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Mortgage interest rates, as reported by Freddie Mac, have increased over the last several weeks. Along with Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, the Mortgage Bankers Association and theNational Association of Realtors are all calling for mortgage rates to continue to rise over the next four quarters.This has...

When a homeowner decides to sell their house, they obviously want the best possible price with the least amount of hassles. However, for the vast majority of sellers, the most important result is to actually get the home sold.In order to accomplish all three goals, a seller should realize the imp...

People across the country are beginning to think about what their life will look like next year. It happens every Fall. We ponder whether we should relocate to a different part of the country to find better year-round weather or perhaps move across the state for better job opportunities.Homeowner...

There has been much written about how dramatically home values have increased over the last several years. With the increase in values, comes an increase in the equity each home owning family now has. The Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard Universityrecently reported that, after taking in...

Every year at this time, many homeowners decide to wait until after the holidays to put their home on the market for the first time. Others who already have their home on the market decide to take it off the market until after the holidays. Here are six great reasons not to wait:1. Relocation buy...

Within the next five years, Baby Boomers are projected to have the largest household growth of any other generation during that same time period, according to the Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard. Let’s take a look at why…In a recent Merrill Lynch study, “Home in Retirement: More Freed...

Every Hour in the US Housing Market:  634 Homes Sell 347 Homes Regain Positive Equity Median Home Values Go Up $1.46

According to a joint study released by Google and the National Association of Realtors, 2 of 3 people searching for a prospective real estate professional research them“extensively online prior to working with them". And, that number is probably increasing every day.Are social media channels such...

Many people wonder whether they should hire a real estate professional to assist them in buying their dream home or if they should first try to go it on their own. In today’s market: you need an experienced professional!You Need an Expert Guide if you are Traveling a Dangerous PathThe field of re...

Every three years the Federal Reserve conducts a Survey of Consumer Finances in which they collect data across all economic and social groups. The latest survey, which includes data from 2010-2013, reports that a homeowner’s net worth is 36 times greater than that of a renter ($194,500 vs. $5,400...