Showing posts with label Property. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Property. Show all posts

Friday, July 19, 2013

Real Estate Reality TV Shows: More Realistic Since Bubble

Among the first real estate-themed reality TV shows that launched in the 1990s was House Hunters produced by Pie Town Productions. A lot has changed since then.

"People are much more willing to talk about details that were once considered too intimate like how much they've spent on a home and how much profit they made on the sale of a home," said Jennifer Davidson, a principal at Pie Town, which recently launched Flip or Flop, a real estate-themed reality tv show that began airing this year on HGTV.

The show is about Tarek and Christina, who buy homes and make them over before selling.
"It's doing well in the ratings, because they are a couple not a corporation," Davidson said.

Thursday, July 18, 2013

How to Buy a Home for $15,000

Two years ago, Daryl Sanford bought his three-bedroom house in the Syracuse, N.Y., area for $40,000. Now it’s valued at $72,000.

Jason Denny and Megan Amatrone got a discount of about 25% off the market value when they bought their homes.

And Jim Meyers bought his upstate New York property in 2003 for just $15,000. Now it’s estimated worth is around $107,000.