FRIDAY - WOULD YOU MIND?

Transitional Bedroom by Sausalito Architects & Designers Urrutia Design

Would you mind if I took a break and digressed from my usual conversational patterns?

Today, I've opted to use a list format for links I've found around the internet that might be helpful in fostering a more well-rounded understanding of real estate and how to pay for the space you occupy.

Timely and useful: tax breaks that every homeowner should know about.

Bloomberg thinks home shoppers should have an easier time this spring.

What are the worst things you can do before buying a home?

6 ways that renters can get the most for their money. 

10 low-cost improvements to sell your home. 

US Housing market faces growing wealth inequality. Sharp contrast between successful and struggling communities is reshaping America’s housing, as the pace of recovery from one community to the next is not reflected in overall gains in home prices.

Why the weakness in housing inventory is only temporary. Currently low levels of housing starts and new home sales, combined with a growing population and new household formation, suggest new home sales and housing starts should increase over the next few years

What is BitCoin? And Janet Yellen: Federal Reserve has no authority to regulate it.

Janet Yellen.

Have a great weekend!