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05 Apr Your Tax Refund and Stimulus Savings May Help You Achieve Homeownership This Year

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If you’re planning to buy a home this year, saving for a down payment is one of the most important steps in the process. One of the best ways to jumpstart your savings is by starting with the help of your tax refund. Using data from...

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02 Apr Buyer Competition Is Good News for Sellers [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Some Highlights With so many buyers looking for homes to purchase and so few houses available today, there’s a substantial increase in bidding wars, and homes are selling fast. According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index Survey from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), on average, houses...

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01 Apr There’s No Reason To Panic Over Today’s Lending Standards

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Today, some are afraid the real estate market is starting to look a lot like it did in 2006, just prior to the housing crash. One of the factors they’re pointing to is the availability of mortgage money. Recent articles about the availability of low...

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31 Mar Is Homeownership Still Considered Part of the American Dream?

Posted at 10:00h in Blog, Buying Myths, Demographics, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Millennials by MarciaMurray 0 Comments

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Since the birth of our nation, homeownership has always been considered a major piece of the American Dream. As Frederick Peters reports in Forbes: “The idea of a place of one’s own drives the American story. We became a nation out of a desire to slip...

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30 Mar How a Change in Mortgage Rate Impacts Your Homebuying Budget

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Mortgage rates are on the rise this year, but they’re still incredibly low compared to the historic average. However, anytime there’s a change in the mortgage rate, it affects what you can afford to borrow when you’re buying a home. As Sam Khater, Chief Economist...

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29 Mar What It Means To Be in a Sellers’ Market

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If you’ve given even a casual thought to selling your house in the near future, this is the time to really think seriously about making a move. Here’s why this season is the ultimate sellers’ market and the optimal time to make sure your house...

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26 Mar 2021 Real Estate Myth Buster [INFOGRAPHIC]

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Some Highlights There are a lot of misconceptions about buying or selling a home today, making it challenging to know exactly how to navigate the current real estate landscape. Here’s a little clarity when it comes to 5 common myths about the 2021 housing market. Let’s connect to...

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25 Mar Buyer & Seller Perks in Today’s Housing Market

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Right now, the housing market is full of outstanding opportunities for both buyers and sellers. Whether you’re thinking of buying your first home, moving up to a bigger one, or selling so you can downsize this spring, there are perks today that are powering big moves for...

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24 Mar Why You Should Think About Listing Prices Like an Auction’s Reserve Price

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For generations, the homebuying process never really changed. The seller would try to estimate the market value of the home and tack on a little extra to give themselves some negotiating room. That figure would become the listing price of the house. Buyers would then...

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23 Mar Should We Fear the Surge in Cash-Out Refinances?

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Freddie Mac recently released their Quarterly Refinance Statistics report which covers refinances through 2020. The report explains that the dollar amount of cash-out refinances was greater in 2020 than in recent years. A cash-out refinance, as defined by Investopia, is: “a mortgage refinancing option in which...

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