Last week, we introduced the 50 finalists vying for a spot in REALTOR® Magazine’s 2018 class of 30 Under 30. Now you can learn more about each of these extraordinary young professionals in their online profiles and help one of them win the Web Choice Award and land a spot in the final group of 30.The voting period is now open and will close at noon CDT on Friday, March 23. Members of the public can log in and “like” their favorite candida
Wellness-minded millennials are filling their homes with clean-air houseplants, and real estate developers are realizing that a love for greenery can be used as an amenity to attract buyers.Millennials are looking for spaces to add indoor gardens. Real estate developers are jumping on the trend. The ARC in Long Island City, a 428-unit luxury rental building, allows its residents to use a 1,100-square-foot glass greenhouse where they can plant and
Home floor plans can take much longer to evolve than design trends. Changes tend to occur over years, as some designers and architects look to push the envelope and take a gamble on what they believe will resonate with buyers. But a few trends are starting to emerge.BUILDER recently weighed in on some of the hottest fads that could impact more floor plans in 2018, including:1. Flexibility for multigenerational households. More homes are being bu
A new program that sets out to help spark an early interest in real estate among inner-city teens is borrowing some star power to grow its efforts. Project Destined, which recently won the support of former baseball legend Alex Rodriguez and singer-actress Jennifer Lopez, teaches teens financial literacy through investments in real estate. The teens are taught how to value and finance local apartment buildings and then are given the opportunity
Millennial buyers are more diverse and mobile than their predecessors, and expect real estate professionals to be totally tech-savvy, right? According to certain data points from the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2018 Home Buyer and Seller Generational Trends Report, that may not be universally true.The report, which is based on a survey NAR mailed out to a random, though geographically weighted, sample of 145,800 recent home buyers last
Seventy-four percent of contracts in the first month of the year contained settlement contingencies, according to the January 2018 REALTORS® Confidence Index survey, conducted by the National Association of REALTORS®.The monthly survey, based on responses from more than 3,500 REALTORS® about their latest transactions, examines what real estate pros are seeing most often in contracts. The most common contingencies are home inspection (58%),
About 70 percent of U.S. offices feature an open layout, but that isn’t what workers say they prefer, according to a new survey from Commercial Cafe. Instead, workers say their most ideal working space is a private office. Nearly 43 percent of more than 2,000 respondents surveyed say they prefer a private space, while an open-plan office was only desired by about 10 percent of respondents. Only 5 percent said they desired cubicles.While most wo
In some markets, homes are selling at record speeds. Realtor.com®’s research team scoured the listing data to find which markets are seeing the quickest sales, based on the median number of days on the market.The number of days spent on the market is important for sellers and prospective buyers to know, says realtor.com®’s chief economist Danielle Hale.“That info can give home buyers an idea of how much competition they face, how limited
Could more future homes be 3-D printed? A San Francisco–based charity called New Story has partnered with construction technology company ICON to design a 3-D printer for building affordable homes across the globe in developing countries. The company is also showing off its 3-D construction progress in the U.S.The companies have a 350-square-foot home in Austin, Texas, which they are touting as the first 3-D printed house in the country that h
The happiest city in America is Fremont, Calif., according to a new analysis of more than 180 of the largest U.S. cities. WalletHub measured cities using 28 “happiness indicators,” including low divorce rates, amount of leisure time, income growth, low depression rates, and more.Why are residents so happy in Fremont? Researchers posit that the nearness to San Francisco and Silicon Valley may have something to do with that. Job opportunities a
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