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Should You Invest in a Studio Apartment?
Studio apartments are small but functional living spaces, which are becoming increasingly popular in the American property market. Typical studio tenants include young professionals or students looking to strike out on their own. They often seek practical, stylish, and low-maintenance living accommodations. Also known as bachelor apartments, studios are self-contained units with private bathrooms. They usually follow a simple yet functional floorplan where your den, bedroom, and kitchen occupy the same space. While you likely won’t have sufficient space to entertain guests or bring in heavy furniture, it’s a pretty solid choice for students, singles, and young couples who can’t afford to buy or rent bigger properties yet. A studio also gives them the…
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Give Your Home That Snap, Crackle, And Pop! Simple Curb Appeal Tricks
Pixabay – CC0 Licence One term keeps coming up time and time again when selling a home, and that is curb appeal. Curb appeal is, in essence, all about how enticing your home looks from the outside. Think about it from the perspective of someone that’s going to look at the property, because they will decide whether they want to come in based on what the property looks like from the outside. This means that if you have paradise indoors, but outside is anything but, you have to make the most of some simple curb appeal tricks to spruce up the property. Think About The Path From The Sidewalk To…
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Real Estate: Appeal Beyond Price
With the arrival of new job opportunities in business and industrial districts and communities planned around convenience, today’s real estate buyers are getting more out of homes south of Metro Manila than they did before. One of the main challenges faced by many young Filipinos in the real estate marketplace today is the prohibitive cost of urban real estate within the National Capital Region. For many young professionals in the big city, the traditional real estate investment available to their income bracket is the condominium, which while ideal for single people just starting, is hardly optimal for those who wish to put down roots and start a family in a…
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How Safe (or Risky) is a Pre-Selling Condo as an OFW Investment?
A recent survey reveals that overseas Filipino workers prefer to invest their hard-earned money in real estate out of all investment vehicles available. Despite the rapid urbanization of many parts of Mega Manila, the National Capital Region remains the most sought-after location. In Metro Manila, one type of property is king: condominiums. While buying a ready-for-occupancy unit promises immediate ROI, the pre-selling kind is attractive in its own way. A pre-selling condo in Capitol Commons, Bay City, BGC, or any other growth area in the metro can be bought for up to 50% less than the price of a finished unit. In addition to its tremendous potential for savings, being…
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Should You Buy Or Rent?
Image Many people hold strong views when it comes to buying and renting, but really the truth is, there’s not actually a right or wrong way of doing things because it’s just something that has to suit your current needs, lifestyle and budget. Renting a property has its upsides, but so does buying, and there’s also downsides to both options, so it truly is an individual choice that only you can make for yourself to see which suits you best. To help you with that choice, here are a few benefits to buying and renting that will perhaps allow you to make a more informed decision based on your own…
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The 14 Major Metro Areas With the Most New Homes
Guest post By John Egan They’re truly raising the roofs in the Austin, TX, metro area. A WikiLawn analysis of new data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that among the country’s 50 biggest metros, the Austin area boasts the largest share of homes (nearly 3.3 percent) built in 2014 or later. No other major metro surpassed the 3 percent mark for new housing units, such as houses, apartments and condos. Nationwide, 0.9 percent of all housing units were considered new as of 2017, the Census Bureau data indicates. Rounding out the top five were: 2. Raleigh, NC (a little over 2.4 percent). 3. Houston, TX (a little over 2.2 percent). 4. San Antonio, TX (nearly 2.2 percent). 5.…
