A Daytona Beach mortgage is probably the single largest monthly obligation you'll ever have if you own a home here. Everybody likes saving money, whether they live in Daytona Beach or another American city! And whenever you're able to save money it's especially satisfying. There are, among potential others, at least a half-dozen ways you […]
Federal Reserve Likely to Raise Interest Rates
In a recent speech given in Cleveland, OH Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen said she anticipates raising interest rates before the end of the year. She went on to say that the frequency of any increases would be gradual and would depend on the continued improvement of the U.S. economy. “… I want to emphasize […]
Improving Daytona Beach Home Security
If you're not concerned with Daytona Beach home security, perhaps you should be. The United States is the world’s most burglarized nation, with a burglary occurring every fifteen seconds! And, while we like to think of our Daytona Beach neighborhoods as safe, the sad fact is that even in the best of neighborhoods throughout America […]
Generation X Not Buying Daytona Beach Homes
The market for Daytona 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 […]
Daytona Beach Home Improvement Issues
Planning a Daytona 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 […]
Daytona Beach Housing Predicted to go Down
The Daytona 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 […]
Staging Your Daytona Beach Home When Selling
When trying to sell your Daytona 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 Daytona Beach home. […]
Waiting to Buy a Daytona Beach Home Will Cost You
If you think waiting to buy a Daytona Beach home until rates or home prices go back down is the smart way to go, you may be waiting for a long time. With interest rates going up and home prices on the rise, you may think that it might not be the best time to […]
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, […]
Another Daytona 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 Daytona 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 […]
