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Invest Wisely: Trends Experts Recommend Home Upgrades for 2024 Market Growth
As the housing market continues to evolve and mortgage rates rise, homeowners are seeking alternatives to buying new homes. In light of the National Kitchen & Bath Association's 2024 Market Outloo...
BMO: 71% of Aspiring Homeowners Waiting for Rate Cuts Before Buying a Home; Nearly One-Third Tapping 401(k)
The latest BMO Real Financial Progress Index finds current interest rates are hindering most prospective homebuyers from purchasing a home, with nearly three fourths (71%) waiting on rate cuts before ...
Home-Ownership Surprise: 10 Unexpectedly Affordable Places for 2024
Despite the challenges of soaring home prices and a competitive market, NationalBusinessCapital.com, the fintech lending platform for businesses, discovered 10 elite metropolitan areas where buying a ...
Employers Missing Key Opportunities To Gain Advantage Through Employee Benefits
Employers are missing key opportunities to develop a competitive advantage by enhancing the delivery and focus of employee benefits, according to new research conducted by Economist Impact and sponsor...
New Zillow Home Loans tool addresses home buyers’ biggest concern: affordability
Zillow Home Loans is introducing BuyAbility, a new tool that addresses one of the biggest considerations buyers face today: understanding what they can afford. Only offered on Zillow, BuyAbility gives...
RE/MAX Housing Report: Inventory Gains and a Surge of New Listings Highlight a March in Which Sales Climbed from February 2024 But Trailed March 2023
Home sales in March increased 21.6% over February while trailing the March activity of a year ago. At the same time, a 20.9% surge in new listings during the month fueled a substantial 7.7% expansion ...
ServisFirst Bank Announces New Mortgage Loan Officer Phillips
ServisFirst Bank, a subsidiary of ServisFirst Bancshares is pleased to announce the addition of Christy Phillips as Mortgage Loan Officer for ServisFirst Bank North Carolina. Phillips will serve Servi...
U.S. Homeowner equity remains elevated but dips downward again in first quarter
ATTOM has released its first-quarter 2024 U.S. Home Equity & Underwater Report, which shows that 45.8 percent of mortgaged residential properties in the United States were considered equity-rich i...
Realtor.com® and Cox Automotive identify the top electric vehicle friendly housing markets
In 2023, 1.2 million U.S. vehicle buyers chose to go electric according to Kelley Blue Book, a Cox Automotive company. For electric vehicle (EV) owners certain factors, like home-charging ability and ...
Rising insurance costs a growing concern for real estate investors
Insurance challenges have become a major cause of concern among real estate investors, according to the Spring 2024 Investor Sentiment Survey from RCN Capital, conducted by market intelligence firm CJ...
Global Study Reveals Business Leaders Expect Advances in AI to Require New Skills
More than eight out of ten (81%) business leaders believe advances in artificial intelligence (AI) will require new skills and new ways of getting work done, according to new research from the World E...
Realtor.com® Housing Report: Housing Market Takes a Step in a Buyer-Friendly Direction
According to the Realtor.com® housing report, buyers are looking at an optimistic mix of increasing inventory and an uptick in price reductions going into the Spring season. In March, the percentage o...
Homeowners Average Nearly $18,000 on Non-Mortgage Home Expenses Yearly
In addition to their mortgage, the average homeowner spends $17,958 each year on expenses, including maintenance, improvements, utilities, property taxes, and insurance, according to new research from...
Cisco Hybrid Work Study Reveals Companies' Need to Modernize Offices
Cisco at Enterprise Connect has unveiled findings from a survey that details how the reality of the in-office experience compares to employee expectations around the globe, and how employers are inves...
7 Ways Employers Can Enhance Their Competitive Edge for Human Talent
Almost seven in 10 employers (69%) either currently use or plan to use robotics or artificial intelligence to augment their human workforce, according to a new survey by nonprofit Transamerica Institu...
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