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Are Open Floor Plans Losing Appeal?
Daily Real Estate News | Monday, August 21, 2017 Open floor plans, which typically combine the kitchen, living room, and dining room in one large, open area, have dominated home design trends in recent years. But now, buyers may be … Continue reading
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Tagged buyers, data, design, family, floor, floor plan, garage, home, home design, kids, kitchen, look, modern, national association of realtors, News, open, real estate, Real Estate News, room, size, trends, work
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5 Ways to Make Listing Photos Pop
Daily Real Estate News | Friday, April 14, 2017 Photos of your listing are crucial when selling a home and presenting it online to potential suitors. The New York Times recently featured several suggestions from professional stagers and interior photographers … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, branches, color, curb appeal, design, family, flowers, green, home, house, kitchen, lights, look, national association of realtors, open, photos, plants, real estate, room, selling a home, size, staging, time, trees, windows, work
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These Doors Can Modernize Your Listing’s Look
January 2017 | By Melissa Dittmann Tracey Consider these simple yet elegant options for dividing a space that increase its functionality while scoring design points. A front door with pizzazz has always had a starring role in a home’s curb … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, bathrooms, buyers, color, curb appeal, design, family, floor, floor plan, home, home staging, homeowners, homes, increase, kitchen, look, modern, national association of realtors, open, privacy, real estate, realtor, remodel, room, size, visitor
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2017 Home Design Trends
December 2016 | By Barbara Ballinger Housing styles emerge slowly and typically appeal first to cutting-edge architects, builders, and interior designers. As a trend spreads and gains wider interest, it may go mainstream, become almost ubiquitous, and eventually lose its … Continue reading
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Open Floor Plan Still Popular
Daily Real Estate News | Wednesday, January 18, 2017 Open floor plans continue to reign. Eighty-four percent of builders say that in the typical single-family home they build, the kitchen and family room arrangement is at least partially open. Fifty-four … Continue reading
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Tagged buyers, family, floor, floor plan, home, home buyer, homeowners, homes, house, housing market, kitchen, look, moving, national association of realtors, open, real estate, realtor, remodel, remodeling, room, Sales, size
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Millennial Buyers: We’ll Compromise
Daily Real Estate News | Thursday, January 12, 2017 Millennial first-time homeowners are showing more willingness than previous generations to complete do-it-yourself projects around the house or wait until they can afford to make the improvements they desire, a new … Continue reading
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Tagged bath, building, compromise, debt, equity, features, first time home buyers, first time home owners, investment, kitchen, millennial, quality, remodel, renovated, repair
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5 Horrors at Home Showings
Daily Real Estate News | From the artwork to the odor, your listing may be inadvertently giving buyers the creeps. Realtor.com® recently interviewed real estate professionals about the items that have scared off their buyers the most during showings. Here … Continue reading
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