TweetNARI reveals new trend during National Home Improvement Month. Des Plaines, Illinois, April 30, 2012—In honor of National Home Improvement Month this May, the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) reveals that homeowners are personalizing their space during a remodel as the tough housing market forces more people to stay, rather than move. According [...]
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TweetThe National Association of Realtors® and the Arkansas Realtors® Association applaud the Federal Housing Finance Agency for issuing new guidance requiring servicers of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac loans to speed responses to short sale requests. The guidelines would require servicers to acknowledge receipt of short sale purchase offers within three business days; respond to [...]
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TweetThe spring buying season has begun, and this year potential buyers can take advantage of plentiful inventory and record-breaking housing affordability conditions. To kick off the season and bring buyers and sellers together, the Arkansas REALTORS® Association is participating in REALTOR® Nationwide Open House Weekend on April 28-29. During the weekend REALTORS® across the country will hold [...]
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TweetBy Dana Powell, 2012 President, Arkansas REALTORS® Association On Thursday, May 17, REALTORS® from across the country are gathering on the steps of Capitol Hill to tell members of Congress that Home Ownership Matters – to people, to communities, and to America. Why now? Because despite the heated rhetoric of an election year, REALTORS® remain [...]
Read MoreTweetAging baby boomers and their echo boomer children will significantly impact trends in the nation’s housing market over the next 20 years. A new report released by the Bipartisan Policy Center, “Demographic Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Housing Markets,” researchers at the National Association of Realtors®, The Urban Institute, and the University of Southern California [...]
Read MoreTweetI was recently considering what we should do with our tax refund when I came across a news release from an Arizona bank offering the following great ideas: “Everyone has unique financial needs and should consider the best way to put their tax refund to work for their specific situation,” said Jerry Bevers, Vice President, [...]
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TweetFor the last two weeks, my co-workers and I have been enjoying the flirtations and frequent visitations of a family of cardinals outside our office windows. They often perch on the small ledges outside as if to ask if we, like the 6,000-plus Realtors in Arkansas, could help them find a home. Visit the website [...]
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TweetThe Professional Landcare Network (PLANET) reported today that the unusually warm weather that the country has been experiencing has posed a challenge for many homeowners. PLANET is the international organization representing lawn care and landscape professionals worldwide. With the warm weather, plants are growing and blooming ahead of schedule while, at the same time, the [...]
Read MoreTweetI don’t know if it is the warm weather, but there seems to be a lot more news about bats in Arkansas lately. Just last week I was reading about a bat with rabies being found near the Old Mill in North Little Rock. The good news is that bats are one of the best [...]
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Tweet Springtime means home improvement projects – and often includes painting. But what should be done with unwanted leftover paint? Just in time for Earth Month, Dunn-Edwards Paints has a short video, How to Properly Dispose of Paint , that every do-it-yourselfer should view. Host of the video, professional painter Cole Schaefer, points out that [...]
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