Equity Is a Game Changer for Homeowners Looking To Sell

If you’re a homeowner, you might be torn on whether or not to sell your house right now. Maybe that’s because you don’t want to take on a higher mortgage rate on your next home. If that’s your biggest hurdle, understanding how your equity is a game changer for homeowners looking to sell may be exactly what you need to […]
The True Cost of Selling Your House on Your Own

Selling your house is no simple task. While some homeowners opt to sell their homes on their own, known as a FSBO (For Sale by Owner), they often encounter various challenges without the guidance of a real estate agent. If you’re currently considering selling your house without a Realtor, here’s what you should know about […]
The Best Time To Sell Your House Is When Others Aren’t Selling

In an earlier blog, we discussed what the best season of the year is to sell your house. In light of today’s market, we’re going to amend that a bit by telling you why the best time to sell your house is when others aren’t selling theirs. If you’re thinking about selling your house, you […]
Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here

If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best time to list your house is fast approaching. Experts at realtor.com looked at seasonal trends from recent years (excluding 2020 as an uncharacteristic year due to the onset of the pandemic) and determined the ideal week to list a house this year: […]
Spring into Action: Boosting Your Home’s Curb Appeal with Expert Guidance

To sell your house this spring, it may need more preparation than it would have a year or two ago. Today’s housing market has a different feel. There are more houses for sale than there were at this time last year, but inventory is still historically low. So, if a house has been sitting on […]
Where Will You Go If You Sell? You Have Options.

There are plenty of good reasons you might be ready to move. No matter what your motivations are, before you list your current house, you need to consider where will you go if you sell. In today’s market, it makes sense to explore all your options. That includes both homes that have been lived in before […]
Lower Mortgage Rates Are Bringing Buyers Back to the Market

As mortgage rates rose last year, activity in the housing market slowed down. And as a result, homes started seeing fewer offers and staying on the market longer. That meant some homeowners decided to press pause on selling to wait for lower mortgage rates to bring buyers back to the market. Selling in the shifting […]
What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023

The 2022 housing market has been defined by two key things: inflation and rapidly rising mortgage rates. And in many ways, it’s put the market into a reset position. As the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made moves to try to lower inflation, mortgage rates more than doubled – something that’s never happened before in a calendar year. This […]
Ready To Sell? Today’s Housing Supply Gives You Two Opportunities

At first glance, the increase in housing supply compared to last year may not sound like good news for prospective sellers, but it actually gives you two key opportunities in today’s housing market. An article from Calculated Risk helps put the inventory gains the market has seen in 2022 into perspective by comparing it to recent years (see graph below). It […]
What Homeowners Want To Know About Selling in Today’s Market

If you’re thinking about selling your house, you’re likely hearing about the cooling housing market and wondering what that means for you. While it’s not the peak intensity we saw during the pandemic, we’re still in a sellers’ market. That means you haven’t missed your window. Realtor.com explains: “. . . while prospective home sellers may lament […]