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Hope Is on the Horizon for Today’s Housing Shortage

Buying Myths First Time Home Buyers For Buyers Housing Market Updates Move-Up Buyers New Construction June 15, 2021

The major challenge in today’s housing market is that there are more buyers looking to purchase than there are homes available to buy. Simply put, supply can’t keep up with demand. A normal market has a 6-month supply of homes for sale. Anything over that indicates it’s a buyers’ market, ...

The Right Expert Will Guide You Through This Unprecedented Market

For Buyers For Sellers Housing Market Updates June 14, 2021

In a normal market, it’s good to have an experienced guide coaching you through the process of buying or selling a home. That person can advise you on important things like pricing your home correctly or the first steps to take when you’re ready to buy. However, the market we’re ...

Have Your Day in the Sun by Moving Up This Summer [INFOGRAPHIC]

For Buyers For Sellers Infographics Interest Rates Move-Up Buyers Pricing June 11, 2021

Some Highlights Longer days and sunny weather mean summer is upon us, and what better conditions than right now to upgrade to the home of your dreams? If your needs have changed, it’s a great time to upgrade – there’s likely high demand for your current house, and today’s low mortgage rates ...

Why This Is Not Like 2008 Again

For Buyers For Sellers Housing Market Updates June 10, 2021

During the Great Recession, just over a decade ago, the financial systems the world depended on started to collapse. It created a panic that drove some large companies out of business (ex. Lehman Brothers) and many more into bankruptcy. The financial crisis that accompanied the current pandemic caused hardship to certain ...

Home Price Appreciation Is as Simple as Supply and Demand

For Buyers For Sellers Housing Market Updates Pricing June 9, 2021

Home price appreciation continues to accelerate. Today, prices are driven by the simple concept of supply and demand. Pricing of any item is determined by how many items are available compared to how many people want to buy that item. As a result, the strong year-over-year home price appreciation is ...

In Today’s Market, Listing Prices Are Like an Auction’s Reserve Price

Buying Myths For Buyers Pricing June 8, 2021

For generations, the process of buying and selling a home never really changed. A homeowner would try to estimate the market value of their house, then tack on a little extra to give themselves some negotiating room. That figure would become the listing price. Buyers would then try to determine how much ...

Dreaming of a Bigger Home? Why Not Buy It This Year?

For Buyers For Sellers Interest Rates Luxury Market Move-Up Buyers Pricing June 3, 2021

Are you clamoring for extra rooms or a more functional floorplan in your house? Maybe it’s time to make a move. If you’ll be able to work remotely for the long-term or your overall needs have simply changed, it’s a great time to sell your house and move up. Why? ...

What’s Motivating People To Move Right Now?

For Buyers For Sellers Move-Up Buyers June 2, 2021

This year, Americans are moving for a variety of reasons. The health crisis has truly reshaped our lifestyles and our needs. Spending so much more time in our current homes has driven many people to reconsider what homeownership means and what they find most valuable in their living spaces. According to ...

6 Reasons to Celebrate National Homeownership Month

First Time Home Buyers For Buyers Pricing Rent vs. Buy June 1, 2021

Our homes are so much more than the houses we live in. For many, they’ve also become our workplaces, schools for our children, and safe harbors in which we’ve weathered the toughest moments of a global pandemic. Today, 65.6% of Americans call their homes their own, a rate that has ...

How Misunderstandings about Affordability Could Cost You

Buying Myths First Time Home Buyers For Buyers Pricing Rent vs. Buy May 27, 2021

There’s a lot of discussion about affordability as home prices continue to appreciate rapidly. Even though the most recent index on affordability from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) shows homes are more affordable today than the historical average, some still have concerns about whether or not it’s truly affordable ...

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