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Most people do not buy or sell a home every year - or even every few years. Oftentimes, when buying or selling a home, you haven't done so in 5+ or 10+ or even 20+ years…
Yes, I know it's the last day of June -- but it takes a few days after the last day of the month for all of that month's home sales to show up in the MLS. So, until then…
Let's say there's a house that comes on the market for $300K. Every Realtor and buyer that looks at it agrees that it is worth $300K because three identical houses sold…
So, yes... the housing market is still crazy... and the sky is still blue on a sunny day. Speaking of sun... and heat... looks to be a scorcher this week!?! A client…
"How's the real estate market these days? Moving pretty fast, right?" Well, yes and no. It depends on whether you are a seller or a buyer. :-) Indeed, if you are selling…
If you haven't heard -- lumber prices skyrocketed during COVID. The graph above shows only the past 12 months. If we look a bit further back we can get a bit more…
I started working in real estate way 18 years ago, way back in 2003. Between 2003 and 2006 home sales and prices shot up quickly -- and then sales slowed dramatically and…
You're ready to sell your home. Great! We look at comparable sales and decide that your home is likely to sell for $300K in the current market. We debate pricing your…
Some clients asked me this question a few weeks ago... What Would Be A Reasonable Offer To Make On This House? ...and we had a good laugh after we started thinking and…
It used to be pretty common for real estate contracts to be contingent on the property appraising at or above the contract price. If a buyer was to be paying $350K for a…
Mortgage interest rates have been very low for quite a while now. The average 30 year fixed rate fell below 4% just over two years ago -- on May 30, 2019 and has never…
My constant refrain to buyers in this market has been... Go see a house on the first day or two it hits the market, be ready to make an offer that same day, be prepared…
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