For voters who continue to worry about the recovery of the U.S. housing market, the presidential candidates’ virtual silence on the issue is somewhat disheartening. Inside Movoto Real Estate attempts to demystify the candidates’ positions and plans for the U.S. housing market.
Do you long for the glory days of lawn darts? Take your Labor Day barbeque to the next level with an extreme version of your favorite lawn game.
With all the talk of shadow inventory’s effect on the housing market Movoto Real Estate decided to dust off our favorite children’s book–Where the Shadow Inventory Is. Be sure to read it with the lights on!
Learn how to turn your home into a cat friendly haven from author Bob Walker. Beware: Cute cat pics await you.
Gauging how to repay your friends for helping you move isn’t a science, but there are guidelines. Movoto Real Estate’s Moving Calculator will keep your sofa-hauling troops happy. Remember: Sometimes it takes more than pizza and beer.
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Made famous by a person, film, or historical context, these notorious buildings and our tendency to reminisce over them represent a continued cultural obsession. The not-so-humble abodes typify our likes, desires, and, in a sense, the places we’d choose to live (minus the whole money issue) that we feel would match our personalities.
After watching realtor Jessica Edwards take on the popular song “Call Me, Maybe,” Movoto Real Estate did exactly what she wanted us to do. We called her (forget about maybe) and asked Edwards to spill the beans on the role of video blogging in her life.
Recently, Movoto Real Estate interviewed more than 100 homebuyers about their experience immediately after they purchased their homes. Our goal was to better understand the homebuying process from beginning to end. What we found will shock agents. (Hint: Homebuyers love the Internet.)
A high-quality private school is extraordinarily expensive. We are talking numbers similar to tuition for a top 5 college or university; $33,708/year on average, based mostly on 2010-2011 tuition figures (which are only higher now, due to inflation). So how does that translate into property value?
Last month the brains at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released its annual report that details the nation’s housing trends. There is a lot of information to comb through for real estate junkies, but one area that has caught the media’s attention is a bonafide American trend.
We all think of having a yard sale the same way we think about working on a big project with our peevish colleague: it’s annoying, inconvenient to organize, potentially problematic, and requires commitment and bargaining. But with our list of helpful tips on how to approach the event, you’ll successfully unload those discarded goods onto other people (or excel at your assignment).
You often hear people say, “That’s a million dollar view.” Well all those people are wrong; no view is worth a million dollars.
This month marks the annual LGBT Pride Month. In celebration of the month-long event, Movoto Real Estate spoke with prominent members of NAGLREP about the organization’s past and future. As supporters of fair-housing initiatives, we believe NAGLREP and similar organizations have achieved much in promoting the housing market in the LGBT community.
So, what makes some homeowners happier than others? Conventional wisdom tells us the best house to buy is the biggest property that fits within our budget.
Purchasing a home is one of the biggest decisions you will ever make. It’s right up there with choosing a career, getting married, and having children. It could be a decision that brings you decades of happiness – or, if you end up regretting the decision, decades of disappointment.
Using a conservative analysis we estimated that Facebook’s coming out party will increase property value in trendy Bay Area neighborhoods and cities by $1 to 2 billion.
Is the bottom of the market your friend? It’s interesting to contemplate this question as the U.S. real estate market continues along historic lows at the beginning of March. We recommend making a quick decision – we’re seeing signs that this bottom may be short lived as inventories remain low, prices are inching up and…
If you’ve got kids, you’re probably looking for a town that, aside from great schools and safety, has plenty for them to do. Here are the top 7 cities in the U.S. we think kids would love. We consulted with USA Today and other places to find places we thought our own kids might like.…
You open a web browser. You type in an address for a house. The browser brings up a satellite image of the exact location that you are searching for. You want more. One more click of the mouse. You’re now looking at the house as if you were standing directly in front of it. Ten…
When we compiled our list of the most romantic cities in the U.S., a few different factors came under heavy consideration. Are there actually single people in these cities other single people could meet? That was a big one. After that, we looked at online dating data and certain other criteria like nightlife, culture and…
With foreclosures still flooding the market and home prices hovering at affordable levels, it might be a good time to buy an extra piece of property if you are interested in a real estate investment. The question is, what will you do with the property once you buy it? You can rent it out to…
