Chicagoland Appraisal Blog

APRIL 3, 2020

Chicago’s housing options include a wide diversity of architecture, styles, and sizes, including vintage condos, brand-new construction, and 7,000-square-foot homes. Last year was a tough market, and the only properties that were moving were the ones that were renovated,” she says. Replace bathroom vanities if needed.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Fix-and-flip investors — who tend to be smaller entrepreneurial players — acquire, renovate and then sell existing single-family homes — and, in some cases, hold them for rent for a time, depending on market conditions. It remained way below the 44.6% level from the second quarter of 2022 and far beneath a recent peak of 60.8%

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 29, 2022

This has prompted many households to build or renovate a more sustainable home – to cut both their carbon footprint and bottom line. Green homes attempt to improve energy efficiency with minimal environmental impact through the design, construction, maintenance, operation, renovation and deconstruction of the building.

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Housing Wire

APRIL 13, 2023

The proposal is designed to offer additional flexibility for calculating market rent and using ADU rental income to help qualify for FHA-insured mortgage financing. “If On the West Coast , Seattle saw a 250% ADU construction increase from 2019 to 2022. The popularity of ADUs has increased in recent years.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 11, 2023

Others are specializing in the design and construction of accessory dwelling units (ADUs) as detached backyard homes (also known as “ mother-in-laws ”). The national trend for new construction, however, is generally moving in the opposite direction. In the 1990s, one-third of new homes were smaller than 1800 sq.

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Appraisal Today

MAY 26, 2023

From 2008 to 2019, Roberts fraudulently inflated the value of at least 18 different easements by violating industry norms and making false statements. A three-year renovation, ending in 2009, converted the upper floors into the 7,000-square-foot penthouse. Owners with conservation easements can claim an income tax deduction.

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Appraisal Today

JULY 29, 2022

Excerpts: Built in 1959 and designed by Tollyn Twitchell for Ralph Twitchell Architects, the 3,419-square-foot, ranch-style home is listed for $3 million. The three-year renovation was completed in 2019, including a new roof, windows, landscaping, and updated plumbing, HVAC, and electrical. With four bedrooms and 4.5

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Will Springer Realtor

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Construction could start as soon as 2022 on an ambitious three-tower project known as Cloudvue. The Knight Frank survey covered 49 global markets. >> Seattle is on pace to have one of the slowest annual growths in apartment-unit construction in the U.S. It is home to the highest-priced condo sale in Seattle history, $12M (2019).

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Will Springer Realtor

MARCH 14, 2022

off their 2022 high of 3.92% (the highest level since May 2019). Soaring costs of labor and construction materials is certainly contributing to the rising figure but there is evidence of a sharp increase in home improvements since the start of the pandemic. Rates fall as money flows into Treasurys.

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Will Springer Realtor

MAY 12, 2021

The narrow area known as Westlake, just west of Lake Union (and, notably, close to Facebook, Google and Amazon offices), has seen the number of people aged 25-34 double from 2010 to 2019 and now comprise 52% of its residents. Now, home builders would need to construct as many as 1.2 We are on the right track. million units.

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Will Springer Realtor

AUGUST 9, 2021

Housing affordability decreased in 45 of the 50 states from 2012 to 2019. Washington state now (right) has less than 45% of all households able to afford the median priced home (as of 2019, when the state’s median figure was more than $100,000 less than today). Many dug into savings and had their homes renovated or repaired.

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Housing Wire

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The lender said that beyond the rate reduction, the refi product was designed “to help create more affordable housing options” and “allow homeowners to take advantage of recent state changes that have encouraged the construction of ADUs.”. This in turn would reduce a homeowner’s monthly interest payments. to 2.9%.

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Will Springer Realtor

JULY 9, 2021

In calling for rezoning laws to accommodate this concept, Gladney identified five keys that communities should keep in mind when designing their 15-minute neighborhood: Think in terms of mixed-use development, such as a blend of housing, commercial usage and small-scale manufacturing. THE ROI OF HOME RENOVATION.

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