Is your neighborhood changing rapidly? Are your neighbors rehabbing, upgrading or rebuilding? Paying attention to the neighborhood, and how it grows and changes directly affects the value of your home and whether it appreciates, depreciates or pretty much stays even. Check out the articles, columns, radio shows, blog posts and videos for more information about how your neighborhood can affect your home. As always, if you are buying a home, you must make sure to consider the neighborhood and its school district.
My Good Morning America Spot
Will messy neighbors lower your property value? Here's the video from Good Morning America weekend edition! http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?...
Do You Have Neighbor Issues?
I'm looking to interview a seller who is having neighbor issues. Please email me at Ilyce@thinkglink.com. June 4, 2008...
Neighborhood Construction Put On Hold
In a slow housing market or real estate recession, you need to be careful with new construction. If you are already seeing warning signs like the developer has put construction on hold, or only a fraction of the development has been completed, you might want to rethink your purchase. If the builder is having problems, there are no guarantees that the plans for the neighborhood will ever come true.
Rotten Neighbor Disagrees About Fence
What can you do when your rotten neighbor has not controlled his children or pets? You might think you could separate yourself from your rotten neighbor by putting up a fence. Putting up a fence could trigger a property dispute. What can you do in a fence dispute with a rotten neighbor?
Neighbor Disputes Vacated Right-Of-Way
The issue of vacated rights-of-way, streets and alleys can be rather complicated. In some cases, roads, streets, alleys and other types of rights-of-way were created from private land and in others they were created from public land.
New York Real Estate Market Still Moving
New York real estate is one of the few markets in the country that is still moving at a good rate. Is now a good time to buy a home in the area? It all depends on the neighborhood and how long the homeowners want to be in the house.
New Home Development Not What Was Promised
A homeowner, and many of his neighbors, feel the developer delivered a vastly different neighborhood than what was promised. Some states require developers to disclose their development plans in advance of having a buyer sign a contract for the purchase of a home. Some states also have consumer fraud statutes that may apply to your case. The homeowners should consult a real estate attorney to determine if they have cause to bring a case against the builder.
New Orleans Rebuilds, Part III
Residents of the 9th ward in New Orleans were hit perhaps the hardest by Hurricane Katrina. Ronald Lewis was the first person to move back into the 9th ward, and still remains one of the few to return. With the help of students and an architect he has rebuilt his home to be an example to other residents to return and help rebuild the 9th ward. Ilyce wonders if a neighborhood can still survive without its neighbors.
More Questions from NPR Listeners
Hello Ms. Glink, I heard your show on Talk of the Nation and thought you had a lot of interesting things to say. My husband and I are looking at buyin...
NPR Listeners Respond To Today’s Show – Take 2
Here's another question from the show today: What do you know about the Coral Springs, Florida real estate market for sellers? I was in Coral Spring...