Start These Habits Now If You Want to Buy a Home Next Year
Even if you’re months away from hiring an agent and touring homes, there are things you need to do now to make your dream of buying a home happen. After all, this is a huge purchase and it requires some…
Strategizing In a Changing Market
You may have heard in the news that our real estate market is changing. First and foremost I want to assure you that the sky is not falling. Our national market has been in an unhealthy inventory-starved state for the…
Thinking of Investing in Real Estate?
We’ve partnered up with a cutting edge investment software company. With this software we can provide cash flow analysis & create reports that narrow down your search to the properties that are the best investment. Here is a sample of…
Top 3 Myths About the Housing Market Today
This is a great article from Keeping Current Matters. I especially found #2 interesting as I lumped the two together as well- that a recession will lead to a housing market crash or at least a steep decline. I hope…
Remodeling? What’s the Best Return On Investment Projects?
IS NOW THE TIME TO UPGRADE TO A BIGGER OR BETTER HOME?
Perhaps you’ve been thinking about “moving up”. Although your current home has served you well, you know that you could use some more space, a different area, or better functionality. The problem is that the real estate market in our…
4 Reasons Why Today’s Housing Market is NOT 2006 All Over Again
With home prices rising again this year, some are concerned that we may be repeating the 2006 housing bubble that caused families so much pain when it collapsed. Today’s market is quite different than the bubble market of twelve years…
Want to Get Your Offer Accepted? Think Like a Seller!
In a seller’s market where inventory is low, multiple offers are the norm. To help my buyers win in multiple-offer scenarios, I coach them to “think like a seller” in order to get their offers accepted. That means getting creative…
Re/Max acquires real estate tech startup booj
ReMax is getting another kind of upgrade. Cutting-edge technology for mobile device & website home searches for buyer’s searches and additional tools for the ReMax agents thanks to the acquisition of BOOJ! This news is followed by a whole rebranding…
What Impact Will the New Tax Code Have on Home Values?
Every month, CoreLogic releases its Home Price Insights Report. In that report, they forecast where they believe residential real estate prices will be in twelve months. Below is a map, broken down by state, reflecting how home values are forecasted to…
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