Posts Tagged ‘Experience’
What You Need to Know About Buying a Home This Winter
Planning on buying in the off-season? Arm yourself with strategies from the pros. Rainy open houses and icy walkways make shopping for a home in winter less of a thrill than in the busy spring and summer months. But there are some dist...
Texas Home Prices Have Skyrocketed
Four Texas markets, including Dallas-Fort Worth, have had the most home price appreciation in the country during the last decade. Austin, Denver, D-FW, San Antonio and Houston topped home price gains in the new study by Realtor.com. Austi...
It’s One Week to Thanksgiving! 10 Tasks to Tackle Now
1. Go grocery shopping While you might want to wait to buy delicate items like salad greens until the week of Thanksgiving, we’d recommend ge...
3 Tips for Aspiring First-Time Homebuyers
After years of renting, you are more than ready to take the plunge into home ownership. You dream of having a cozy casa to call your own, and you cannot wait to start the house hunting process. While looking for your first home is exciting, ...
Industry advice: Homebuyer Education Benefits Lenders, Homeowners, and the Industry
There's a new way to set homebuyers up for sustainable homeownership. When borrowers who seemed promising don’t qualify, what can lenders do? Many are using homebuyer education to give these borrowers a positive path forward. Homebuyer ...Should You Buy Now or Wait Until Next Year?
Click image to enlarge Some Highlights: The Cost of Waiting to Buy is defined as the additional funds it would take to buy a home if prices & interest rates were to increase over a period of time. Freddie Mac predicts interes...
Benefits Of Buying Or Selling Your Home In The Fall
Seeing fewer for-sale signs now that summer is over? That can be great news for buyers who are looking to score a new home and buyers who want to get rid of their place and buy a new one. If you think you missed the boat on making your move thi...
Upsizing on the Upswing: The Big Decision More Homeowners Are Making
For Rhiannon Kruse, moving to a bigger home was about facing the music. For five years, Kruse and her husband had squeezed themselves into a downtown Seattle high-rise. At 700 square feet, their home meant giving up a dresser to cram clothin...
