According to figures from the National Association of Realtors, existing Daytona Beach home sales increased in December, reaching an annual pace nationally of more than 5 million sales for the sixth time in seven months. Median home prices for last year reached their highest level since 2007 but the total number of sales dropped 3.1% […]
Daytona Beach Homebuyers Say Location Still Matters
Nearly half of Daytona Beach homebuyers surveyed by The Demand Institute who say they plan to move at some point in the future say that location still matters for them. While some Daytona Beach homebuyers say they will move for a larger or nicer home, or perhaps buy a home for the first time, three […]
Income Tax Preparer Tricks of the Trade
Here comes February, and here comes income tax time again. It seems like every year, income tax preparation companies try to find new ways to separate you from your money by not telling you everything. For example, if you made less than $53,000 last year, you can get your taxes prepared for you absolutely free […]
Daytona Beach Real Estate: The Mistake Millennials May Make
When it comes to Daytona Beach real estate, most millennials say they'd rather rent than buy a home — a decision that could cost them more than $700,000 (or more) over the course of their lives. Nearly six in 10 millennials (59%) say they'd rather rent a home than buy one, with just one in […]
Daytona Beach Gas Prices Affecting Mortgage Rates?
We're betting you thought lower Daytona Beach gas prices could only mean positive things for the economy, right? If you're in the market for a home mortgage, Daytona Beach gas prices could be having an effect on the rate you can get. How Daytona Beach Gas Prices Affect Mortgage Rates Believe it or not, oil […]
Daytona Beach Home Improvements: Spending Drop Expected
Daytona Beach home improvements have seen record spending over the past three years due to the resurgence in home equity over that period of time, but spending is set to soften in coming months. According to the Remodeling Futures Program at the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, the center's index, the Leading […]
2015 Housing, Stock and Oil Predictions
In our last video report, we took a look at how Wall Street experts and people on Main Street fared in 2014 when it came to predicting what was going to happen to the stock market, oil prices, and housing prices. In this report, let’s see what the experts and a few people on the […]
Owning a Home Not Among Americans’ Problems
The latest Gallup poll shows that the average American has a lot of problems, but owning a home is not one of the biggies any more. Right now, more Americans are concerned about healthcare costs, low wages and a lack of jobs. When it comes to the capital markets, they worry about the cost of […]
FHA Slashing Daytona Beach Mortgage Insurance Premiums
In a move expected to bring 250,000 first-time homebuyers into the market, FHA will reduce annual Daytona Beach mortgage insurance premiums by half a percentage point, to 0.85 percent. The move is expected to make homeownership more affordable for more than 2 million homeowners in the next three years. After raising Daytona Beach mortgage insurance […]
Buying Daytona Beach Real Estate: Things to Consider
If you're thinking about buying Daytona Beach real estate, perhaps for the first time, we know it can seem like chaos trying to figure out all the things you have to do and the order you need to do them in. We're here to help with a list of things you might not ordinarily think […]
