IMPORTANT Mortgage Update
CAUSE AND EFFECT SYNDROME📉 New Jobless Claims: Initial claims unexpectedly fell, while continuing claims reached a 3-year high due to storms and the Boeing strike.🔗 Effect: Labor market shifts could lower long-term yields, potentially easing mortgage rates if job growth slows.🏠...
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What if… I told you a secret(s) about selling your home?
In fact, I'll share more than one secret! 🤫✨ Even in a seller's market, selling a home involves more than just putting up a 'For Sale' sign. 🏡✨ Here's why: you can't know what you don't know! So, if you're thinking about selling, remember these realtor secrets: 📸 Hire a pro...
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MARCH HOMEOWNER’S MAINTENANCE
It’s your monthly list of to-dos to keep homes in tip-top shape! March is here, and it's time to give your home a little TLC! ...
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Do You Know About Biophilic Design In Homes?
It is an approach to architecture that seeks to connect building occupants more closely to nature. Biophilic designed buildings incorporate things like natural lighting and ventilation, natural landscape features and other elements for creating a more productive and healthy built environment...
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What should you expect to see in the 2024 housing market?
Lower Mortgage RatesMore ChoicesHome Prices Stabilizing🌟 Ready for a 2024 Real Estate Update?📈 If you're thinking about buying or selling a home, it's time to get excited! Despite 2023's challenges with higher mortgage rates and limited homes on the market, we're entering a promising new...
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2023 Real Estate Market Outlook (And What It Means for You)
Last year, one factor drove the real estate market more than any other: rising mortgage rates.In March 2022, the Federal Reserve began a series of interest rate hikes in an effort to...
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Home for the Holidays: How To Stretch Your Budget in a Season of Inflation
You don't have to break the bank to celebrate the holidays in style—even in this season of inflation. Prices may be higher on everything from food to gifts to decorations, but there are still plenty of opportunities to eke out extra savings.For example, according to the U.S. Environmental...
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7 Tips to Maximize Your Home’s Sale Price
Over the past few years, a real estate buying frenzy bid up home prices to eye-popping amounts. However, as mortgage rates have risen, buyer demand has cooled. 1 Consequently, home sellers who enter the market today may need to reset their expectations.The reality is, it’s no longer enough to...
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Buy Now or Rent Longer? 5 Questions to Answer Before Purchasing Your First Home
Deciding whether to jump into the housing market or rent instead is rarely an easy decision – especially if you’re a first-time homebuyer. But in today’s whirlwind market, you may find it particularly challenging to pinpoint the best time to start exploring homeownership. ...
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8 Strategies to Secure a Lower Mortgage Rate
Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride this year, rising and falling amid inflationary pressures and economic uncertainty. And even the experts are divided when it comes to predicting where rates are headed next.1This climate has been unsettling for some homebuyers and sellers....
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