For Buyers

March 15, 2022

Don’t Get Caught Off Guard by Closing Costs?

 

Don’t Get Caught Off Guard by Closing Costs
As a homebuyer, it’s important to plan and budget for the expenses you’ll encounter when you purchase a home. While most people understand the need to save for a down payment, a recent survey found 41% of homebuyers were surprised by their closing costs. Here’s some information …
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March 11, 2022

Key Terms for Homebuyers [INFOGRAPHIC]?

 

Key Terms for Homebuyers [INFOGRAPHIC] | Keeping Current Matters

Some Highlights

  • Knowing key housing terms and how they relate to today’s market is important. For example, when mortgage rates and home prices rise, it impacts how much home you can afford.
  • Terms like appraisal (what lenders rely on to validate a home’s …
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March 10, 2022

How To Navigate a Market Where Multiple Offers Is the New Normal?

 

How To Navigate a Market Where Multiple Offers Is the New Normal

If you’re thinking of buying a home today, you already know that the number of homes available for sale is low. But what does that really mean for you? As a buyer, low housing supply coupled with high buyer demand means you should be prepared to …

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March 9, 2022

Key Factors That Impact Affordability Today?

Key Factors That Impact Affordability TodayYou can’t read an article about residential real estate without the author mentioning the affordability challenges that today’s buyers face. There’s no doubt homes are less affordable today than they were over the last two years, but that doesn’t mean homes are now unaffordable.

There are three measures …

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March 8, 2022

How Global Uncertainty Is Impacting Mortgage Rates?

 

How Global Uncertainty Is Impacting Mortgage Rates

If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home, you’ll want to keep a pulse on what’s happening with mortgage rates. Rates have been climbing in recent months, especially since January of this year. And just a few weeks ago, …

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March 3, 2022

Are Home Prices Continuing To Rise??

 

Are Home Prices Continuing To Rise?

Many analysts projected home price appreciation would slow dramatically in the fall of 2021 and then continue to soften throughout 2022. So far, that hasn’t happened. The major price indices are all revealing ongoing double-digit price appreciation. Here’s a look at their reports on year-over-year …

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Feb. 28, 2022

Millennials: Do You Need a Home with More Space??

 

Millennials: Do You Need a Home with More Space?

If you’re a millennial, homebuying might be top of mind for you. Your generation is the largest group of homebuyers in the market today and has been since 2014, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). And while other millennials are looking to buy for …

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Feb. 22, 2022

The Perks of Owning More Than One Home?

 

The Perks of Owning More Than One Home

Many things have changed over the past couple of years, and real estate is no exception. One impact is an increased desire to own more than one home. According to the recent Luxury Market Report from Luxury Home Marketing:

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Feb. 17, 2022

4 Simple Graphs Showing Why This Is Not a Housing Bubble?

 

4 Simple Graphs Showing Why This Is Not a Housing Bubblerecent survey revealed that many consumers believe there’s a housing bubble beginning to form. That feeling is understandable, as year-over-year home price appreciation is still in the double digits. However, this market is very different than it was during the housing crash 15 years ago. Here are …
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Feb. 16, 2022

More People Are Planning To Buy a Home Soon?

 

More People Are Planning To Buy a Home Soon

While some homeowners may be tempted to hold off until spring to list their houses, you should know – homebuyers aren’t waiting. Demand is high today as more people are trying to beat rising mortgage rates. As a result, …

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