left standing were quickly snatched up
by buyers as the town's once sluggish housing market quickly morphed into a town where available housing is in high
demand.
A complete recovery of around 110,000 annual
home sales will likely occur in 2019 - 2020, as end user
demand in Los Angeles County is buttressed
by a Great Confluence of Baby Boomers (Boomers) and first - time
buyers who are lured
by further employment (needed to accommodate population growth of roughly 1 % annually since the beginning of the Great Recession).
This view
by home tier functions as a good fossil record of what started in late 2015 and continued well into the end of 2016; what are now happy
buyers got in early while supply was healthier and richer and the market responded
by injecting new listings at those price points until it couldn't sustain those levels of
demand.
No meaningful oversite was given to the appraisal process, and
home values were artificially inflated
by increased
demand from newly qualifed first time
home buyers, second
home and vacation
home buyers, and investors.
Factors like interest rates, lending standards that set requirements for income, debt and credit history and the availability of mortgage credit can affect
demand for
homes by making it easier or harder for
buyers to get financing.
Supply is created
by move - up
buyers, who also contribute to
demand by buying a new
home;
by new
home construction;
by seniors and other owners who sell to become renters;
by owners who relocate to another market; and
by deaths.
«There has been a 22 per cent bump in the number of
homes advertised for sale across Sydney compared to a year ago, coupled with a similar drop in
buyer demand — mostly driven
by tighter lending restrictions on investors.
Home buyer demand increased
by 566 pending sales in the past two weeks and now totals 2,619.
Home prices will likely moderate slightly to 4.4 percent in 2016, driven in part by the reduction in home buyer affordability and reduced demand as a result of Fed tighten
Home prices will likely moderate slightly to 4.4 percent in 2016, driven in part
by the reduction in
home buyer affordability and reduced demand as a result of Fed tighten
home buyer affordability and reduced
demand as a result of Fed tightening.
And while overall
demand is strong, the trend on median days on market is suggesting that the market is finding more of a balance — and that bodes well for would - be
buyers who have been frustrated
by the inability to find a
home to buy this spring and summer.»
The brokerages appear to be responding to increased
demand for one - stop shopping: In a 2011 survey conducted
by the National Association of REALTORS ® and Harris Interactive, 78 percent of
home buyers said one - stop shopping would save them money.