The holiday season may be months away, but it’s never too early to start planning your tree theme(s). Hallmark Don’t look now, but Christmas is just over six short months away. You may want to swap out that summery cocktail you’re sipping while lounging poolside and warm up the hot chocolate because Hallmark’s Keepsake Ornament Premiere of over 250 new designs is here. A tradition going...

Why purchase ladybugs when you can attract them to your garden naturally? Kindra Clineff Ladybugs are beneficial insects with a voracious appetite for aphids, leafhoppers, scale, mealybugs, whiteflies, mites, and other soft-bodied insects. Many gardeners buy ladybugs and release them into their vegetable gardens and flowerbeds for pest control purposes. However, it’s more effective to attract...

The kitchen in this 1930s London home had already been expanded, but it wasn’t working for the growing family who were about to buy it. The family chose to renovate before moving in. Designer Robert Burnett and his team ended up doing more than just the kitchen. In addition to creating a generous...

Image CEO Eric Mendelsohn highlighted how high interest rates and the aging population are benefitting the senior housing...

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Single-family home prices also rise 7.7 percent annually in June Based on a new report by Las Vegas Realtors, greater Las Vegas area home prices warmed up again in June 2024 with more homes available for sale. LVR reported that the median price of existing single-family homes sold in Southern Nevada was $475,000. That's up 7.7% from $440,990 in June of 2023. Local home prices are approaching the all-time...

While Northwest Ohio’s housing market has remained fairly strong in recent months, local real estate agents say things become a bit more complicated when you segment the market by price point. “Things under $300,000 are still moving fairly quickly, especially if the home is priced correctly,” said Jacob Fleischmann, a Wauseon, Ohio-based agent for Howard Hanna Real Estate Services agent. “There...

Homebot and Newzip are teaming up in hopes of converting engagement into more transactions. The two companies announced the partnership on Wednesday, and it allows customers who are using both Homebot and Newzip to offer consumers up to 2% off their transaction costs. The companies believe this will help lead to a higher hit rate with buyers and sellers, in addition to passing savings on to...

In this article, I’ll share close to two decades of experience as a licensed agent and small brokerage owner in Boston to help you compete and win listings with a dynamite listing presentation. As agents, we compete for a finite number of available homes to list and sell. That’s why it’s crucial that you stand out amongst your competitors to get those listings. The real estate listing...

In a difficult housing market for Realtors, experience matters — a lot. That’s the conclusion of the 2024 Member Profile poll from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), which shows a sharp divergence in income when comparing more experienced agents to their less experienced colleagues. The median gross income for Realtors with at least 16 years of experience rose from $80,700 in 2022 to...