Posts Tagged ‘First Time Homebuyers’
Buy A House Without Going House Poor
How much house can you really afford? Is it the amount the bank tells you when preapproving your loan? That's what most people go by, oftentimes spending up to their max approval amount to get as much house as possible - or to be able to afford...
Dallas Housing Market On Pace for Another Record Year
Dive Brief: Sales of existing single-family homes in Dallas–Fort Worth, TX, during Q1 were on pace to equal or surpass 2016's figures, according to the Dallas Business Journal, making it another record year. Prices for those propertie...
Home-Seller Confidence Blooms this Spring
The strong March housing market was followed by a significant boost in home-seller confidence this April. In its latest Home-Seller Sentiment Survey, Redfin surveyed nearly 900 homeowners, about 20 percent of whom either said their home was cu...
What Home Buyers Want—and How to Give It to Them
Think bigger is better? Well, most of today's home shoppers don't. The homes that are in most demand by buyers in a hypercompetitive real estate environme...
Texas Homebuyers Broaden in Diversity
A new Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report released today by the Texas Association of Realtors revealed growing diversity in the household composition and ethnicity of Texas homeowners as well as...
Here’s What It Typically Takes to Lock in a Home Purchase in Texas
Texas’ housing market is as hot as the state’s scorching summer heat, as the market reaches new peaks in sales and home prices, seemingly to endless heights and unending demand. A new report from the Texas Association of Mortgage Bankers...
Find Extra Money for a Down Payment
In order to buy a home, you need to have a balance of good credit, manageable debt, stable income, and sufficient savings. Maintaining a balance between these four categories is challenging enough on its own, never mind coming up with enough ca...
Why Do Home Buyers Wait For Spring?
By PJ Wade Why do they wait until the competition ramps up and all the other buyers are ready to buy? Why do buyers wait for the "hot" spring market with its price increases and multiple offers? Some buyers delay because they are doing ...
