Knowing what features luxury homebuyers want most can help sellers and real estate professionals position a luxury home for a successful sale. That is especially important now as more luxury homes come on the market and our strong sellers’ market begins to ebb. As the luxury-housing market comes back down to earth amid a slumping stock market, rising mortgage rates and economic uncertainty, Continue Reading
How To Determine Your Home’s Selling Price
Let’s start with some important facts about recent home sale prices in Florida: According to research by Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University, homes in Tampa Bay continue to sell at a premium, far beyond expected prices. While the average home sold in Tampa for 39% above the expected price at the end of 2021, that number rose to 49% as of 3/31/22. In the latest Continue Reading
Ways to Minimize Real Estate Capital Gains Taxes
In the last 20 years, there has not been a more attractive market for selling your real estate investments than now. Whether it’s time to downsize, time to sell your vacation real estate, time to relocate for work, time to buy your retirement dream home, or time to move to another state to be near family, home sellers are seeing some of the best sales offers in decades—often for cash and often Continue Reading
Aging in Place
This article series examines changes in households when our parents age and need additional support. This could mean changes to your parents’ existing home or the purchase of a new home that will better meet their needs (covered in our Caring for Parents at Home article). It also could involve relocating parents to move into your home or otherwise blending your households in some way, which is the Continue Reading
Caring for Parents at Home
“Aging in place” is a Top Priority for Aging Adults: Here’s How to Plan for This in Real Estate We are an aging population and the projected numbers are worth noting. The number of people over age 65 in the U.S. is projected to DOUBLE over the next 40 years. Some of those people will include our parents, other family, and ourselves, and it’s inevitable they will need some level of Continue Reading
Is Solar The Right Choice For Your Home?
When Robert first mentioned the idea of us going solar, of course it sounded like the right thing to do, but the cost was substantial. Despite the 30% tax credit, I had a difficult time making the dollars and cents add up to a cost savings in the long run. Saving: Of course, saving money is not the only reason we should go solar, but it’s a huge factor for most of us to Continue Reading
