As more Baby Boomers retire, real estate experts all across the United States are seeing more cash deals, according to a recent report from Bloomberg. Evidently, these Baby Boomers (defined as anyone born between 1946 and 1964) are opting to purchase their homes with all cash instead of taking out a mortgage. Experts credit this […]
Archives: June 2014
Second Home Sales Are On The Rise
According to Fannie Mae and the National Association of Realtors (NAR), second or vacation homes – those that are neither investment nor primary residences – represented 13 percent of all purchase transactions in 2013 – an increase of 29.7 percent over 2012. This is the highest market share for second homes since 2006, although still […]
Report: U.S. Home Sales Increase for the First time in 2014
Real estate experts all across the country were thrilled to hear the latest numbers on the national housing market recently. That’s because sales of existing U.S. homes showed a slight increase between March and April, reversing a 12-month trend in which home purchases had been dropping. This wasn’t the only good news that the National […]