Is your neighborhood changing rapidly? Are your neighbors rehabbing, upgrading or rebuilding? Paying attention to the neighborhood, and how it grows and changes directly affects the value of your home and whether it appreciates, depreciates or pretty much stays even. Check out the articles, columns, radio shows, blog posts and videos for more information about how your neighborhood can affect your home. As always, if you are buying a home, you must make sure to consider the neighborhood and its school district.
Mind Your School District Before You Select A Home
If you have children, scouting out potential schools seems a natural way to choose a new neighborhood. You'll want to be close to the schools that will provide them with the most opportunities. But even if you don't have children, the quality of the local grade, grammar or high school plays a significant role in your future home's appreciation.
Real Estate Agents: Home Sellers Do Research Before Selecting One
There are more good real estate agents than bad, but home sellers should do their research before selecting one. Real estate agents should have their clients' interests at heart, so home sellers should beware of bad apples. Home sellers should also beware of real estate agents who may be trying to buy their homes to flip them for an easy profit.
Green Real Estate Developments
Green real estate is about looking at environmental issues as opportunities to make better places for people. Green real estate is residential, commercial and industrial developments where preservation of nature and the environment has been a high priority.
Environmental Property Reports Show Potential Problems
An environmental property report plots a property address of interest at the center of a local map and indicates where potential problems are. For any site that turns up within a one mile radius of the property address, ERIIScan provides a text report with the name and address of the site, the type of database in which it is registered and the distance from the property.