BLOGApril 16, 2024For SellersMortgage RatesSelling Tips 2 min read If you’ve got a move on your mind, you may be wondering whether you should wait to sell until mortgage rates come down before you spring into action. Here’s some information that could help answer that question for you. In the housing market, there’s a longstanding relationship between mortgage rates […]
Myths About the 2024 Housing Market [INFOGRAPHIC]
April 19, 2024InfographicsBuying TipsForecastsSelling Tips Some Highlights When it comes to the current housing market, there are some myths circling around right now. Some of the more common ones are that it’s better to wait for mortgage rates to fall or prices to crash. But there are others about the supply of homes for sale and down payments. Let’s connect […]
Is It Better To Rent Than Buy a Home Right Now?
April 17, 2024For BuyersRent vs. BuyBuying Tips You may have seen reports in the news recently saying it’s more affordable to rent right now than it is to buy a home. And while that may be true in some markets if you just look at typical monthly payments, there’s one thing that the numbers aren’t factoring […]
Don’t Let Your Student Loans Delay Your Homeownership Plans
April 8, 2024For BuyersFirst Time Home Buyers If you have student loans and want to buy a home, you might have questions about how your debt affects your plans. Do you have to wait until you’ve paid off those loans before you can buy your first home? Or is it possible you could still qualify for […]
Boomers Moving Will Be More Like a Gentle Tide Than a Tsunami
April 4, 2024Housing Market UpdatesDemographicsBaby Boomers Have you heard the term “Silver Tsunami” getting tossed around recently? If so, here’s what you really need to know. That phrase refers to the idea that a lot of baby boomers are going to move or downsize all at once. And the fear is that a sudden influx […]
Why Overpricing Your House Can Cost You
April 2, 2024For SellersSelling Myths If you’re trying to sell your house, you may be looking at this spring season as the sweet spot – and you’re not wrong. We’re still in a seller’s market because there are so few homes for sale right now. And historically, this is the time of year when more buyers move, and competition ticks up. That makes this an […]
The Best Week To List Your House Is Almost Here
April 1, 2024For SellersSelling Myths Are you thinking about making a move? If so, now may be the perfect time to start the process. That’s because experts say the best week to list your house is just around the corner. A recent Realtor.com study looked at housing market trends over the past several years (with the exception of 2020, […]
Single Women Are Embracing Homeownership
March 27, 2024For BuyersFirst Time Home BuyersBuying Myths In today’s housing market, more and more single women are becoming homeowners. According to data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), 19% of all homebuyers are single women, while only 10% are single men. If you’re a single woman trying to buy your first home, this should be encouraging. It means other people […]
What’s the Latest with Mortgage Rates?
March 26, 2024 Interest Rates Recent headlines may leave you wondering what’s next for mortgage rates. Maybe you’d previously heard there were going to be cuts this year that would bring rates down. That refers to the Federal Reserve (the Fed) and what they do to their Fed Funds Rate. While cutting, or lowering, the Fed Funds Rate doesn’t directly determine […]
Options for Homeowners to Avoid Foreclosure
March 19, 2024Foreclosures Even with the latest data coming in, the experts agree there’s no chance of a large-scale foreclosure crisis like the one we saw back in 2008. While headlines may be calling attention to a slight uptick in foreclosure filings recently, the bigger picture is that we’re still well below the number we’d see in a more […]