by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 10, 2016 | Canada and Canadians
Homes.com® reports that a dramatic surge in location-based home searches for Canadian destinations occurred in response to the U.S. presidential election. Starting Tuesday evening, as state by state results began to come in showing Trump ahead, Canadian home searches...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 7, 2016 | Home Ownership, Real Estate Facts & Figures
The home ownership rate in the Phoenix metro area has risen to 63%, a remarkable recovery for one of the cities hit hardest by the housing crisis, according to a report by Ten-X, an online real estate transaction marketplace. The increase surpasses the national...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 4, 2016 | Home Buying
Approximately 17% of newly constructed homes in the Phoenix metro area are selling at or below $230,000. But despite the drop-off in the number of budget buys compared to the boom years, there are still affordable brand new homes. There are around 33 subdivisions...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Nov 2, 2016 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment, Home Buying
When purchasing property in the U.S. and Canada, buyers (and lenders) require title insurance. It is equally important when you purchase property in Mexico. The Living Trust format used to acquire Mexican coastal property (a Fideicomiso) does not take the place of or...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 31, 2016 | Real Estate Facts & Figures
New homes 5,000 square feet or more increased both as a share of all new construction and in absolute number in 2015, according to the Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction. In 2015, the share of new homes this size reached a post-recession peak of about 4% of new...
