Reach out to start your home search in a neighborhood that encourages a healthy lifestyle.
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Here is good article explaining why the prices of homes have to continued to go up in price
https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnwake/2020/09/21/whats-causing-home-prices-to-skyrocket---low-rates-or-wanting-more-space/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5f722038a9966c0001541ed7&utm_source=5665b8fc18b71e3b5e7b682a&agent_id=5665b8fc18b71e3b5e7b682a#258b8d8523ff
Finding the right house is one step. Here's how you can pick the right neighborhood, too.
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It's crucial to always be aware of what's covered on your policy.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/07/success/how-to-get-a-mortgage-now/index.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5f84687a0347a900016a1657&utm_source=54f07c52ac8dff0573eb5f66&agent_id=54f07c52ac8dff0573eb5f66
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Need to know when your leaves are being collected by Fairfax County? Here is a link to the website. You just need to know what Zone you live in.
https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/publicworks/recycling-trash/leaf-collection-dates
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Rates are low! Good time to refinance and buy a home
https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/03/success/mortgage-rates-record-low-freddie-mac/index.html?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=5fce6054bf17ac0001de3e8c&utm_source=5665b8fc18b71e3b5e7b682a&agent_id=5665b8fc18b71e3b5e7b682a
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Mortgage rates drop to another record low
DID YOU KNOW? A penthouse once belonging to Oprah on Fisher Island, Florida - one of the wealthiest zip codes in the world - just sold for a 32% profit over 6 years..... (Barrons)
DID YOU KNOW? In the daily drone of depressing news about loss of life it's comforting to know that over 10,000 babies are born in the USA every day of the year.
DID YOU KNOW? The home theater is no new invention, but with COVID, going to a movie theater has become extremely scarce. Will cinemagoers return now that Warner Brothers announced they'll stream new release movies the same day they hit screens? Expect HOME THEATERS to grow in demand. Drop down screens and new generation projectors allow for easy retro-fits for big screen entertainment. (Decades ago television was supposed to kill listening to the radio.....these days we don't listen to the radio as much as we listen to PODCASTS.....a version of listening to the radio, so.....)
DID YOU KNOW? So how did the first day of the new year shape up? A new law was passed to prevent shell companies from concealing their true identities, a major step toward fighting corrupt money laundering schemes. Anywhere between $800 billion and $2 trillion is laundered every year.....and over $400 billion is lost to illegal tax evasion each year. Imagine if we eradicated these crimes what our tax rates could be? The UK officially BREXITED.....Britain has officially exited the European Union. The US recorded its 20 millionth Covid-19 case. (Multiple)
DID YOU KNOW? Homebuyers will be faced with the least affordable housing market in 12 years. The Case-Shiller Home Price index is now nearly 25% higher than its previous peak in 2006. (Bloomberg)
DID YOU KNOW? Consumer confidence, rising incomes and wealth, and vaccines are fueling Canadian real estate markets. (Bloomberg)
DID YOU KNOW? In the current quarter, 55% of housing markets were less affordable than their historical averages, up from 43% a year ago, while home prices appreciated faster than wages in 90% of the markets analyzed. (Attom Data Solutions)
Need to sell? This may be the year to do it as prices seem to be going up again.
Shoot me an email at Eric.Hernandez@Compass.com if you want more market data about your Area or Neighborhood
Happy New Year!
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DID YOU KNOW? Housing continued to exceed expectations, even during the early winter months when demand tends to cool. Existing home sales were up over 20% from a year ago. S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index clocked a 9.49% surge in November, a new high since February 2014.
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DID YOU KNOW? Set your compass NORTH and escape to the Catskills for a stay at Urban Cowboy Lodge. Fellow Compass broker/Lodge owner Lyon Porter is offering the Compass family a special winter discount! Use the rate code "COMPASS" for 20% off on one night stays on Thursdays & Sundays. Opening Also for Mondays in March for ski escapes and long weekends. Take a drive. Take a break. Take a vacation... it's just one night! Skiing, Snowshoes, trails, hot toddies and time off.” https://www.urbancowboy.com/catskills/
DID YOU KNOW? In the last quarter of 2020, $2.159 billion worth of property was sold in The Hampton's, with the sale of just 844 homes, up 133% from the last quarter of 2019, when folks spent $924.82 million on 503 homes. Altogether, in 2020, people spent $5.49 billion on Hamptons real estate, breaking the last record of $4.42 billion set in 2014. (POST)
DID YOU KNOW? APPLE is sitting on a pile of cash of around $195 billion......that's about the size of Greece's entire GDP! Apple and many other companies are super-cash-rich due to low interest rates and low tax rates and this capital should be deployed into the economy soon....hopefully!
DID YOU KNOW? Representatives Josh Gottheimer and Bill Pascrell, both representing northern New Jersey districts, are calling on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to include a full repeal of the $10,000 limit on deductions for state and local taxes or SALT, part of the tax law signed in 2017. The deduction is the ONLY aspect to our tax code to acknowledge the different costs of living in different parts of the country. It also helps offset the losses many high tax states experience in the losses they incur by propping up the finances of other states. (Bloomberg)
DID YOU KNOW? For those in areas that are reliant on fossil fuel industries, it's worth noting average quarterly coal mining employment fell 23.6% from the first quarter of 2017. Coal production is down 31.5% in the third quarter compared to the first quarter of 2017. Is politics driving this? No. By 2025, almost every existing coal plant in the US will cost more to operate than building replacement wind and solar within 35 miles of each plant. The renewable energy industry has become a major U.S. employer. E2’s recent Clean Jobs America report found nearly 3.3 million Americans work in clean energy – outnumbering fossil fuel workers by 3-to-1. Nearly 335,000 people work in the solar industry and more than 111,000 work in the wind industry, compared to 211,000 working in coal or other fossil fuel extraction. Clean energy employment grew 3.6% in 2018, adding 110,000 net new jobs (4.2% of all jobs added nationally in 2018), and employers expected 6% job growth in 2019. The average salary of oil and natural gas workers is approximately $112,000, more than double the national private-sector average of $51,000, about double that of wind and solar workers. In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885
DID YOU KNOW? Mortgage applications to purchase a home fell 4% last week but were 16% higher than a year ago. The average purchase loan amount hit another record high, $395,200. The average contract interest rate for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages increased to 2.95% from 2.92% the previous week. (CNBC)
DID YOU KNOW? Apple’s streaming service has leased about 90,000sf of space at ONstage, the newest soundstage, and production facility at Kaufman Astoria Studios. The deal quietly closed last year, making it one of the largest leases in Queens in 2020. The DeNiro's are partnering with producer Jane Rosenthal and WILDFLOWER on a 625,000sf studio in Astoria......Hollywood EAST? (THE REAL DEAL)
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DID YOU KNOW? Instead of pursuing trends or the latest fashions, Chinese luxury shoppers are chasing investment pieces, and 54% plan to spend on MORE expensive, high-quality items, further demonstrating that the wealthy are willing to pay more for higher quality. Most shoppers have learned to prioritize wellbeing, comfort, and non-discretionary expenses. (JING)
DID YOU KNOW? "No one could have predicted it. Not the economists, not the real estate agents, and especially not the nation’s homebuilders. But a pandemic caused an EMOTIONAL run on housing unlike any other." (CNBC)
DID YOU KNOW? Thanks to COVID-19 Americans are on the move—again. In less than 12 months, panic selling, irrational buying, jittery markets, remote work, and the desire to get more space for less money in the middle of the ongoing pandemic have created one of the most frenzied and unpredictable real estate markets in a generation. (FORBES)