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52% Likely to Buy in the Next 5 Years!! Are You?  Thursday August 27th, 2015  First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, For Sellers, Move-Up Buyers   According to the recently released BMO Harris Bank Home Buying Report, 52% of Americans say they are likely to buy a home in the next five years. Americ...

Should I Wait to Put Down a Bigger Down Payment?  Wednesday August 26th, 2015  Down Payments, For Buyers, Interest Rates, Pricing   Some experts are advising that first time and move-up buyers wait until they save up 20% before they move forward with their decision to purchase a home. One of the...

Don’t Get Caught In The Renter’s Trap  Tuesday August 25th, 2015  First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers   There are many benefits to homeownership. One of the top ones is being able to protect yourself from rising rents and lock in your housing cost for the life of your mortgage.   The National Ass...

What You Do Not Need To Hear From Your Listing Agent!  Monday August 24th, 2015  For Sellers   You’ve decided to sell your house. You begin to interview potential real estate agents to help you through the process. You need someone you trust enough to:   Set the market value on possibly the larg...

She Tells Her Grandma That She’s Just Been Cheated On So Grandma Tells Her To Do ThisThis is a good lesson for all of us, no matter what stage of life you’re in. You’ll see what I mean.A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her – her husb...

Home Prices Up in 93% of Measurable Markets [INFOGRAPHIC]  Friday August 21st, 2015  Infographics, Pricing   Some Highlights: The national median home price for Q2 is up 8.2% to $229,400 The income needed to afford the median home in each region is directly impacted by the amount of the down paym...

  “The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn’t matter” — Jim Rohn To be successful in real estate investing, you have to take the right actions. A wrong turn could put you back years and cost you a...

 The percentage of U.S. residents who own their homes is at the lowest point it has been for more than 20 years, according to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau. In the first quarter of 2015, 63.8% of people owned their housing units, down from 64.8% at the start of 2014 (these figures are seas...

64.2% of Millennials Put Down Less than 20%  August 20, 2015  Down Payments, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers   Digital Risk recently polled Millennials about the housing market. Among their findings was the fact that nearly two-thirds of the generation who have recently purchased a home, have...

Real Estate Again Seen as Best Investment  August 19, 2015  For Buyers   We are almost back to ‘pre-housing crash’ home values. The inventories of distressed properties (foreclosures & short sales) are shrinking dramatically. The economy is improving. The job numbers are headed in the right dire...