Today's home, now more than ever, has become an epicenter for personal retreat. It's a place to escape and seek revitalization and renewal -- a safe haven and sanctuary to unwind and be at peace with the outer environment.
Mary Lawlor, manager of color marketing at Kelly-Moore Paints Company, Inc., a leader and innovator of waterborne-coating technology and the first major paint company to offer recycled paints, has identified 2011's Top 10 Home Design Trends to help homeowners reflect this sentiment.
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Custom iPad App Controls Curtains, Heating, Lighting
In the last decade Silicon Valley wealth has gushed into the interior design business, and much of it lately has gone into San Francisco penthouses and apartments. "The venture capitalists live in Woodside, Calif., deep in the suburbs. The kids they've been backing want to be in San Francisco," says David T. Oldroyd, a partner at Orlando Diaz-Azcuy Design Associates.
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Home Prices Decline in Nearly Half of Metropolitan Areas
Home prices fell in nearly half of U.S. metropolitan areas in the third quarter, indicating that the market is losing steam without government tax credits, according to an industry report.
The median price for home resales fell compared with last year in 76 out of 155 areas tracked by the National Association of Realtors, the trade group said Thursday. Prices rose in 77 areas and were unchanged in two.
In the second quarter of the year, prices rose in nearly two-thirds of U.S. cities.
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The median price for home resales fell compared with last year in 76 out of 155 areas tracked by the National Association of Realtors, the trade group said Thursday. Prices rose in 77 areas and were unchanged in two.
In the second quarter of the year, prices rose in nearly two-thirds of U.S. cities.
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Lower Home Prices Are Spurring Sales In Utah
About one quarter of all real estate transactions in Park City involve distressed properties.
That's not bad, said Deanna Devey of the Utah Association of Realtors. It's average for the state if not slightly better.
Foreclosure activity is definitely improving, said Park City Board of Realtors president Mark Seltenrich.
"They appear to be trending down, but remain historically high," according to the second quarter report summary from the board released July 22.
Devey said short sales account for 13 percent of all sales in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber and Tooele counties. They are only 10 percent of sales in Summit and Wasatch counties.
"Comparatively, Summit County isn't doing too bad," she said via email.
Statistics that sound negative but are actually good news was a theme for the mid-year report from the board of Realtors.
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That's not bad, said Deanna Devey of the Utah Association of Realtors. It's average for the state if not slightly better.
Foreclosure activity is definitely improving, said Park City Board of Realtors president Mark Seltenrich.
"They appear to be trending down, but remain historically high," according to the second quarter report summary from the board released July 22.
Devey said short sales account for 13 percent of all sales in Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, Weber and Tooele counties. They are only 10 percent of sales in Summit and Wasatch counties.
"Comparatively, Summit County isn't doing too bad," she said via email.
Statistics that sound negative but are actually good news was a theme for the mid-year report from the board of Realtors.
Click Here To Read: Lower Home Prices Are Spurring Sales In Utah...
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Housing: Right Back Where We Started?
With all the gloom and doom in the present conversation about the national housing market, you’d think we were recovering from a complete financial meltdown instead of the expiration of the first-time homebuyer’s tax credit.
Funny coincidence about that—these days, it seems like everyone, from the analysts to the big builders, is talking about how July 2010 looks a whole lot like April 2009, when the market was just emerging from the darkest days of the financial meltdown.
This morning, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index–a monthly yardstick for investors and market-watchers that gauges whether CEOs of homebuilding companies are feeling like raising a glass of champagne or downing a stiff drink–showed that builder confidence in the market had fallen to its lowest level since April of last year.
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Funny coincidence about that—these days, it seems like everyone, from the analysts to the big builders, is talking about how July 2010 looks a whole lot like April 2009, when the market was just emerging from the darkest days of the financial meltdown.
This morning, the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index–a monthly yardstick for investors and market-watchers that gauges whether CEOs of homebuilding companies are feeling like raising a glass of champagne or downing a stiff drink–showed that builder confidence in the market had fallen to its lowest level since April of last year.
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Homes Getting Smaller and Other Trends
Two new sets of research provide plenty of insight about how we’ve gotten used to living and also offer a glimpse of what we might want next.
The first set of findings, released this month by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shows most American households have gotten downright comfortable—that is, except for the 1 percent of homes that don’t have indoor plumbing.
There is a cautionary note contained in the 2009 American Housing Survey, however. Only 36 percent of U.S. homes have a working carbon monoxide detector.
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The first set of findings, released this month by the Department of Housing and Urban Development, shows most American households have gotten downright comfortable—that is, except for the 1 percent of homes that don’t have indoor plumbing.
There is a cautionary note contained in the 2009 American Housing Survey, however. Only 36 percent of U.S. homes have a working carbon monoxide detector.
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