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13 Perennial Plants for Drought-Stricken Areas — Real Estate Tips

Stephanie in Green Homes, Homebuyers, Homeownership, House Features, Other, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips, Seller Tips • 0 comments Dec 9, 2011

We’ve written lengthy articles in the past about the importance of a beautiful yard, both to homeowners, home sellers, and home buyers. But what’s a homeowner to do when they want plants, yet live in an area of the country plagued by drought and maybe even water restrictions? Answer: Choose plants suited for low-water gardening,…

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Novelty Real Estate Belonging to the Biggest Stars of the ’90s

Stephanie in Apartments, Architecture, Celebrity Homes, Design, Green Homes, Homes for Sale, House Features, Los Angeles Real Estate, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Southern California, Square Footage • 0 comments Dec 8, 2011

When you bring up the 1990s, a lot of things spring to mind: Fads like the Scrunchie and Tickle Me Elmo, the music of artists like Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer, dances like the Macarena, catchphrases like “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up,” and iconic movies and TV shows like “Bill and Ted’s Excellent …

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Real Estate Agent Tips: 5 Ways to Be Your Best

Stephanie in Other, Real Estate, Real Estate Agent, Real Estate Tips • 0 comments Dec 7, 2011

Let’s face it, every real estate agent wants to be at the very top of their game. But influences both external and internal can keep you from achieving what you desire most. That’s why we here at Movoto felt the need to write this article, which directly targets agents and informs them of 5 tips …

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Surf, Sand, and Sun: Beachfront Novelty Real Estate For the Rich

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Los Angeles Real Estate, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Southern California, Square Footage, Vacation Property • 0 comments Dec 6, 2011

Many cures for the winter blues exist, but one of the most relaxing (and expensive) happens to be a beachfront vacation home. Beachfront homes are commonly expensive pieces of novelty real estate, and these multi-million-dollar luxury abodes are no different. From heated Olympic lap pools to cedar saunas, from floor-to-ceiling windows to secluded stretches of …

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How to Bring About a Housing Recovery

Stephanie in Discounted Homes, Foreclosures, Homebuyers, Homeownership, Inventory, Market Trends, Real Estate • 0 comments Dec 5, 2011

When will the housing market recover? Whether you’re a homeowner, real estate agent, real estate company, bank, politician, or just someone who’d like to buy a home sometime soon, that question is one that just about everyone’s asked at one point or another over the last few years. Truthfully, we here at Movoto aren’t sure …

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Diminutive Digs: 5 Tiny Pieces of Novelty Real Estate

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Green Homes, House Features, Market Trends, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage • 0 comments Dec 2, 2011

On Wednesday, we mentioned a young man among our young entrepreneurs who have found real estate success by the name of Austin Hay. He built his own home — a 130-square-foot-plus house, constructed on a trailer base located in his parent’s backyard and costing less than $12,000. What Austin didn’t realize was that, by building …

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28 Thrifty Real Estate Tips for Upgrading Your Bathroom

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Green Homes, Homeownership, House Features, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips • 1 comment Dec 1, 2011

Got money? Chances are you have just enough to get by, but not much in the way of extra discretionary income thanks to the nearly-stagnant economy. So what are you, as a homeowner, to do when you want to update your drab bathroom, yet don’t have much you can spend? Fortunately, we at Movoto have …

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Young Entrepreneurs Finding Real Estate Success — Real Estate News

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Homeownership, House Features, Los Angeles Real Estate, Northern California, Real Estate, Real Estate Agent, Southern California, Square Footage • 1 comment Nov 30, 2011

Everyone’s heard the phrase “When the going gets tough, the tough get going”. But in some cases, I’d like to think that those who get going aren’t so much tough as they are determined dreamers. Never has this been more apparent than now, as a new trend is starting to take place. Specifically, some entrepreneurs …

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Novelty Real Estate No More: Doomed and Demolished American Mansions

Stephanie in Architecture, Celebrity Homes, Design, Florida, Green Homes, Historic, House Features, Northern California, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage • 1 comment Nov 29, 2011

Some people buy mansions in order to live in them. Others buy them in order to tear them down and build their own unique manse in its place. The following are all gloriously huge, over-the-top mansions that have been torn down (or are in danger of being torn down) by their new owners so that …

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Novelty Real Estate Fit For a Hobbit in Middle Earth

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Green Homes, House Features, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate • 0 comments Nov 25, 2011

In love with “The Lord of the Rings” movies? Then grab something to wipe your mouth with, because you’ll be drooling like crazy over this home. The U.K. Daily Mail and conservative news website The Blaze both reported recently on the home of 32-year-old Welshman Simon Dale, his wife Jasmine Saville, and their two children …

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September 2011 Saw Record High in Remodeling Activity

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Homeownership, House Features, Market Trends, Real Estate • 0 comments Nov 24, 2011

While it may be true that remodeling activity suffered a decrease in 2011′s third quarter, it conversely reached a new record high back in September. Those two statements may seem to contradict each other, but they really don’t. It turns out that, year-over-year, September 2011 saw a remodeling activity rate increase of 34%, according to …

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Real Estate Tips: How to Care for Your Wood-Burning Fireplace

Stephanie in Architecture, Design, Homeownership, House Features, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips • 0 comments Nov 23, 2011

I’ve got a burning question for you: We here at Movoto have covered lawn care before, but what’s one aspect of the home we haven’t written about? The answer would be a wood-burning fireplace. If you’re fortunate enough to have a fireplace, you’re sure to know about its upsides — its light, its warmth, its …

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Why HOAs Are Un-American — A Real Estate Opinion Piece

Stephanie in Florida, Homeownership, House Features, Opinions, Real Estate • 1 comment Nov 22, 2011

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following views are those of the writer and do not represent those of Movoto or its other employees. Normally, I try to steer clear of overtly political commentary in my articles here at Movoto. I generally try to stick to the topic of each blog and leave politics out of it as …

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Rockin’ Novelty Real Estate: Celebrity Rocker Homes for Sale

Stephanie in Architecture, Celebrity Homes, Design, Historic, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Southern California, Square Footage • 0 comments Nov 21, 2011

If there’s one group of people that we’ve had yet to target with a novelty real estate blog, it’s hard rock fans. We’ve covered homes that would appeal to fans of politicians, artists, photographers, inventors, and models, but homes that might catch the eye of hard rock legend fans have yet to be represented. Luckily,…

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Opinion: 5 Real Estate Tips to Learn From This Guy

Stephanie in Buyer Tips, Foreclosures, Homebuyers, Homeownership, Opinions, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips • 0 comments Nov 18, 2011

Many people lost their homes when the real estate bubble burst several years back. Some may think it was because the majority made bad decisions due to the fact that they didn’t know better — they just weren’t financial experts. Except this guy was a financial expert. Carl Richards is a financial adviser, speaker, writer,…

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Landmark Novelty Real Estate…with Views of Landmarks

Stephanie in Apartments, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Southern California • 2 comments Nov 17, 2011

“Wow, John! Your new place is swanky! And…is that the Hollywood sign behind your house?!” “Why, yes, Jane. Yes, it is.” If you’ve ever wanted to have a conversation like this one and you’ve got the money, then this article is for you. Today, we’re looking into houses and apartments that overlook famous American landmarks.…

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Borrower Tips: How You Can Have a HUD Home for Only $100 Down

Stephanie in Buyer Tips, Foreclosures, Homebuyers, Homeownership, Homes for Sale, Mortgage, Real Estate, Real Estate Tips • 0 comments Nov 16, 2011

Did that headline grab your attention? It sure did mine. It’s true, foreclosed homes currently held by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) are being offered from now until October 2012 for only $100 down. So why offer this ridiculously good deal? Because, like other federal entities, HUD doesn’t like these homes …

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Where the Improving Housing Markets Were in November

Stephanie in Market Trends, Real Estate • 0 comments Nov 15, 2011

All the talk lately of a drop in pending home sales, a potential triple-dip in home prices, and other negative real estate news may cause you to think that good real estate news is nonexistent. Fortunately, we here at Movoto can say with certainty that good news stills exists; it’s just a little harder to …

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Ditch the Skinny Jeans — Go Skinny Novelty Real Estate!

Stephanie in Apartments, Architecture, Design, Historic, Homes for Sale, House Features, Listings, Novelty Real Estate, Real Estate, Square Footage • 0 comments Nov 14, 2011

You may want to look away if you suffer from claustrophobia. Around the world, skinny homes are beginning to catch on for a wide variety of reasons — the desire to have a piece of creative novelty real estate, restrictions on space, restraints due to taxes or building codes, or even the not-so-noble craving to …

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Why Pending Home Sales Declined in September

Stephanie in Homebuyers, Homeownership, Interest Rates, Market Trends, National Association of Realtors, Real Estate • 2 comments Nov 9, 2011

Some recovery has been seen in the realm of pending home sales since September 2010 — a 6.4% increase year-over-year, in fact. However, the September 2011 rate represents a 4.6% drop from where the rate sat in August 2011. What’s more, declines are present in every region of the country: The West suffered a mild …

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