First Time Home Buyers Workshop

The Homeownership Resource Center and rehava teamed up to present a Home Ownership Workshop at the College of Charleston Carter Center for Real Etate.  This video features one of our clients inetrviewing on the local TV station ABC News 4.

What will the energy-efficient house of the future look like?

It could have gardens on its walls or a pond stocked with fish for dinner. It might mimic a tree, turning sunlight into energy and carbon dioxide into oxygen. Or perhaps it will be more like a lizard, changing its color to suit the weather and healing itself when it gets damaged.
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Realtors home sales index rebounds – Houston Business Journal:

Houston Business Journal – by Adam Kress

New numbers from the National Association of Realtors indicate the U.S. housing market may be reaching bottom.
The NAR index, which tracks signed contracts to purchase existing homes, rebounded from November to December, and also showed a year-over-year increase.
The seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes rose [...]

Fall in home prices boosts sales – Memphis Business Journal:

Memphis Business Journal

Fast-dropping interest rates and the most affordable homes in more than three decades helped prop up the staggering residential real estate market in December, according to a report released Tuesday.
The pending home sales index increased 6.3 percent to 87.7 in December, the first gain since August, according to the National Association of Realtors. [...]

Centex CEO: Reviving housing key to US economy | Business news | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

Centex Corp.’s chief executive said the homebuilder’s sales plunged in the third quarter because would-be homebuyers were put off by worries over the souring U.S. economy, and stressed that economic stimulus legislation working its way through Congress won’t work unless it’s also aimed at reviving home sales.
“Recent economic and credit market shocks caused unprecedented buyer [...]

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