{"id":43,"date":"2010-09-03T21:05:11","date_gmt":"2010-09-03T21:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/?p=43"},"modified":"2010-09-14T21:26:57","modified_gmt":"2010-09-14T21:26:57","slug":"top-influences-in-selecting-a-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/?p=43","title":{"rendered":"Top Influences in Selecting a HOME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Special-Logo_8-9-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-44\" title=\"Special Logo_8-9-10\" src=\"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Special-Logo_8-9-10-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 A Richmond, Virginia neighborhood can be every bit as important as the dwelling itself \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at least according those of us polled. The 2009 National Association of REALTORS \u00c2\u00ae Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers Reported the results of a survey of consumers and real estate agents regarding top influential characteristics in selection a home. Considered by <strong>64%<\/strong> of individuals when deciding where to live, quality of neighborhood was one of the most cited factors.<\/p>\n<p>Additional attributes that those surveyed deemed important are:<\/p>\n<p>Convenience of Job: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>50%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Overall affordability of Homes: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>43%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Convenience to family and friends: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>38%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Quality of the school district: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>26%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Convenience to Shopping: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>26%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Neighborhood Design: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>23%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Convenience to Schools: \u00c2\u00a0<strong>21%<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 When searching for the ideal neighborhood, your real estate agent can be a valuable guide. Your agent can help identify a community that you will enjoy being a part of by assessing your needs and matching them to the locations that seem to be best fit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 A Richmond, Virginia neighborhood can be every bit as important as the dwelling itself \u00e2\u20ac\u201c at least according those of us polled. The 2009 National Association of REALTORS \u00c2\u00ae &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/?p=43\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Top Influences in Selecting a HOME<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[6,10,13,9],"class_list":["post-43","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-and-advice","tag-advice","tag-john-vandersyde","tag-local-richmond-virginia-charachter","tag-richmond-virginia-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.annandjohnvandersyde.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}