6 Reasons Not to Skip a Home Inspection
As a home buyer, your goal is to find the best ideal home that suits your needs and style. You’ll be looking at numerous properties and you will ultimately find yourself making an offer on a house that you really want. It fits your budget and checks all of the most important boxes on your […]
How Do Mortgage Rates Affect Home Buyers and Sellers?
If you are planning to buy or sell a home (or both) in the near future, it’s always a good idea to keep your eye on mortgage rates. Understand the trends, project potential rate changes and know how they will affect your move. Mortgage interest rates have a significant impact on the real estate market. […]
Real Estate Market Thoughts: Q4 2021
As we finish out the final quarter of 2021, it’s time to take stock of everything that has happened so far this year. It’s also a perfect time to look ahead to the rest of the year and predict what to expect in 2022. Of course, nobody could have predicted the roller coaster we experienced […]
Home Appraisal 101—The Questions You Need to Ask
If you are buying a home with a mortgage loan, a home appraisal will be required by your lender. The appraisal is performed as a way to protect both you and the lender from paying more than the home is worth. The process is there to provide an independent opinion of the market value of the […]
Why it’s Important to Choose the Right Real Estate Professional
As a home buyer or seller, you have many important decisions to make. Perhaps none is more important than choosing to work with a Realtor®—and even more importantly, choosing the right real estate agent to represent you throughout your home purchase or sale! Why to Hire a Realtor® First, let’s talk about why it is […]
State of the Real Estate Market
The real estate data is in for the second quarter of 2021. It was a market like nothing we’d ever quite seen before. The uncertain times of the pandemic reminded people that there’s no more certain investment than real estate, plus there was a unique combination of factors that made the market extremely fast-paced. Unique […]
I Am a Move-Up Buyer. What Should I Do in This Seller’s Market?
They say there are two sides to every story, and there are always two sides to every real estate transaction. There is a buyer and a seller. In most cases, people are both buyers and sellers simultaneously. You are selling one home and using that equity toward the purchase of a new one. Whether you […]
The Market is Too Competitive. Should I Wait to Move?
It’s true that we’re in a very hectic real estate market right now. There aren’t enough houses for sale. Meanwhile, buyer demand continues to soar because of low mortgage interest rates and other factors stemming from the crazy COVID-19 economy. Because the market is so competitive, many buyers and sellers are choosing to wait it […]
What Does an Economy with Inflation Mean?
We’ve been talking to many clients about inflation lately. They keep hearing about it on the news. It’s surprising how few—especially those under the age of 50—really know what inflation is and what it means to be in an inflated economy. More specifically, we like to help educate home buyers and homeowners about the effects […]
Real Estate After Vaccination—What to Expect
It’s great to know that COVID-19 vaccines are readily available for just about every adult in the United States by now. We got our vaccination shots and that gives us a little more confidence in getting our lives and business somewhat back to normal after a very strange 2020. It may be the literal and […]