News and Insights

If creating a garden has been languishing on your to-do list but you’ve been too intimidated to get started, you no longer have an excuse to procrastinate. 

Garden Tribe, an online gardening education spot, provides the know-how necessary to help you become a successful gardener, regardless of how grand or simple your goals are.

Whether you’re buying or selling, it’s good to have a handle on the mood of consumers and some of the issues affecting their decisions. 

The National Association of REALTORS® quarterly Housing Opportunities and Market Experience (HOME) report provides some of that insight. 

The real estate industry just got one step closer to closing the solar knowledge gap. Chicago-based Elevate Energy received a $445,000 cooperative award from the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative and it’s using the money to develop training in residential solar systems for the real estate and appraisal industries. 

Universal design principles and green home features may seem mutually exclusive. 

But when the two concepts are combined in a house, the result can be a property that is safer and easier to maneuver and one that is water and energy efficient. 

Rosemarie Rossetti, who started using a wheelchair after an accident, has firsthand experience with both concepts. 

Momentum. That’s how I’d describe the vibe at the REALTORS® Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo. 

Environmental topics are permeating new parts of the real estate industry and green issues have become a subject of discussion in places where they weren’t just a few years ago.