You’ve always wanted a place of your own… you are ready to settle down in one spot for a while, have a decent, steady job and pretty good credit. Maybe you’ve been thinking about it for a long, long time and are wondering when is a good time. This year could be the time for […]
New year, new goals, new opportunities. If buying and/or selling a home is on your list this year, it is best to have a professional to help you along the way. A real estate agent’s job is to advise, listen, inform, educate and facilitate, among other things. The end result is to get you where you […]
If you have buying a home on your to-do list for the new year, you’ll be happy to hear that lenders have been easing credit standards and plan to continue to do so. According to Fannie Mae’s fourth quarter 2015 Mortgage Lender Sentiment Survey, 16% of lenders plan on easing standards in order to help […]
Think about buying a home before rates rise any more. It has such an effect on the monthly payment – however – even with small increases expected, these rates are WAY better than people were getting for a very long time. Buyers and move-up sellers still have a tremendous opportunity to lock in a mortgage […]
Economists polled by CoreLogic believe that the economy will continue to grow in 2016, putting the U.S. into the eighth consecutive year of expansion with 2-3% growth, creating downward pressure on unemployment. If such conditions do come to fruition, CoreLogic predicts the following trends in next year’s housing market: 1. Interest rates will gradually move higher […]