The Home Ownership Thread

[Omega Male]

Survey: 25% of Homebuyers Are Moving—Or Moving Sooner Than Planned—Because of the Pandemic

Low mortgage rates, spending more time at home and working from home are driving forces for people moving due to the coronavirus pandemic.

www.redfin.com

 

[Piobaire]

For years I've been hearing buying in the 'burbs, let alone the ex-burbs, was dumb as property values will fall due to folks wanting into high density urban centers. Seems like a significant amount of productive hours will now be WFH and the value of our burbies is safe for another generation.

 

[Omega Male]

For years I've been hearing buying in the 'burbs, let alone the ex-burbs, was dumb as property values will fall due to folks wanting into high density urban centers. Seems like a significant amount of productive hours will now be WFH and the value of our burbies is safe for another generation.

People of quality will always require a ramada with fire pit.

 

[Piobaire]

I figure a 10% premium for the American brand fireglass.

 

[jbarwick]

We are moving for schools which also coincided with COVID. Had a good first weekend but no offers. Had a FaceTime showing and that person is coming back for an in-person next week if the house is still available.

A fire pit would be nice but not required.

 

[Piobaire]

Firepit is highly relaxing and great to gather round and sip cocktails with folks after dinner but the ramada/outdoor kitchen with bar is beyond awesome. So nice that rain doesn't interfere with my cooking out there too.

 

[Omega Male]

FYI.

The Biggest Bedroom Is No Longer a ‘Master’ (Published 2020)

The term’s racist and sexist undertones lead New York’s real estate community and others to rethink outdated industry jargon.

www.nytimes.com

 

[sugarbutch]

FYI.

The Biggest Bedroom Is No Longer a ‘Master’ (Published 2020)

The term’s racist and sexist undertones lead New York’s real estate community and others to rethink outdated industry jargon.

www.nytimes.com

I am still the master of my domain.

 

[Omega Male]

Since yesterday.

 

[sugarbutch]

Since yesterday.

I can guarantee that the statement was accurate at the time of posting.

 

[brokencycle]

FYI.

The Biggest Bedroom Is No Longer a ‘Master’ (Published 2020)

The term’s racist and sexist undertones lead New York’s real estate community and others to rethink outdated industry jargon.

www.nytimes.com

The New York Residential Agent Continuum also recommended that its members rethink the phrase, along with replacing other terms like “shared” for “His and Hers” bathrooms and “non-elevator” for “walk-up” building.

 

[Gibonius]

That's happening in programming (and associated domains) too. No more "master and slave."

 

[cross22]

My rule for comps: 1) number of bedrooms/fb/hb, total sqft, year built, land size 2) everything else except $/sqft which I never find useful.

 

[sugarbutch]

Because "walk-up" is ableist?

 

[norcaltransplant]

SF bros I need some urgent advice for a unique house. We are currently house shopping, and my wife had the opportunity to tour a Modernist style house yesterday. The house incorporates a fair amount of glass, which gives me some pause. It's part of an estate sale, and will be sold this Tuesday or Wednesday. It's being offered as is, but appears to be pretty well maintained with at least one major renovation since the 2000s. Does this sound like a money pit/headache or opportunity? Future upgrades will be contracted, I do not trust myself to become all HGTV.

As a data point for how crazy the NYC suburb market is right now, we overbid by a substantial sum and still missed out.