by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 9, 2017 | Home Buying, Home Ownership
1. Open spaces. An open floor plan may feel like old hat, but use of this layout will accelerate in both condos and single-family homes. Eliminating walls and barriers provides greater access to the kitchen – the room most buyers feel is the most important space in a...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Jan 3, 2017 | Home Buying
In the last several years, the share of new single-family homes with 3 or more full bathrooms has increased and those with less have edged downward. Census Bureau data shows 27% of new single-family homes started in 2015 had 3 full bathrooms and 10% had four or more....
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 30, 2016 | Mortgages + Lending
Not too long ago in Banks Leaving the Mortgage Business, I wrote about a report that large #banks have left the home #loan market – originating just 52% mortgages in 2014, down from more than 70% seven years earlier. But bank portfolio loans (the mortgages they make...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 27, 2016 | Foreclosures + Short Sales
Foreclosures have fallen across the country, with REO inventory down nearly 30% by the end of the summer of 2016 according to CoreLogic. And completed foreclosures in the U.S. are now down 69% from the September 2010 peak. Here in Arizona our trustee’s sales have also...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Dec 21, 2016 | Animal Stories (mostly Dogs in the Military)
Then support animal charities through SimplySOLD™! The holiday season means giving, and SimplySOLD™ does its part. We donate to the Arizona Humane Society each time a qualifying transaction closes. I also donate to the Hermitage no-kill cat shelter in Tucson. Since...
