How To Get The Most Money When Selling Your House

By |2016-02-29T11:00:19-07:00February 29th, 2016|Categories: For Sellers, FSBO's, Pricing, Real Estate|

Every homeowner wants to make sure they maximize their financial reward when selling their home. But how do you guarantee that you receive maximum value for your house? Here are two keys to ensuring you get the highest price possible. 1. Price it a LITTLE LOW This may seem counterintuitive. However, let’s look at this [...]

Existing Home Sales Inch Up In January [INFOGRAPHIC]

By |2016-02-26T11:00:39-07:00February 26th, 2016|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Infographics, Real Estate|

Some Highlights: Existing Home Sales rose to an annual rate of 5.47 million, representing an 11% increase year-over-year. Inventory levels remain below the 6-month supply needed for a normal market at a 4.0-month supply. Lawrence Yun, NAR's Chief Economist, warns: "The spring buying season is right around the corner and current supply levels aren't even [...]

Low Inventory Causes Home Prices to Accelerate

By |2020-05-15T13:37:17-07:00February 25th, 2016|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Pricing, Real Estate|

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their latest Quarterly Metro Home Price report earlier this month. The report revealed that home prices are not only continuing to rise but that the increases are accelerating. Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist at NAR, discussed the impact of low inventory on buyers in the report: "Without a significant [...]

Mortgage Rates Again at Historic Lows

By |2016-02-24T11:00:58-07:00February 24th, 2016|Categories: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Move-Up Buyers, Real Estate|

Just two weeks ago, we posted an article discussing where mortgage interest rates may be heading over the next twelve months. We quoted projections from Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, the Mortgage Bankers’ Association and the National Association of Realtors. Each predicted that rates would begin to rise slowly and steadily throughout 2016. However, shaky economic [...]

Thinking of Buying A Home? What Are You Waiting For?

By |2016-02-23T11:00:10-07:00February 23rd, 2016|Categories: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Interest Rates, Move-Up Buyers, Pricing, Real Estate|

With spring right around the corner, you may be wondering if you should wait to enter the housing market. Here are four great reasons to consider buying a home today instead of waiting. Prices Will Continue to Rise CoreLogic’s latest Home Price Index reports that home prices have appreciated by 6.3% over the last 12 [...]

Future Home Values: Where Do The Experts Think They Are Headed?

By |2016-02-22T11:00:43-07:00February 22nd, 2016|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Pricing, Real Estate|

Today, many real estate conversations center on housing prices and where they may be headed. That is why we like the Home Price Expectation Survey. Every quarter, Pulsenomics surveys a nationwide panel of over one hundred economists, real estate experts and investment & market strategists about where they believe prices are headed over the next [...]

How To Create Real Family Wealth [INFOGRAPHIC]

By |2016-02-19T11:00:03-07:00February 19th, 2016|Categories: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Infographics, Move-Up Buyers, Real Estate|

Some Highlights: Buying a home is often the biggest financial decision that any family will make. The average net worth of a homeowner is 45x greater than that of a renter. Homeownership puts your housing costs to work for you. Infographic was created in cooperation with Jensen & Co. Powered by WPeMatico

Are the Kids Finally Moving Out?

By |2020-05-15T13:37:17-07:00February 18th, 2016|Categories: First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Housing Market Updates, Millennials, Real Estate|

During the recession, many young adults graduating from college were forced to move back in with their parents. This caused new household formations to drop dramatically from the long term average of 1.2 million formations annually to half that number. However, this may be the year this turns back around. According to the Urban Land [...]

Homeownership Finally Makes Political Debate

By |2016-02-17T11:00:17-07:00February 17th, 2016|Categories: For Buyers, Real Estate|

This is not a political post! Finally, the issue of homeownership has become a platform talking point in this year’s presidential debate. Yesterday, one of the candidates running for President spoke out about the importance of homeownership in America. Hillary Clinton detailed a new economic agenda yesterday. In announcing her new agenda, she remarked: “Homeownership [...]

Play Chess… Not Checkers

By |2016-02-16T11:00:49-07:00February 16th, 2016|Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Real Estate|

Checkers is a simple game with a simple objective; eliminate the other player’s pieces. Even the process of doing so is simple, jump the other player’s pieces and start a collection. There is very little thought as to a defensive strategy and it is often more reactive than strategic. Even though the objective of Chess [...]