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Wired Home

Imagine driving up to your house after a long day of work. The garage door opens without touching a button. The front door unlocks – no need to fumble around for your keys – and the lights flip on. Your TV tunes to your favorite channel before you even take off your coat. Is this […]

05 / 07 / 13

Walter Cronkite tours a home of the 'future.'

The Future Is Now

Editors’ note: Geneva Ives is the marketing writer for Point2, a leading provider of online marketing solutions for real estate professionals, including custom websites, syndication tools and prospecting utilities. She will be contributing technology-oriented real estate interest posts to The Balance Sheet. It’s no secret that the team at Point2 is a little home obsessed. […]

03 / 12 / 13

downsizing homes trend

The Shrinking House

For Ryan Mitchell, the attraction of small-sized living hit home after a layoff. Despite an advanced degree and strong performance reviews, the Charlotte, N.C. man lost his job as a corporate recruiting consultant in 2008 due to the economic downturn, learning abruptly that “a job isn’t always a guaranteed thing, even if you’re a hard […]

09 / 27 / 12

A Truly Tiny Apartment

Take an average sized apartment  and reduce it by 90 percent. Could you live there? With all the buzz in the news lately about micro-sized apartment living – particularly in markets like New York and San Francisco, where space is limited and renters will pay top dollar for even a closet-sized space to call home […]

08 / 22 / 12

Size Matters

Imagine you’re on a game show – call it Real Estate Jeopardy – and have just been awarded a brand new home. The two prizes are behind unmarked doors – all you have to do is choose. (Drum roll please.) Behind door No. 1, you’ll find: A mansion modeled on the French Palace of Versailles. […]

07 / 23 / 12

America’s Changing Face

America today is a veritable melting pot of demographic trends. The first Baby Boomers have arrived at senior citizen status. The population’s balance is shifting, with the historical white majority on its way to becoming the minority, while certain minorities are on their way to becoming the majority through a combination of organic growth and […]

06 / 06 / 12