Amy Myers's (amysmyers) Blog

Rates are lower this week. You should be excited about getting that new home or upgrading. This is one of the best opportunities for buyers. Remember you have until November 30th to take advantage of the First-Time home buyer tax credit. There are a lot of cute houses out there. Feel free to cont...

First time home buyers often need to absorb a lot of information quickly when they first start their home search. One thing you will need to have ready, as I have mentioned before, is a pre-approval for a mortgage loan. This will help you be ready quickly if you are ready to make an offer. Once y...

Did you know that buyers are motivated buy a home based on emotion? So the important thing for a seller to do is to do their best in making it feel that way. I have heard in the past from contractors that bathrooms and kitchens are key points that make people want to buy a specific home. The kitc...

There are so many great reason to buy. Mortgage rates were at a historic low already this year and are still great. There is also the first-time home buyer credit and a large amount of inventory. With all the incentives, you won't want to pass this point in time without buying that home. Check ou...

Smell is the first thing that buyers will complain about when Looking at home. Dog smell, pet odors and odd cooking aromas or some the main reasons that they will turn around and leave. The home owner tends to not be always aware of the smell because when they are living around it daily. Often ti...

There are a lot of great reason to own a home - such as tax incentives, investment reasons, building worth, having a stable monthly payment (if your interest rate is fixed). You can remodel and decorate how you choose and be a long term part of a neighborhood community. Best of all you have somet...

When dealing with first time home buyers, I often have many questions asked of me. It is a good thing for a buyer to ask a lot of questions because buying a home is a major life's decision. You will see from the list below it is important to shop around, find a good agent, and be ready to make an...

Great News! The National Association of Realtor's (NAR) says that homes are more affordable than ever. "NAR’s Housing Affordability Index rose 13.6 percentage points in January to 166.8, a new record high.2 The HAI, a broad index of affordability using consistent values and assumptions over time,...

Many times homebuyers will not even go inside a home (no matter how gorgeous it is on the inside) if a home does not look good on the outside. Curb appeal is very important when putting a home on the market for sale. If you do not invest on the outside, buyers think you don't invest on the inside...

This is definitely a buyers market. There is still a lot of inventory, prices are low and interest rates are low. Take advantage of this point in time and get in the market. The market is picking up and activity is increasing. The following is from ReatlyTimes.com article: "We are seeing a conflu...