Category: Sellers
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Housing Market Forecast: What’s Ahead for the 2nd Half of 2024
As we move into the second half of 2024, here’s what eperts say you should expect for home prices, mortgage rates, and home sales. Home Prices Are Expected to Climb Moderately Home prices are forecasted to rise at a more normal pace. The graph below shows the best forecasts from seven of the most trusted…
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Home Prices Aren’t Declining, But Headlines Might Make You Think They Are
If you’ve seen the news lately about home sellers slashing prices, it’s a great example of how headlines do more to terrify than clarify. Here’s what’s really happening with prices. The bottom line is home prices are higher than they were a year ago at this time, and they’re expected to keep rising, just at…
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Selling Smart: Why a Real Estate Agent Makes All the Difference
If you are considering selling your house on your own as a “For Sale by Owner” (FSBO), you want to think about if it’s really worth the extra stress. Going this route means shoulderirng a lot of responsibilities by yourself. If you’re not an expert, that opens the door for mistakes to happen and can…
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Your Equity Could Make a Move Possible
Many homeowners looking to sell feel like they are stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. Today’s mortgage rates are higher than what they currently have. That’s making it harder to want to sell and make a move. Maybe you are in the same boat. But what if there was a way…
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Questions You May Have About Selling Your House
There’s no denying mortgage rates are having a big impact on today’s housing market. And that may leave you with some questions about whether it still makes sense to sell your house and make a move. Here are three of the top questions you may be asking and the data that helps answer them. 1.…
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Home Maintenance Costs
Are you worried about Home Maintenance Costs? If one of the main reasons you’re hesitant to buy a home is because you’re worried about the upkeep, here’s some information you may find interesting on both new home construction and existing homes. Newly Built Homes Need Less Upfront Maintenance If you can afford it, you may…
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Home Prices Are Climbing in These Top Cities
Thinking about buying a home or selling your current one to find a better fit? If so, you might be wondering what’s going on with home prices these days. The latest national data from Case-Shiller and the Federal Housing Finance Agency shows they are going up. As you can see, home prices were rising for…
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How Buying or Selling a Home Benefits Your Community
If you’re thinking of buying or selling a house, it’s important to know it doesn’t just impact you – it helps out the local economy and your community, too. Every year, the National Association of Realtors puts out a report that breaks down the financial impact that comes from people buying and selling homes. When…
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What You Really Need to Know About Home Prices
According to recent data from Fannie Mae, almost 1 in 4 people still think home prices are going to come down. If you are one of the people worried about that, here’s what you need to know. A lot of that fear is probably coming from what you’re hearing in the media or reading online.…