by Marti Reeder | May 17, 2023 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Selling, Home Value, Pricing a Home
If you’re following the news today, you may feel a bit unsure about what’s happening with home prices and fear whether or not the worst is yet to come. That’s because today’s headlines are painting an unnecessarily negative picture. Contrary to those headlines, home...
by Marti Reeder | Apr 5, 2023 | Home Buying, Interest Rates
Interest rates play a significant role in any homebuyer’s decision-making process, and understandably so. However, there are plenty of other factors that need to be considered when it comes to purchasing a home. Ultimately, the decision to buy a home should be based...
by Marti Reeder | Nov 2, 2022 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Search, Home Selling, Misc.
While higher mortgage rates are creating affordability challenges for homebuyers this year, there is some good news for those people still looking to buy a home. As the market has cooled this year, some of the intensity buyers faced during the peak frenzy of the...
by Marti Reeder | Aug 31, 2022 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Search
One of the top stories in recent real estate headlines was the intensity and frequency of bidding wars. With so many buyers looking to purchase a home and so few of them available for sale, fiercely competitive bidding wars became the norm during the pandemic – and it...
by Marti Reeder | Jul 27, 2022 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Search
Mortgage rates are much higher today than they were at the beginning of the year, and that’s had a clear impact on the housing market. As a result, the market is seeing a shift back toward the range of pre-pandemic levels for buyer demand and home sales. But the...
by Marti Reeder | Mar 25, 2022 | Home Buying, Home Ownership, Home Selling
As the spring housing market kicks off, you likely want to know what you can expect this season when it comes to buying or selling a house. While there are multiple factors causing some uncertainty, including the conflict overseas, rising inflation, and the first rate...