In real estate, a good first impression is key. If the outside of a house looks welcoming, more people will want to come in and see it.
Is It Easier To Find a Home To Buy Now?
One of the biggest hurdles buyers have faced over the past few years has been a lack of homes available for sale.
Single Women Are Embracing Homeownership
In today’s housing market, more and more single women are becoming homeowners.
What’s the Latest with Mortgage Rates?
Recent headlines may leave you wondering what’s next for mortgage rates.
What Every Homebuyer Should Know About Closing Costs
Before making the decision to buy a home, it’s important to plan for all the costs you’ll be responsible for.
3 Helpful Tips for First-Time Homebuyers [INFOGRAPHIC]
Trying to buy your first home? If you’re worried about affordability today or the limited number of homes for sale, these tips can help.
What Are Experts Saying About the Spring Housing Market?
If you’re planning to move soon, you might be wondering if there’ll be more homes to choose from, where prices and mortgage rates are headed, and how to navigate today’s market.
Does It Make Sense To Buy a Home Right Now?
Thinking about buying a home?
Homeowners Today Have Options To Avoid Foreclosure
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.
4 Tips To Make Your Strongest Offer on a Home
Are you thinking about buying a home soon?
The Latest Trends in Housing [INFOGRAPHIC]
With the number of new listings going up and average days on market going down, buyers may have more options, but will still want to move fast.
Why Today’s Seller’s Market Is Good for Your Bottom Line
Thinking about selling your house and wondering if now’s a good time to do it?
Finding Your Perfect Home in a Fixer Upper
If you’re trying to buy a home and are having a hard time finding one you can afford, it may be time to consider a fixer-upper.
The Spring Market Is a Sweet Spot if You’re Looking To Sell [INFOGRAPHIC]
Wondering if now’s a good time to sell your house?
The Benefits of Downsizing When You Retire
If you’re taking a look at your expenses as you retire, saving money where you can has a lot of appeal.
Your Home Is a Powerful Investment
Going into 2023, there was a lot of talk about a possible recession that would cause the housing market to crash.
What Mortgage Rate Do You Need To Move?
If you’ve been thinking about buying a home, mortgage rates are probably top of mind for you.
The Key Advantage of Investing in a Home [INFOGRAPHIC]
Trying To Buy a Home? Hang in There.
We’re still in a sellers’ market. And if you’re looking to buy a home, that means you’re likely facing some unique challenges, like difficulty finding a home and volatile mortgage rates. But keep in mind, there are some benefits to being a buyer in today’s market that give you good reason to stick with your search. Here are a few of them.
Long-Term Benefits Outweigh Short-Term Challenges
Owning a home grows your net worth – and since building that wealth takes time, it makes sense to start as soon as you can. If you wait to buy and keep renting, you’ll miss out on those monthly housing payments going toward your home equity. Freddie Mac puts it this way:
Why Aren’t Home Prices Crashing?
There have been a lot of shifts in the housing market recently. Mortgage rates rose dramatically last year, impacting many people’s ability to buy a home. And after several years of rapid price appreciation, home prices finally peaked last summer. These changes led to a rise in headlines saying prices would end up crashing.
Even though we’re no longer seeing the buyer frenzy that drove home values up during the pandemic, prices have been relatively flat at the national level. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), doesn’t expect that to change: