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Optimism & Opportunities
Guest Post by Broker/Owner Chris Beason
If you're tired of negativity surrounding the change in administration, you may want to go speak with someone in the real estate industry for a more positive outlook on the times ahead. This time of year, we like to get input from a variety of sources on the outlook for the coming year. By asking general questions about potential strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats in the coming year to various sectors of the real estate markets, we gather a tremendous amount of input on what's in store. We expected comments relating to the instability and unpredictability surrounding any administration change. But this year there seems to be a tremendous amount of optimism about the real estate market in the coming year and most of the excitement was around some general opportunities:
- Strong Market Conditions & Stable Home Price Appreciation
- Pent-up demand in the upper-end
- Buyer urgenc...
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Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors Celebrates Best Year Ever!
Ruhl&Ruhl Realtors celebrated a strong 2016, with company sales volume of $844,644,683, making 2016 their best year ever. In addition, Ruhl Mortgage closed $148,531,635 in loan volume. "It takes a great team working together to provide our clients their best real estate experiences ever! Thank you for your caring service." Ruhl told her team.
Chris Beason, Broker/Owner, and Caroline Ruhl, President, honored 203 award winners for their 2016 achievements at the Waterfront Convention Center on January 27, 2017. Over 300 agents, staff and affiliated business partners cheered on their co-workers. Top awards were awarded to:
- Top Excellence in Service Award: Hannah Dolash, Clinton Office
- Top Associate of the Year: Kurt Johnson, Bettendorf Office
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8 Home Improvement Skills to Master Before Moving In
Maybe you're becoming a homeowner for the first time. Maybe you are transitioning back to owning a home after several years of renting. Maybe you just need to freshen up on your home improvement skills. Whatever your situation, you haven't had to take care of your own property for a long time. So what's home improvement all about? What should you learn first? Check out the top eight tips from realtor.com below! 
- Hanging Pictures
- Unless your idea of decor is a blank wall, you'll eventually want to hang some pictures in your new space. Wh...
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Don't Wait! Move Up to the Home You Always Wanted
Now that the housing market has stabilized, more and more homeowners are considering moving up to the home they have always dreamed of. Prices are still below those of a few years ago and interest rates are still around 4%. The holiday season is almost over, we think it is about time you give yourself the perfect gift: Your Dream Home.
Sellers should realize that waiting to make the move while mortgage rates are increasing probably doesn't make sense. As rates increase, the price of the house you can afford will decrease if you plan to stay within a certain budget for your monthly housing costs.
The chart on the right details this point.
With each quarter of a percent increase in interest rate, the value of the home you can afford decreases by 2.5% (in this example, $10,000). Experts predict that mortgage rates will increase by at least half a point by this time...
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Baby Boomers Finding Freedom in Retirement
Within the next five years, more than one in five people will be aged 65+, and one in three households will be headed by someone in that age group according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS) at Harvard University. This means that Baby Boomers will soon be the largest demographic demanding housing in the near future. Let's take a look at why… In a recent Merrill Lynch study , " Home in Retirement: More Freedom, New Choices," nearly 6,000 adults, ages 21 and older, were surveyed about housing.
On the Move
According to the study, "an estimated 4.2 million retirees moved into a new home last year alone." Two-thirds of retirees say that they are likely to move at least once during retirement. The top reason cited for relocation was "wa...
