Posts Tagged ‘Housing Market’

Buying In 2017? 7 Steps You Must Take Now

You can’t just plunk down your credit card to buy a house. Here’s how to prepare for the purchase. If you’re thinking about buying a home in 2017, October to December is the perfect time to “warm up” for the house hunt so y...

What We Learned From the 2016 Home-Buying Season

With vacations over and the holidays coming fast, home buying is beginning to slow down. So, given all of the predictions for 2016, let’s review the better part of the 2016 home-buying season and see what we’ve learned, with an eye towa...

TEXAS SUBURBS AMONG FASTEST GROWING U.S. CITIES

Texas is already big and appears to be getting even bigger by the year. While the largest Texas cities continue to grow at a fast pace, it’s the suburbs...

How to Spark a Bidding War for Your Home

The housing market is on fire! Jonathan Smoke, Realtor.com chief economist, describes it as the strongest real estate market we’ve seen in a decade. Prices are at an all-time high, and still homes are flying off the proverbial shelves. But ...

Housing Had a Great First Half of 2016, but Will It Last?

We had great expectations for the housing market this year—and so far, 2016 has certainly delivered, states Jonathan Smoke of Realtor.com. Looking back at the first half of the year, it’s nothing but good news: Total home sales are up 5...

First-Time Home Buyers Come Out in Force—but Face New Challenges

If there’s one thing that characterizes the residential real estate market for most of the past four years, it’s that the supply of homes fo...

Best Things About Buying A House In The Fall

The summertime real estate season is as hot as the weather, but you might want to postpone your purchase until fall. For the first time in recent history, October surpassed June as the most popular month to get married. And the...