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Kenny Kane is the Chief Operating Officer at FIRMSPACE.  getty A recent Gallup poll found that 41% of Americans working from home would prefer to return to the workplace. While this group is in the minority, it still represents hundreds of thousands of professionals, and as someone who creates office space for a living, I understand

Firefighters work to protect homes in Boulder Creek, Calif., on Friday, August 22, 2020. (Photo by … [+] Dylan Bouscher/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images) MediaNews Group via Getty Images Just before the CZU August Lightning Complex wildfire devastated the area, realtor Lance Hulsey listed a house just outside Big Basin Redwoods State Park.

Putting extra cash towards your mortgage doesn’t change your payment unless you ask the lender to … [+] recast your mortgage. getty If you have extra cash and are considering putting it towards paying down your mortgage early, you should be aware that it won’t automatically reduce your payment. Putting extra cash towards your mortgage

Kellie Rastegar is Co-Founder and Creative Director at Rastegar Property Group. Getty The home has always been important, but it’s safe to say that this year, the significance of the home greatly increased. Your place of residence is now everything — a home office, a home gym, a safe sanctuary for relaxation and leisure time and

Broker/Owner of Commercial Professionals in Las Vegas for over 25 years, professional speaker and author of The Successful Woman’s Mindset. getty The initial step into commercial real estate is often a challenge for new investors. Whether you already have experience investing in residential properties or this is your very first real estate venture, you likely have a

Arian Nemati is Co-Founder and CEO at ADEx and Ecognitionlabs.com, an AI research and development company. getty With approximately 11% of Americans out of work in June of 2020 and 82% of small business owners reporting they are concerned or very concerned about the potential impact of the virus on their business, it might seem at first glance that

Pixbay One of the familiar refrains of the pandemic is that it is the epitaph of the city. No longer are we working from home, we are now living at work. Consequently, people, like salmon, are retreating to the rural utopias from whence they spawned. Equipped with wifi and a Nespresso machine, they have all

Eric is real estate investor and founder of MartelTurnkey. MartelTurnkey sells rental properties to investors looking for passive income. getty The Covid-19 pandemic has left millions of people stressed over their finances. The unemployment claims have passed 40 million as more people find themselves in need of assistance. The challenges brought about by the pandemic are

Mortgage delinquencies are expected to continue to rise this year. getty The nation’s serious delinquency rate for mortgage loans more than doubled from May to June, reaching its highest level since February 2015, according to a new loan performance insights report by property data analytics provider CoreLogic. Barring further government support, CoreLogic predicts serious delinquencies

View Pictures/Universal Images Group via Getty Images There is a great debate raging around the world on the future of office spaces. Many are trying to return to the way things were, while others claim the modern office is dead. Huge companies are following Twitter’s example in saying that their workforce can work from home

How can racial discrimination in mortgage lending be prevented getty That is the thrust of a recent article by Diana Olick in CNBC, which she terms “An outrageous tale that reveals Black discrimination in the housing market.” Her information comes from Akili Akridge, a black applicant who “had all the right stats: a steady six-figure

The affects of indoor air quality is top of mind as we spend more time at home Is your vacuum spewing particles back into the air? picture alliance via Getty Images The EPA cites indoor air quality (IAQ) as one of the top five environmental risks to public health. Since the pandemic’s March shut down,

After the financial crisis of 2009-2013 that led to a haircut on deposits of more than $8 billion, Cyprus introduced a “golden visas” scheme in order to exit recession. Indeed, the scheme significantly helped the country’s economy to return to positive growth rates in just three years. It also helped companies in the real estate

SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 09: The Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden stops in front of … [+] his childhood home on July 09, 2020 in Scranton, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Getty Images Housing policy wasn’t a major theme of the recent Democratic National Convention, however, Joe Biden did put out a Housing Policy

Median listing prices rose 19% in Philadelphia in August getty Realtor.com recently released the latest numbers on the country’s housing market. Economists crunched the numbers from August. Despite a 10 % year-over-year increase in the national median listing price to $350,000, the market is hotter and more competitive than ever. This current listing price growth is

Aaron Marshall is CEO & Co-Founder of Keyrenter Property Management, the nation’s leading property management and real estate franchise. getty If you’re in property management or you work in any sort of real estate, it would be very easy right about now to feel pretty bleak about your profession. “Nobody in their right mind,” you might think,

David is CEO of Move, Inc./realtor.com. Realtor.com makes buying, selling, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone. getty Before I joined realtor.com, I thought of online home search the way most people probably do — a way to look at pretty pictures of homes, dream about where my family and I might live, and

Corporate offices have become far more fluid in recent years, and that flexibility will be a key … [+] component of the next generation of WFH furniture. Teknion Is it befuddlement you seek? You’ll be well on your way to reaching that state if you try to gain clarity by poring over countless surveys, studies

A ban on evictions is meeting resistance from rental housing providers. getty An eviction moratorium issued Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is drawing a chorus of disapproval from multifamily housing advocates who say the action is overly burdensome and interferes with their own obligations to provide safe, affordable housing. The moratorium

Polk Properties offers over 30 yrs of Real Estate Vision and Expertise you can trust and depend on. We focus on long-range portfolio value.  getty Brokers in the real estate industry hold their client lists dear. Relationship-building is our bread and butter. We tailor our activities to enhance and grow that list. We advertise, cold call, attend