Buying a Home

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8 pages of price drops in our three county area! Right HERE

Homebuyers -

Today, now, this weekend. T̲H̲I̲S̲ I̲S̲ Y̲O̲U̲R̲ T̲I̲M̲E̲!̲

!!Email after email this week with these headlines!!

WHAAAT❗

Price Reduction.
New Price.
Price Adjustment
Price Change.
 New Listing Price.

As a homebuyer, you want to jump ALLLL over this!!! We're experiencing some buyer fatigue + overpriced homes which has resulted in these headlines.

We have slowed a bit.
But...

Here’s how to buy and sell in this market.

How do you buy a home if you have a home to sell as well?

In this situation, there are two main hurdles to jump. The first is finding your new home. The second is making both transactions work once you do find your new home. Jumping both hurdles involves different strategies.

To find your new home, you first have to be clear about what you want. That’s when we real estate agents need to determine how often we see a home like that come to market. Is it every 30 days? Is it twice a year? What kind of house are you looking for? Sometimes we recommend selling first because the market is on...

Today Scott from HomeTeam  joins me to answer key questions about the process.

Today I’m joined by Scott Irmscher, who’s here to answer a few key questions about home inspections. Scott has been involved with thousands of home inspections over the course of his 20 years in the business, so he’s definitely an expert in this area. If you would like to visit his website here it is. 

Why do home inspectors sometimes miss certain items?

Home inspections are visual inspections, and inspectors often don’t see everything. There are...

Here's what today's market is like for move-up buyers.

What’s it like to be a move-up buyer in today’s market? Now, by ‘move-up buyer,’ I don’t necessarily mean that you’re moving up to a bigger house—it could be that you’re moving to a smaller house or what we call ‘right-sizing.’ Essentially, it means that you already own one home and that you’re ready to buy a new one. That can be a challenge in our market. Home prices right now are higher than I’ve ever seen them, and interest rates are low. 

Most of us have to weigh two things in this circumstance:

• How much financial uncertainty are...

Here are my main predictions for what’s coming for our market in 2021.

Looking back at 2020, who would have thought our houses would become this crucial to us? Last year we worked from home, schooled our kids at home, and our houses became the best restaurants (at least for safety reasons). We even learned to cook better! (At least… I tried). 

2020 has also made it clear just how much technology has made buying and selling real estate easier. Between Zoom conferences, video walk-throughs, 3D Matterport home tours, and more, the amount of tech at our fingertips has never been as plentiful. 

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Purchasing a home of their own is the dream of most Americans, and it is important to have the necessary information when they finally are ready to begin searching for the right property. During the search, there will be many questions to consider, but the answers to these five questions are most important to a successful search for the right property.

Finding the best real estate agent to help and guide while searching for a home is essential. The first step will be to contact realtors who are familiar with the area where the prospective buyer wishes to live. During the initial meeting with an agent, the client should not be afraid to ask questions. It is important that the agent is familiar with neighborhoods within the area, the schools, and whether...