ABR ® designees earn twice as much as agents with no designations and 95 percent of
home buyers say that they highly value agent knowledge.
In fact, 71 percent of prospective
home buyers say that a home's curb appeal is an important factor in their buying decision.
By Melissa Dittmann Tracey, REALTOR ® Magazine
Home buyers say they're willing to make some sacrifices on the home's location in order to get certain must - have amenities in their next home, according to the 2014 PulteGroup Home Index Survey of...
About half of
home buyers say they meet with only one mortgage lender before signing...
Home buyers say that navigating the mortgage process is intimidating and difficul, so agents should understand how home buyers are reacting with their finances.
The survey found that 73 percent of
home buyers say drive time is a key decision in selecting their home.
Haunted houses must not be too spooky because 32 percent of potential
home buyers say they'd buy a haunted house or a home with suspected paranormal activity, according to a new Realtor.com survey.
Seventeen percent of the potential
home buyers say they'd expect a discount of 51 percent or more on the «haunted» home's market value, 19 percent say they expect a 31 - 50 percent discount, and 18 percent say a 21 - 30 percent discount would suffice for them.
One in four
home buyers say they want to buy a home because their rent is too high, according to a new survey by the brokerage Redfin of 750 home purchasers.
More than half of
home buyers say they're on the hunt for a three - bedroom home, and 75 percent want a two - bathroom home as well, according to realtor.com ®'s home buyer survey.
The next generation of
home buyers say they will move to the suburbs if it means they can find quality schools there, according to a newly released survey by realtor.com ®.
Home buyers say they want the latest design trends in their next property — but 70 percent admit to having outdated features in their current house, according to a new consumer survey by home builder Taylor Morrison.
Forty - four percent of
home buyers say they first looked online, and 33 percent then contacted a real estate agent, according to NAR's data.
Although 84 percent of
home buyers say they would use the same real estate agent for future transactions, the percentage of those who actually do so is lower.
In fact, some 70 percent of
home buyers say gas prices have become an important consideration in deciding where to live, a survey by Internet listing company HomePages.com finds.
Prospective
home buyers say it is getting more difficult to find the right home, according to a quarterly survey based on national polls conducted by Morning Consult.
Home buyers say finding a home within their budget is their top...
On online forums in China, a number of Forest City
home buyers said they suddenly found making their payment difficult.
The majority of
home buyers said privacy and having a space that was solely their own was a top goal when in house - hunting mode.
Thirty - four percent of vacation -
home buyers said they plan to use the property as a primary residence in the future, as did 10 percent of investment buyers.
Nearly nine out of 10 recent
home buyers said that heating and cooling costs were somewhat or very important when considering a home for purchase, indicating the importance of energy efficiency and environmentally friendly home features.
According to the most recently conducted HAR consumer survey, 74 percent of
home buyers said convenience to their job was an important factor in the location of the home they purchased.
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.
@Hunter B. you outline what I hear
every home buyer say when they fall in love with a property that's selling at market price.
According to the National Association of REALTORS ®» 2012 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, nearly nine out of 10 recent
home buyers said that heating and cooling costs were somewhat or very important when considering a home for purchase.
Not exact matches
John Khoury, founder and managing partner of the $ 2.7 billion Long Pond Capital hedge fund, revealed a long position in U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc, which he
said should rise as more millennials age into the first - time
home buyer market.
In an email to employees after the Univision deal was announced, Gawker Media president and general counsel Heather Dietrick
said that she was «very happy that we've found the business a good
home with a
buyer who pushes the limits in its journalism and will allow us to continue the mission.»
Unlike California and Seattle, he
said, the relatively low
home prices in Portland, combined with still low mortgage rates, make the area quite affordable for younger
buyers.
Phil Soper, chief executive of real estate company Royal LePage,
said the new stress test for uninsured mortgages introduced by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has «interrupted» the flow of move - up
home buyers looking to upgrade from their entry level
home or move to a more desirable location.
The large lot sizes and the fact this area is predominately detached
homes is also attracting
buyers,
says Laura Golbeck with Re / Max Hullmark.
The tighter mortgage lending rules, which make it harder for
home buyers to qualify for uninsured mortgages, are also shrinking the pool of qualified
buyers for higher - priced
homes,
said Gregory Klump, chief economist of the Canadian Real Estate Association.
«Clearly, the year - over-year decline we experienced in July had more to do with psychology, with would - be
home buyers on the sidelines waiting to see how market conditions evolve,» Syrianos
said in a statement.
Buyers favour physical shops for red - hot items such as video games; those asking for the newly launched Assassin's Creed III at the Futureshop.ca store wanted to take it
home right there,
says spokesman Elliott Chun.
«
Buyers are stepping back, there's more sellers, and that just seems to be contributing to greater downward pressure on detached
home prices in the Toronto region,»
said Guatieri.
«With fewer bargain - priced properties to choose from and a growing number of traditional
buyers, finding a
home for vacation purposes became more difficult and less affordable last year,» he
said.
One
buyer of a
home developed by Tishman at its Qiantan's Crystal Plaza mixed - use project,
said he had already earned «a large sum of money» after becoming a winner of the lottery system because the flat can be sold at a premium of about 2 million yuan once construction is complete.
«Rising interest rates and stricter mortgage requirements have reduced
home buyers» purchasing power, particularly for those at the entry level of our market,» Jill Oudil, president of the Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver,
said in a statement.
Spring time tends to be the busiest for
home buyers and sellers in Metro Vancouver,
said Oudil, adding the board will wait to see how they react to taxes and other policy measures the B.C. provincial and federal governments introduced so far in 2018.
Premier Christy Clark
says the government will provide first - time homebuyers with a 25 - year loan for a down payment on a
home to a maximum of $ 37,500, as long as the funds have been matched by
buyers.
Vancouver topped the survey as the most expensive city, with
buyers there
saying they're going to shell out an average of $ 539,000 for a
home, followed by Calgary at $ 474,000 and Toronto at $ 446,000.
The Trump International Hotel and Tower, a building that is
home to more primary
home buyers, has fared better, Lenz
says.
«What continues to hold back sales is the fact that prospective
buyers are increasingly having difficulty finding an affordable
home to buy,» Yun
said.
«Healthy economic conditions are creating considerable demand for purchasing a
home, but not all
buyers are able to sign contracts because of the lack of choices in inventory,»
said Lawrence Yun, chief economist for the Realtors.
«Rising
home prices are good news for
home sellers, but add to the challenges that
home buyers face,»
said Frank Nothaft, chief economist at CoreLogic, in the report.
Understanding the narratives in the market — what people are
saying, thinking and feeling — gives us some insight into the issues that are driving the decisions
home buyers and sellers are making.
Realtors
say many would - be
buyers from earlier this year, stifled by tight supply and higher prices, are still trying to buy a
home,» Yun
said.
«Looking at the biggest
buyers of
homes in the Houston area in August and September, three stand out as ramping up on purchasing,»
said Daren Blomquist of ATTOM Data Solutions, which derived its data from
buyer names on sales deeds:
He
said accepting the bitcoin for the purchase was a different way of marketing the
homes by getting the properties in front of an untapped group of potential
buyers.
That
said, if the loss of homeowner benefits is capitalized in lower property values in these markets,
home buyers may be less likely to actually move.
Wynne added Ontario will present some housing proposals in the «not too distant future,» but
said they will primarily aim to help first - time
buyers afford
homes.