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Popular for their creative designs, small environmental footprint, and innovative use of space, tiny homes are all the rage these days. However, is living in a 100-400 square foot house right for you? To prove the answer is “no” here are 47 reasons why buying a tiny house is a terrible idea… If you’re downsizing into a tiny house, you’re...
If you ever stepped into a shed and thought, “I’d like to live here,” then a tiny home might be right for you. What the upsides of living in a tiny home? Estately compiled a list of 26 things that are great about living in a tiny home. With a tiny home, you can make a sandwich and take a...
Bay Area homebuyers definitely long for the home prices of previous decades, but did you know that the decade a house was built can be a good predictor of how much a house will cost? Here at Estately we looked at Bay Area home sales from the past year to determine the median sale price for houses in San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose for every...
March Madness might be over for basketball, but the Seattle-area housing market is still getting warmed up as we enter the spring home buying season. It’s no surprise that Seattle is a hot real estate market (#thanksamazon), and this year it appears the bidding war craze is spreading eastward, with towns like Redmond, Issaquah, and Bellevue topping the March Bidding War Madness list. Seattle-Area...
According to Glassdoor, the average annual base salary for a Google software engineer is $126,787—more than four times the median personal income across the rest of the country. However, when it comes to buying a home that salary’s buying potential can vary widely depending on which Google office one lives near. Estately measured February home sale data within two miles of Google’s...
Bay Area home buyers know firsthand the horrors of trying to buy a home in a hot market. Listed home prices are usually just a jumping-off point, and buyers often find themselves competing against numerous other buyers offering far more than the list price. Here at Estately, we were curious to see how common bidding wars are in cities across the country....