Expert Advice: 3 Benefits to Owning a Home

Slaying the Largest Homebuying Myths Today

Expand Your Homebuying Options With a Fixer-Upper Mortgage

It’s the lament of first-time homebuyers in just about every housing market: There aren’t enough entry-level homes available that are move-in ready. One solution is to broaden the search to fixer-uppers. With a renovation mortgage, you can get one home loan that combines the [...]

Is Student Loan Debt A Threat to Homeownership? No!

Some Highlights:

• Existing home sales are currently at an annual pace of 5.32 million and have increased on a monthly basis for the last two months.
• The inventory of existing homes for sale remains below the 6-months needed for a normal market and is now at a roughly 5-month supply in most of the Englewood area.
• Inventory remains low due to demand from buyers who are still looking for houses to
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Know What You Want vs What You Need When Looking For A New Home. In this day and age of being able to shop for anything anywhere, it is very 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, you’ve probably come up with a list of [...]

Why Have Interest Rates Jumped to a 7-Year High?

Interest rates for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage have climbed from 3.95% in the first week of January up to 4.61% last week, which marks a 7-year high according to Freddie Mac. The current pace of acceleration has been fueled by many factors. Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s Chief Economist, had this to [...]

What Impact Will The New Tax Code Have On Home Values? Every month, CoreLogic releases its Home Price Insights Report. In that report, they forecast where they believe residential real estate prices will be in twelve months. Below is a map, broken down by state, reflecting how home values are forecasted to change by the end of 2018 [...]

You first step in the home buying process should be to get pre-approved In our market, the number of buyers searching for their dream homes greatly outnumbers the number of homes for sale. This has led to a competitive marketplace where buyers often need to stand out. One way to show you are serious about buying your dream home is to get [...]

According to Black Knight Financial Service’s Mortgage Monitor Report, 1.5 million Americans have purchased a home with down payments under than 10% over the last 12 months. This is great news for buyers as this marks a 7-year high. Many mortgage programs offered by agencies [...]