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Wednesday, October 29, 2025 11:19 AM EDT
By Eniola Longe
SOUTH BEND, Ind. - South Bend's real estate market is getting a high-tech boost. Local firms are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to speed up transactions, train agents and connect buyers with homes—tools that are helping the region not just move property but also attract and retain workers.
At real estate firm Cressy & Everett, co...

If you're in the housing market as a seller, you should know what features buyers are looking for in a new home. Our real estate agents are accustomed to selling homes in the South Bend area and know a thing or two about what buyers really want. Chief among them is energy efficiency, but does your home deserve that label?
Maybe you've lived in your home for a few years, or perhaps you've been there for decades. In either case, the chances are you've grown accustomed to paying your energy bills at roughly the same clip year after year; however, like most of us, shopping around for better rates or, better yet, improving the energy efficiency of our homes isn't on our radar.

If your home will soon be listed among South Bend homes for sale, you've probably already been busy updating its interior to make it appealing to home buyers. While making the interior of your home shine is certainly essential, your home's exterior needs some attention too, and overlooking it can be an expensive mistake. Getting your home sold quickly and at the right price means presenting a complete package to potential buyers, a home that is attractive and functional inside and out. So what can you do to make your home's exterior more appealing to buyers? Here are the 5 exterior features buyers want:

When temperatures start soaring in the Midwest, something else tends to increase too: the number at the bottom of local energy bills. Keeping your home cool and comfortable all summer can be very energy-intensive, especially during heat waves drought-filled days. In fact, the U.S. Department of Energy warns that summer AC costs, like wintertime heating costs, could make up as much as 45 percent of your total monthly utility costs. But did you know that some of these increases aren't actually inevitable?
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