Yearly Archives: 2020
KTGY Joins the AIA 2030 Commitment and Releases its Sustainability Action Plan
KTGY Architecture + Planning, reaffirming its long-standing commitment to sustainable design, released its Sustainability Action Plan (SAP) as the firm's road map to meeting the goals of the AIA 2030 Commitment.
Increasing the Value of Your Home
Whether you want to stay in your home forever or plan on selling your home eventually, it is vital to increase the value of your home. Even if you are planning on living in your home until you die, you still may want to leave it to your kids, nieces, or nephews. And as a result, they may want to eventually sell the home.
National Association of REALTORS® Expands Code of Ethics to Include Discriminatory Conduct and...
During the social unrest throughout the nation in late spring and summer of 2020, NAR received an unprecedented number of complaints about REALTORS® posting discriminatory speech and conduct online, especially on social media. Local and state associations experienced a similar influx of these complaints. In light of this, Atlanta REALTORS® Association President Jennifer Pino
zavvie launches zavvie Pro to help agents create inventory, turning homeowners into sellers
A decade ago, homeowners thinking about selling their home had limited options. Today, those same homeowners have the opposite problem — between iBuyers, buy-before-you-sell bridge solutions, and listing on the open market, they have more choices
Top 6 Tips For Hiring Long Distance Movers
Millions of people move long distances or one state to another in a year. Very few of these moves ever go smoothly, with many instances of lost items, broken valuables, or even movers not showing up being reported. However, this doesn't mean your next cross-country or interstate move has to be as hectic as many people put it. All you need to do is come up with a well-formulated plan for the move, and most importantly, hire the right long-distance mover for the job.
Atlanta REALTORS® Releases October 2020 Statistics on Housing Market
Atlanta REALTORS® Association (ARA), the largest association of its kind in Georgia, released its October 2020 Market Brief on residential housing statistics for 11 area counties in metropolitan Atlanta. The Market Brief, compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), provides the only regionally-focused synopsis
Delta Media’s Creative Studio available free to real estate agents and teams using DeltaNET 6
Real estate agents don’t have time to learn how to become professional designers — yet the most successful ways to market a listing requires design management and intelligence
RESO Approves Updated Standards, Opens for Certification
The Real Estate Standards Organization (RESO) has ratified its updated technical specifications for RESO Dictionary 1.7 and RESO Web API 1.0.2 Core, effective November 10, 2020
How a Contract for Deed Can Work for a Family with Young Kids
The apartment you’ve been renting for years seemed big enough until you added kids to the mix. Now you want a house. The problem? You don’t have enough for a down payment. Or maybe daycare costs limit your monthly budget, or your credit history won’t qualify you for a mortgage.
4 Common Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home
Selling a home is something most of us will need to do at one point or another. It can be a long process, full of many different meetings, negotiations and contracts to be signed. While many people successfully sell a home and get what they feel like
Ten Key Facts About Federal Disaster Assistance
Federal assistance can be an important resource for Californians with uninsured or underinsured property damage due to the recent wildfires. Survivors in Fresno, Los Angeles, Madera, Mendocino, Napa, San Bernardino, San Diego, Shasta, Siskiyou and Sonoma counties have until Dec.
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 5.83 Percent
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 7 basis points from 5.90% of servicers' portfolio volume in the prior week to 5.83%
Metro Home Prices Increase in All Areas in Third Quarter of 2020
Every metro area tracked by the National Association of Realtors® during the third quarter of 2020 saw home prices increase from a year ago, according to NAR’s latest quarterly report, released today.
Budget-Friendly Balcony Floor Covering Ideas for Smart Homeowners
Is your balcony floor in dire need of an upgrade? Maybe it already looks weathered so you need to cover it up. Or perhaps you simply became bored with it so you want to give it a fresh look.
Lack of Inventory, Higher Prices Push Housing Affordability Near Two-Year Low
Record-low mortgage rates were not enough to offset inventory shortages and rising home prices as housing affordability continued to decline in the third quarter of 2020, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Mortgage Delinquencies Decrease in the Third Quarter of 2020
The delinquency rate for mortgage loans on one-to-four-unit residential properties decreased to a seasonally adjusted rate of 7.65 percent of all loans outstanding at the end of the third quarter of 2020, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association's
Share of Mortgage Loans in Forbearance Decreases to 5.67 Percent
The Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) latest Forbearance and Call Volume Survey revealed that the total number of loans now in forbearance decreased by 16 basis points from 5.83% of servicers' portfolio volume in the prior week to 5.67%
Buying or Selling Your House – Things To Keep In Mind During A Bidding...
Real estate market today tend to favor one side, the buyer or the seller. Regardless of whether you are in a booming market or a stagnant one, it is wise to learn significant strategies that will help you make the best deal and come out a winner. Arm yourself with knowledge and learn how to negotiate your way through a bidding war; there are hundreds of thousands of dollars at stake.
CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION READY TO WORK WITH PRESIDENT-ELECT BIDEN TO PREPARE SIGNIFICANT NEW INFRASTRUCTURE AND...
Incoming President and Congress Should Focus on Enacting Measures to Rebuild Infrastructure and Revive the Economy and Avoid Imposing Needless Regulatory Burdens that will Undermine
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 84,000 WORKERS IN OCTOBER, BUT GROWING NUMBER OF PROJECT CANCELLATIONS RISKS...
Both Residential and Nonresidential Contractors Added Jobs in October, but Total Construction Employment Remains 3.9 Percent Below February Peak as Pandemic Continues to Depress Demand