Planning for a comfortable and secure retirement is a priority for many individuals. While traditional investment options like stocks and...

Purchasing a home can feel like an overwhelming project, but the long-term advantages of homeownership make it a smart investment to...

Having a list of talking points prepared before meeting with a real estate agent can be incredibly valuable in guiding the conversation...

As a homeowner, you’ve likely invested a significant amount of time and money into furnishing and decorating your home with items that...

Keeping track of capital improvements to your home can help you avoid taxes later down the road when you sell it. Some homeowners don’t...

An appraisal gap describes the difference between the sales price and the lower amount of the appraisal required by the mortgage being...

Sales in March 2023 were down 2.4% month over month and still down 22.0% year over year according to the NAR Housing Snapshot. The median...

Like opening and closing a faucet increases and decreases the water flow, lowering interest rates increases home sales and raising...

Nobel Prize recipient, Richard Thaler, in his research into seemingly irrational economic behaviors, “found that consumers generally...

A person’s decision to sell their home comes with a lot of other decisions causing an owner to stress or procrastinate. Early in the...

Doing nothing may be a lot more costly than doing something. With rates twice what they were in 2021 and the first half of 2022, many...

Sales in February 2023 were up 14.5% month over month and still down 22.6% year over year according to the NAR Housing Snapshot. The...

The housing market in 2021 and part of 2022 was anything but normal. Mortgage rates were at all time lows and may never reach those...

Like with any professional, there are tools and techniques available to help with particular situations. They might be more popular at...

If you’ve ever been in a Monopoly game after most of the properties have been purchased and developed, it can be a relief to land on Free...

The biggest shock to homebuyers is the soaring mortgage rates of 2022 that doubled in one year resulting in approximately 15 million...

Locking your interest rate protects you from increases due to market conditions. Locking early safeguards your budgeted payment. By...

Sellers, who last year, were not willing to make any concessions, are much more likely to do so this year due to the softening of the...

The TCJA of 2019 dramatically increased the standard deduction so that many homeowners benefit from taking that rather than itemizing...

(Vendors below are not endorsed by inclusion. Buyer must interview and make their own decision.) Common Challenges Not typical for...