When considering the value of your home, certain factors, such as the current state of the market, are out of your control. However, one way you CAN increase the value of your home is with strategic updates and additions. Here are a few “high impact” options to increase the value...
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The most pedestrian-friendly breadth of the city, Downtown, is where Santa Barbara’s rich Spanish heritage is on vivid display—and where it seamlessly mingles with modernity.
Here, patrons of local favorite Handlebar Coffee look out over a 1782 Spanish fortress and the 1873 Lobero theater neighbors a strip of contemporary boutiques.
Yet the city’s commitment to Spanish Revival architecture—even national chain banks boast classic red rooftops, white-washed walls, and colorful tiles—visually ties the whole ‘hood together into one delightfully charming package.
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Ask almost any real estate agent and they will probably tell you that spring and summer are when you want to be buying your new home. But you must understand that they say this because in many cases, it is more beneficial to their interests. After all, in the spring and...
The American Dream and homeownership are integrally linked. The cost of the dream, however, is impeding many from realizing it, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) Aspiring Home Buyers Profile, released this week. The American Dream is associated with homeownership for 90 percent of homeowners and 75 percent...
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The national average for down payments is 11%. But that figure includes first time and repeat buyers. Let’s take a closer look.While the broad down payment average is 11%, first time homebuyers usually only put down 3 to 5% on a home. That’s because several first-time home buyer programs don’t...
Home shoppers pay little or no fees to an agent to buy a home.Here’s why:For most home sales, there are two real estate agents involved in the deal: one that represents the seller and another who represents the buyer.Listing brokers represent sellers and charge a fee to represent them and...
A stratified market happens where supply and demand characteristics differ by price point, in the same area (typically by city). For example, home sales for properties above $1.5M may be brisk (seller’s market) while homes under $750k may be sluggish (buyer’s market). This scenario comes along every so often in...
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