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What’s Trending Next? A Dozen Home and Design Ideas for 2020
From building and decorating materials to room sizes, colors, and lighting, gift your clients with the knowledge gleaned from crystal ball gazers as we look ahead to 2020’s trends. December 20, 2019 by Barbara Ballinger Almost everyone enjoys making predictions for a … Continue reading
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Tagged Active, age, agents, amenities, appliances, architecture, bath, bathroom, bathrooms, bedroom, boost, building, buyers, cabinets, color, costs, countertops, curb appeal, custom, design, door, downsizing, existing, fixtures, floor, floors, gardening, granite, green, growing, homeowner, homeowners, inspiration, kitchen, kitchen backsplash, kitchen trends, landscape, lighting, living room, market, marketable, master bedroom, New year, outdoor, plants, price, property, remodel, renovation, size, space, spaces, technology, tile, trend, updated, yard
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Too Much Clutter?
Got a spare hour of so? Make some time to start tossing. Get a trash bag, your recycling bin and a few boxes for donations and get down to business. Working room by room, here are the things you can … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, bathroom, bathrooms, bill, books, clean, Cleaning, dust, kitchen, living room, office
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New-Home Sales Surge to 12-Year High
More home shoppers purchased newly constructed homes in November, bringing new-home sales to their best three-month performance since 2007, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Monday. Economists credit low mortgage rates, low unemployment, and strong income growth for the sales uptick. … Continue reading
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What Does ‘Active With Backup Offers’ Mean?
By Terri Williams | Dec 17, 2019 Like any other type of business, the real estate world is filled with lingo that might not be discernible at first blush. Terms such as “pending” or “contingent,” commonly seen in online listings, … Continue reading
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Community Bans Cars to Test Walkability
A 1,000-person rental development underway in Tempe, Ariz., will be a carfree zone. Tenants’ leases will not allow cars parked onsite or in the surrounding area. The development is testing the demand for walkable neighborhoods, which young adults claim they … Continue reading
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Designers Sound Off on the Worst Bathroom Colors
Nothing ruins a bathroom like a bad hue, and the gray trend may be one of the worst offenders, designers say. “Bathrooms tend to be enclosed spaces, so greige-y muddy colors can make the space feel smaller and dingy,” Ariel … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, bathroom, bigger room, clean, distinctive properties, fads, home selling tips, homeowner, homeowners
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Home Improvement Projects Are Worth Cost and Time
WASHINGTON (October 3, 2019) – Homeowners who decide to undergo a home improvement project, whether it be interior or exterior modifications, often find that the task was worth the investment and time, according to a new report from the National … Continue reading
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Tagged active resale, bath, bathroom, bathroom remodel, bathroom remodels, bathrooms, budgets, cabinets, classic kitchen features, cleanup, Construction, costs, counter, countertops, decluttering, design, distincive properties, flooring, fresh, gleaming, household, polish, remodel project, remodeling, remodeling project, remodeling projects, renovated, renovation
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