Home Prices

For Buyers, Home Prices, Mortgage Rates, Inventory 3 Things That Are Not Going To Happen in Today's Housing Market Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn There’s a lot of uncertainty right now and that’s leading to some dramatic headlines. And if you’re thinking about buying a home, that can make you feel a little less sure about your decision. A recent...

First-Time Buyers, Inventory, Affordability The 10 Best Markets for First-Time Buyers This Spring Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn For a while, buying your first home hasn’t just felt hard. It may have felt out of reach. Not because you weren’t ready. Not because you weren’t trying. But because every time you ran the numbers, they didn’t...

For Buyers, First-Time Buyers, Rent vs. Buy, Equity Rent or Buy? The Real Tradeoff Most People Don’t Talk About Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn You’ve probably asked yourself lately: Is it even worth trying to buy a home right now? It’s a question a lot of people are asking. With today’s home prices and mortgage rates, renting can feel like the...

For Buyers, First-Time Buyers, Buying Tips Getting a Tax Refund? Here’s How It Can Help You Buy a Home Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn If you’re getting a tax refund this year, here’s something worth thinking about. That money could actually help you get closer to buying a home. It may not be something you’ve factored into your plan yet, but it can...

When your house sits on the market longer than expected, it can get frustrating fast.You start asking: what now? And for a growing number of homeowners, that turns into: should I just rent it instead?While it sounds like a simple backup plan, becoming “accidental landlord” is actually a much bigger decision than most people realize. That’s when someone planned to sell, didn’t get the price or...

Be honest. Have you started looking at homes online yet? If you have, it’s already time to get pre-approved. Because here’s what not enough people know.If buying a home is on your radar – even if it’s more of a someday plan than a right now plan – you don’t want to wait until later on in the process to tackle this step.No matter what you’ve heard, pre-approval isn’t about commitment. It’s...

Spend about 5 minutes online searching for news about the housing market, and odds are you’ll see something pop up about home prices. You may even stumble onto social media influencers saying we’re headed for a crash. Let’s get you the context you need.The truth is prices are going to vary depending on where you live. But they're not crashing.Here’s what you need to know.The Local Perspective:...

There’s a lot of noise out there right now about investors in the housing market.Some headlines make it sound like big Wall Street firms are buying up everything in sight. And if you’re trying to purchase a home yourself, that can make it feel like the odds are stacked against you.But when you take a closer look at the data, a very different picture starts to come into focus.Most Investors Are Just...

While the Spring season consistently offers up some of the best conditions for home sellers, Realtor.com says there’s one window where the stars really seem to align year after year. And it’s coming up fast.Based on their analysis of historical trends, the ideal week to put your house on the market this year is: April 12–18.And here’s why this window stands out as being particularly...

For the past few years, affordability has been what’s stopped a lot of buyers in their tracks. Maybe it stopped you, too.At some point you probably did the math, looked at the monthly payment, and decided to pause your search and wait for things to get better. But here’s something you may have missed while you’ve been sitting on the sidelines.Over the last year, housing affordability has improved in...