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Home values shot up over the past year. Now, in the second half of 2021, demand remains high. But did you know that condo prices, on average, have only risen about half as much as single-family homes? The difference is…

You start off the marketing and sale of your home with a listing agreement. This document controls all the terms of the sale. It sets the keynote for a string of important decisions and legal agreements. In this article, we’ll…

If a company says it’s selling land on the moon, should we believe it? What about the planets? Is Martian land for sale? Is Venus available? Here’s the story so far. 

Floating homes are hallmarks of many coastal and riverside cities. There are also amphibious houses — built on land, but capable of rising up off the ground when storm waters rush in. Flexible utility pipes move to meet the water…

Can Deed Restrictions Include Rather Than Exclude? U.S. home prices have outpaced U.S. employees’ wages. This creates a number of problems in real estate. For one, it shuts a lot of people out of the market. Most of today’s renters…

Is the hot seller’s market of Summer 2021 tempting you to put your home on the market and watch the offers roll in? To get ready quickly, you might wonder if you should put a clause in your contract to…

Hindsight is 20-20 vision. Homeowners learn something from each home they buy. Looking back, most homeowners can tell you what they did well — and a few things they could have done better. So, what can’t-miss items need your attention…

When it’s time to meet with their mortgage experts and apply for loans, most home shoppers accept mortgages with fixed interest rates. When they do, the interest rates are locked in throughout the life of their loans. That’s a good…

Most home sales are arm’s length transactions — deals between former strangers. But selling to a relative, colleague or friend can also make sense in certain circumstances. When friends or family members transfer homes to each other, they have a…

In March 2020, Covid was dubbed a global pandemic. To slow the spread of the virus, U.S. states issued stay-at-home orders for people working in real estate—at first deemed a non-essential business. Appraisals for real estate contracts were non-essential in…

Summer 2021 will be a hot one for the real estate market, says the Home Buying Institute. But is the raging home-buying bull market sustainable? With property values up well over 10% in many areas, some market watchers are asking…