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How To List Your Home for the Best Price

For Sellers· Housing Market Updates· Move-Up Buyers· Pricing

12 Feb

If your plan for 2019 includes selling your home, you will want to pay attention to where experts believe home values are headed. According to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic, home prices increased by 4.7% over the course of 2018. The map below shows the results of the latest index by ... Read More about How To List Your Home for the Best Price

Thinking of Selling Your House? This is a Perfect Time!

For Sellers· Move-Up Buyers

11 Feb

It is common knowledge that a great number of homes sell during the spring buying season. For that reason, many homeowners hold off putting their homes on the market until then. The question is whether or not that is a good strategy this year. The other listings that come out in the spring will ... Read More about Thinking of Selling Your House? This is a Perfect Time!

5 Reasons to Love Hiring A Real Estate Pro [INFOGRAPHIC]

First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· For Sellers· Infographics· Move-Up Buyers

8 Feb

Highlights: Hiring a real estate professional to guide you through the process of buying a home or selling your house can be one of the best decisions you make! They are there for you to help with contracts, explaining the process, negotiations, and pricing (both when making an offer or setting ... Read More about 5 Reasons to Love Hiring A Real Estate Pro [INFOGRAPHIC]

How to Get a Better Perspective on Affordability

Buying Myths· First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· For Sellers· Move-Up Buyers· Pricing

7 Feb

Headlines spotlight the fact that buying a home is less affordable today than it was at any other time in more than a decade. Those headlines are accurate. Understandably, buying a home is more expensive now than immediately following one of the worst housing crashes in American history. Over the ... Read More about How to Get a Better Perspective on Affordability

The KonMari Method: Helping You Prep Your House For Sale

For Sellers· Move-Up Buyers

6 Feb

One of the biggest challenges sellers face when listing their house is decluttering. Cleaning out some of the more personal decorating choices allows buyers to imagine themselves living in the house. Those planning to sell soon are in luck! Marie Kondo, the inventor of the KonMari Method of ... Read More about The KonMari Method: Helping You Prep Your House For Sale

One More Time… You Do Not Need 20% Down to Buy a Home

Buying Myths· Down Payments· First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· For Sellers· Move-Up Buyers

5 Feb

The largest obstacle renters face when planning to buy a home is saving for a down payment. This challenge is amplified by rising rents, which has eaten into the amount of money renters have leftover for savings each month after paying expenses. In combination with higher rents, survey after ... Read More about One More Time… You Do Not Need 20% Down to Buy a Home

Whose Mortgage Do You Want to Pay? Yours or Your Landlord’s?

First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· Move-Up Buyers· Rent vs. Buy

4 Feb

There are some people who haven’t purchased homes because they are uncomfortable taking on the obligation of a mortgage. However, everyone should realize that unless you are living with your parents rent-free, you are paying a mortgage – either yours or your landlord’s. As Entrepreneur Magazine, a ... Read More about Whose Mortgage Do You Want to Pay? Yours or Your Landlord’s?

5 Reasons Homeowners Throw the Best Super Bowl Parties! [INFOGRAPHIC]

First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· For Sellers· Infographics· Move-Up Buyers

1 Feb

Highlights: Watching the big game at home with your friends & family offers many advantages. There’s more room to entertain a large crowd, and you don’t have to worry about complaints to your landlord if you cheer too loudly! The kitchen is big enough to make as many appetizers as you ... Read More about 5 Reasons Homeowners Throw the Best Super Bowl Parties! [INFOGRAPHIC]

Do You Know How Much Your Home Has Increased in Value?

For Buyers· For Sellers· Move-Up Buyers· Pricing

31 Jan

Last year we saw headlines about a possible housing market bubble, and many wondered if Americans still felt confident about the value of their homes. Recently, the 2018 Houzz & Home Study revealed: “Homeowners with mortgages have seen their home equity more than double since 2011, increasing to ... Read More about Do You Know How Much Your Home Has Increased in Value?

4 Proven Ways Real Estate Can Build Sizable Family Wealth

First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· For Sellers· Move-Up Buyers

30 Jan

Recently, David Greene, co-host of the BiggerPockets podcast and a nationally renowned author and speaker, wrote an article in Forbes explaining how investing in real estate could help build wealth. Many of the points he made also apply to a family owning their own home. Here are a few: 1. ... Read More about 4 Proven Ways Real Estate Can Build Sizable Family Wealth

Is Student Loan Debt A Threat to Homeownership? No!

First Time Home Buyers· For Buyers· Millennials

29 Jan

Over the course of the last thirty years, a shift has happened. An entire generation has been raised to believe that a college education is their key to unlocking opportunities that were not available to their parent’s or grandparent’s generations. Due to this, student loan debt has soared to $1.5 ... Read More about Is Student Loan Debt A Threat to Homeownership? No!