Real Estate, Updates, News & Tips - Richard Crawford - iPro Real Estate

15 Housing Markets Outperforming the Rest

Following the deadliest wildfire in the state of California, Chico, Calif., has seen an influx of new residents that made it the highest performing housing market in the country at the end of December last year. Chico is 14 miles from Paradise, the town destroyed by a deadly wildfire in November.“It’s just insanity,” Sabrina Chevallier, a real estate professional with RE/MAX of Chico, told realtor.com®. “It’s been a really challen

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Home Prices Outpace Wages in 80% of Cities

Wages are failing to keep pace with rising home prices, according to a new study from ATTOM Data Solutions, a real estate research firm. Median home prices increased faster than weekly wages in 601 of the 755 counties—80 percent of the markets that researchers analyzed in the report.The markets that saw home prices outpace wage growth by some of the highest amounts were Los Angeles County, Calif.; Cook County (Chicago), Ill.; Harris County (Hou

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Welcome to the Team Kelly Weed Dealing the DFW Area

iPro currently deals throughout the states of California, Texas, Florida, and New York. We continue to strive and broaden opportunities for real estate professionals and consumers. Visit iprore.com for the latest information and links.Click here for information onbecoming a salesperson.

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Welcome to the Team Gary Roberts Dealing the DFW Area

About Gary Howdy...Sorry no Gary is not a Texan by birth. He just had to have the big white cowboy hat when he arrived in Dallas, Texas in the year 2000.When he was a youngster the good cowboys all wore white hats. Roy Rodgers and The Lone Ranger were just a few. Well that means Gary must be one of the good guys. He has been active in business serving the public for forty plus years. He uses his experience to reach his clients goals and dreams.

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TIP: The Home Remodeling Projects Owners Most Regret

Home remodeling isn’t as easy as it looks on TV. And for nearly two-thirds of homeowners who’ve attempted a do-it-yourself house project, they say they regret not calling in an expert on at least one of their projects, according to a new survey from ImproveNet of about 2,000 Americans.But the motivation to save some money is a big driver for their attempts. On average, homeowners said they hoped to save at least 60 percent in costs by bypassi

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Where Americans Are On the Move

Vermont has been actively working to bring in more new residents, and the state may be having some success in its mission. Vermont was the state with the highest percent of inbound moves in 2018, according to the 42nd annual United Van Lines’ National Movers Study, which tracks state-to-state migration patterns over the past year. Last year, Vermont launched a campaign to give eligible people who relocate from another state up to

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TIP: 3 No-Cost Ways to Stage a Property

You may not have the extra funds to stage a property, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways you can still spruce it up.“Everyone needs to stage their home to sell it efficiently,” Laura McHolm, co-founder of NorthStar Moving, told realtor.com®. “But you do not need to spend a lot of money to stage your home.”Some of the biggest staging moves can be free. Beyond decluttering and depersonalizing the property, realtor.com® recently h

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3 Home Repairs That Can Save a Sale

Sellers whose homes aren’t in tip-top shape may need to spend extra money or put in a little elbow grease to get their properties in market-ready condition. But what are the most important repair or maintenance tasks that support a higher asking price? “Smaller and less expensive updates in combination with good staging will have a great return,” Susanna Haynie, GRI, a sales associate with Colorado Real Estate Group in Colorado Springs, tol

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Shutdown May Spark Rash of Mortgage Delinquencies

The government shutdown became the third-longest in U.S. history Monday, as 800,000 federal workers and nearly 4 million government contractors braced for a pause in their paychecks. The disruption could impact the ability of many of those affected to pay their mortgages.Twenty-three percent of Americans have no emergency savings, and 22 percent have less than than three months' worth built up, according to a 2018 Bankrate.com survey. “Any dela

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Exploding Refrigerators Prompt Consumer Alerts

You and your clients may need to consider the signs of a refrigerator that is about to explode when making your next appliance purchase.Though refrigerator explosions are rare, recent cases have prompted consumer alerts, and they should no longer be “ignored disasters,” says Neil Everitt, former editor at air-conditioning and refrigeration magazine ACR News. Refrigerator explosions occur spontaneously and sometimes with little warning.In

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