Real Estate

Whether you are selling For Sale By Owner (FSBO) or with a Realtor, selling a home has gotten significantly harder than it was over the last few years. While it is not technically a buyer’s market, we almost need to treat it like it is. We need a way to motivate the buyers to like … Read more

When clients start looking for a home, one of the first questions I hear is “how much can I afford”? Or more specifically, “how much will the bank lend me”? Believe it or not, the bank will usually lend you more than you are comfortable with. This is because most loans don’t factor in living … Read more

Not sure if you heard about this. It is a growing trend and starts happening when markets change. Here are the basics: You want to sell your home and a buyer comes in and gives you a down payment of sorts. $5000 or more normally, but there are people trying to do it for nothing … Read more

I know the market feels crazy, and it is always hard to determine when it’s the right time to buy a home. Such a huge investment is hard to be comfortable with. Especially if it’s your first purchase. Take comfort in knowing that this is actually a pretty good time to buy a home. Here … Read more

The prices are not reducing. What the heck is going on? To be fair, they may still, but all the stats show that the homes are still going up in price. You are being “tricked” into thinking prices are going down by the fact that people are still listing homes high, trying to get a … Read more

Enough to compensate for the higher interest rates? Enough to make you want to buy today? How much do they need to drop to be the right number Here’s the truth of it. House prices may (will likely) go down some, but when they do, the higher interest rates will offset it. Just one percent … Read more

Should you accept a contingency offer on your sale? What are the risks and rewards for doing this? What is a contingent offer? Contingencies are part of every transaction, and there are several in every offer. In the article, we will focus on the contingency when the buyer of your home has a home they … Read more

When selling your home, you are going to want to get as many offers as possible. This is obvious, and you hope for multiple offers. You may be thinking, no duh! But something that is missed a lot is the backup offer. A backup offer is an offer that will take place if the first … Read more

Have you been trying to sell your home and potential buyers want YOU to pay their closing costs? How dare they ask for that? Why can’t they pay for their own? After all, you probably did when you bought your home. Here are a couple arguments for and against paying a buyer’s closing costs. Why … Read more

Sellers are feeling the pinch of high interest rates as much as you are. The good news is this can open some opportunities to the buyer to get a better deal. Also, the market is leaning towards a buyers’ market and its not so heavy in the seller’s favor. Here are 3 things you can … Read more