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So strong in fact that one title company has opened a drive-thru to close on deals safely during this pandemic…

Sheltering in place could have an unexpected benefit to the housing market… Read More Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/with-hand-sanitizer-and-elbow-bumps-realty-agents-are-still-selling-during-pandemic/2020/03/30/50bae962-7074-11ea-b148-e4ce3fbd85b5_story.html

The over-arching theme for property buyers at this time is every client is in a different situation… Read More KWWL

The members of Forbes Real Estate Council are constantly on the pulse of the housing market… Read More Forbes https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2020/04/01/want-to-keep-an-eye-on-local-housing-trends-try-these-16-strategies/#6f13b1c46ed3

ADP: Private sector employment falls by 27,000 in March According to ADP, private-sector employment decreased by 27,000 from February to

Roughly 40 percent of the single-family house market is made up of green homes… Read More Traverse City Business News

There’s never been a better time to reduce your carbon footprint… Read More Newsday https://www.newsday.com/classifieds/real-estate/going-green-on-long-island-1.43498176

Now is also the time to make the pivot to sustainability… Read More Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/31/environmental-upside-virus-shows-green-way-ahead/

Here are five pros illuminating the latest trends in lighting design… Read More Kitchen & Bath Design News What’s Trending

The pandemic is already reshaping our ideas of home to emphasize wellness, hygiene, and work/life balance… Read More Dwell https://www.dwell.com/article/new-york-architects-on-how-covid-19-is-urging-us-to-rethink-home-design-8fd1ad23

The projects will add 1,083 units to Chicago’s affordable housing supply… Read More Curbed https://chicago.curbed.com/2020/3/30/21199727/development-affordable-housing-rental-tax-credits

The tax credits are expected to yield an estimated $24 million in total upfront equity… Read More Vermont Business Magazine

  The Rock Rapids Development Corporation has been doing its part to make sure the community has housing readily accessible…

Sales have started to plunge in the U.S. housing market as coronavirus triggers a historic surge in unemployment… Read More

Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts on existing homes, rose 2.4% … Read More CNBC https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/30/february-pending-home-sales-jump-over-9percent-annually-ahead-of-coronavirus-impact.html

It’s never been a better time to buy a home in West Virginia… Read More The Herald Dispatch https://www.herald-dispatch.com/news/housing-market-outlook-positive-realty-association-says/article_ac6f8621-ea4c-577a-b62b-d5e866475450.html

Pre-pandemic pending home sales up 2.4 percent in February and 9.4 percent year-on-year The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI) grew

It has a LEED Platinum certification for outstanding sustainability achievement… Read More Globest https://www.globest.com/2020/03/30/the-bond-is-more-than-a-name-for-a-multifamily-building/

European-inspired Wetwall waterproof panels can be installed quickly… Read More Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/3-hot-2020-home-trends-from-latest-building-kitchen-and-bath-showcases/569215702/

How to revamp your space without leaving the house… Read More Boston Magazine https://www.bostonmagazine.com/property/2020/03/27/home-redecorating/

From birch plywood to solid mahogany, wood in all its forms is inspiring designers… Read More Wall Street Journal https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-return-of-honest-and-beautiful-wood-furniture-11585571780

Arbor Village, an 80-unit apartment building on Fruitville Road… Read More Herald Tribune https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20200329/new-housing-for-low-income-homeless-people-with-mental-illnesses-is-coming

How will large cities change in the next generation? That’s hard to think… Read More The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-will-cities-come-back-and-will-neighbours-keep-saying-not-in-my/

About 75% of large metro counties experienced population growth in 2018… Read More MReport https://themreport.com/featured/03-30-2020/examining-migration-trends-across-the-nation

Low interest rates are associated with healthy housing demand… Read More World Property Journal https://www.worldpropertyjournal.com/real-estate-news/united-states/seattle/real-estate-news-covid-19-impact-on-housing-market-in-2020-zillow-group-housing-data-zillow-coronavirus-housing-report-11875.php

Springtime proves to be one of the best seasons to sell an Atlanta home… Read More Curbed Atlanta https://atlanta.curbed.com/2020/3/25/21193663/coronavirus-atlanta-covid-19-buckhead-real-estate-showing

The laborers work side by side, often sharing portable toilets… Read More New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/25/nyregion/coronavirus-nyc-construction.html

The “payment deferral” will allow borrowers to defer two months… Read More Housing Wire https://www.housingwire.com/articles/fannie-mae-freddie-mac-will-let-borrowers-facing-hardship-defer-two-months-of-mortgage-payments/

Initial unemployment claims soar to record 3.28 million in weekly report In the week ending March 21, initial unemployment claims

The last few years have been a time of change for sustainability… Read More PropertyWire https://www.propertywire.com/blog/designing-homes-to-handle-the-extreme-temperatures-of-climate-change

Over 35% of the world’s total energy consumption is generated by buildings… Read More openPR https://www.openpr.com/news/1983162/net-zero-energy-buildings-nzeb-market-to-witness-over

High-rise buildings were designed to organise as many people as possible… Read More dezeen https://www.dezeen.com/2020/03/25/life-after-coronavirus-impact-homes-design-architecture/

The most Googled interior design style has been “vintage”… Read More woman&home https://www.womanandhome.com/life/homes/most-searched-interiors-trends-353590/