The market for Vero Beach homes as well as the nationwide real estate home buying market has often placed the blame on recent drops in the number of homebuyers on the Millennials. A new study now shows that Generation X should shoulder part of the responsibility as well. The rate of homeownership in the U.S. has consistently fallen each year since […]
Staging Your Vero Beach Home When Selling
When trying to sell your Vero Beach home, you need for it to look its best. Just like when you visit a store and all the goods are arranged on the shelves and display units to make the best possible impression, the same rules apply to you when trying to sell your Vero Beach home. You want your home to […]
Vero Beach Home Improvement Issues
Planning a Vero Beach home improvement project and think you have it what it's going to cost all figured out? Better think again. We've touched on the importance of making sure you have made a budget in other articles we've posted on this subject. Even when people make a budget, what they often forget is to factor in for the unknown […]
Vero Beach Housing Predicted to go Down
The Vero Beach housing forecast for the second half of 2015 fails to show any positive data, with trends predicted to go downhill. According to the latest market report from analytics firm Clear Capital, nationally, the data is more of the same. Data through June looks similar to data through May 2015, with no change in quarterly growth at 0.6% […]
Waiting to Buy a Vero Beach Home Will Cost You
Vero Beach Homeowners Insurance Rates Vary
Most people know and understand that you can lower the monthly premium on your Vero Beach homeowners insurance by raising your deductible. But whether it makes sense to do so can vary. The deductible is the amount of a loss you must cover out of pocket. The deductible for a Vero Beach homeowners insurance policy typically ranges from $500 to $1,000, […]
Pending Home Sales Climb to 9-Year High
More Americans signed contracts to purchase homes in May, as pending home sales climbed to their highest level in more than nine years. The National Association of Realtors reports that its seasonally adjusted pending home sales index rose 0.9 percent to 112.6 last month. The index has increased 10.4 percent over the past 12 months, putting it just below the […]
Another Vero Beach Housing Bubble Brewing?
A recent S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index was the latest report to show a relentless rise in housing prices, causing some economists to ask: Is another Vero Beach housing bubble forming? Economists point to several reasons why this isn’t a concern, namely that while prices keep rising, the rate of growth has slowed. In the first three months of this year […]
Vero Beach Real Estate News – July 2015
In our Vero Beach Real Estate News for July 2015: American Dream: Not What It Used to Be Owning a home is no longer the American dream it once was. The lingering effects of the Great Recession and housing bust have altered Vero Beach homeownership – a change likely to ripple through the Vero Beach housing market for years to come, […]
Rent Trap Stopping First Time Vero Beach Homebuyers
First time Vero Beach homebuyers are in a trap they can't seem to get out of, and it's called a "Rent Trap." Everyone has pretty much come to the conclusion that interest rates won't stay low much longer, and home prices continue to rise. New three percent down programs from Fannie and Freddie sweeten the deal for new buyers. FHA’s […]