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  • Things to Avoid After Applying for a Mortgage

    Congratulations! You’ve found a home to buy and have applied for a mortgage! You're undoubtedly excited about the opportunity to decorate your new home, but before you make any large purchases, move your money around, or make any big-time life... Read More

  • Home Sales Expected to Continue Increasing in 2020

    Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and the Mortgage Bankers Association are all projecting home sales will increase nicely in 2020. Below is a chart depicting the projections of each entity for 2019, as well as for 2020. As we can... Read More

  • Experts Predict A Strong Housing Market For The Rest of 2019

    We’re in the back half of the year, and with a decline in interest rates as well as home price and wage appreciation, many are wondering what the predictions are for the remainder of 2019. Here’s what some of the experts have to... Read More

  • What's the Latest on Interest Rates

    Mortgage rates have fallen by over a full percentage point since Q4 of 2018, settling at near-historic lows. This is big news for buyers looking to get more for their money in the current housing market. According to Freddie... Read More

  • Buying a Home: Do You Know the Lingo

    To confidently point you in the right direction, here is a list of some of the most common terms used in the home-buying process. Appraisal - A professional analysis used to estimate the value of the home. A necessary step in validating the home's... Read More

  • American Confidence in Housing at an All-Time High

    Fannie Mae just released the July edition of their Home Purchase Sentiment Index(HPSI). The HPSI takes information regarding consumers’ confidence in the real estate market from Fannie Mae’s National Housing Survey and condenses it into... Read More

  • How Much Do You Know About Down Payments

    Whether you’ve owned a home before, or you’re ready to jump into homeownership for the first time, there are always a lot of questions swirling around about what is truly required for a down payment, and how to best source down payment... Read More

  • Mid-Year Housing Market Update: Three Things to Know Today.

    Shifting trends and industry-leading research are pointing toward some valuable projections about the status of the housing market for the rest of the year. If you’re thinking of buying or selling, or if you just want to know what experts are... Read More

  • What Experts are Saying About the Current Housing Market

    We’re halfway through the year, and with a decline in interest rates as well as home price and wage appreciation, many are wondering what the experts predict for the second half of 2019. Here’s what some have to say: Danielle Hale,... Read More

  • Before You Look for Your Dream Home: Know What You Want vs. What You Need!

    In this day and age of being able to shop for anything anywhere, it is really important to know what you’re looking for when you start your home search. If you’ve been thinking about buying a home of your own for some time now,... Read More

  • Lower Mortgage Rates Are Heating Home Prices This Summer

    Mortgage rates have been falling since the last week of April and may be reigniting home price appreciation. The lower the rate the more purchasing power buyers have. The median price of homes sold in May rose 3.6% from a year earlier. As mortgage... Read More

  • 3 Things to Know in the Housing Market Today!

    A lot is happening in the world, and it’s having a direct impact on the housing market. The reality is this: some of it is positive and some of it may be negative. Some we just don’t know yet. The following three areas of the housing... Read More

  • The Feeling You Get From Owning Your Home

    We often talk about the financial reasons why buying a home makes sense. But, more often than not, the emotional reasons are the more powerful and compelling ones. No matter what shape or size your living space is, the concept and feeling of home... Read More

  • How Homeownership Delivers Unsurpassed Family Wealth

    There are many financial benefits to homeownership, but probably none more important than its ability to create family wealth. How Housing Matters is a joint project of the Urban Land Institute and the MacArthur Foundation. It is an online resource... Read More

  • Boomerang Buyers: Don't Be Afraid to Buy a Home Again!

    According to CoreLogic, from 2006 to 2014 “there were 7.3 million housing foreclosures and 1.9 million short sales.” The hesitation some Americans feel after experiencing a foreclosure brings to mind the old saying: “Fool me once-... Read More