Category: Selling your Home
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How Homeownership Is Life Changing for Many Women
Throughout Women’s History Month, we reflect on the impact women have in our lives, and that includes impact on the housing market. In fact, since at least 1981, single women have bought more homes than single men each year, and they make up 17% of all households. Why Is Homeownership So Important to Women? The rise in women pursuing homeownership…
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Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here
If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best week to list your house is fast approaching. Experts at realtor.com looked at seasonal trends from recent years (excluding 2020 as an uncharacteristic year due to the onset of the pandemic) and determined the ideal week to list a house this year: “Home sellers…
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The U.S. Homeownership Rate Is Growing
The desire to own a home is still strong today. In fact, according to the Census, the U.S. homeownership rate is on the rise. To illustrate the increase, the graph below shows the homeownership rate over the last year: That data shows more than half of the U.S. population live in a home they own, and the percentage…
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I would love to move but…
I would love to move but… This is the most common thing our team is hearing in the market right now, which is very different from the norm, how is the market? It’s really interesting talking to people who would like to make a move, but there are a few roadblocks: These roadblocks are not…
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How the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse Affects Real Estate
On March 10, the Silicon Valley Bank, a prominent lender in the start-up ecosystem, collapsed. Today we are going to summarize what happened and discuss how it affects real estate. Silicon Valley Bank is a Silicon Valley-based bank that specializes in funding technology companies. Most of these companies are backed by venture capitalists, and the…
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When is the Next Housing Crash?
As the housing market continues to be a hot topic, many people are wondering whether we are headed towards a housing crash. If you go to Google and type in “when is the…,” the search engine will likely suggest “when is the next housing crash?” as the top search term. While many are concerned about…
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5 Ways We Save Our Clients Money
Saving our clients’ money on a real estate transaction is one of our favorite parts of this job. Here are 5 ways we help our clients save money when buying, selling, or investing in real estate. The borrower pays the lender more money so that they can get a better rate. This is called a…
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‘Real Estate Market Crash’ is googled more than ever
‘The real estate market is crashing‘ has been one of the most searched topics online since the market shifted nearly a year ago. We will discuss the current state of the market to help you decide whether or not the market crashes in the simplest terms possible. The major news has been saying that the…
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Opportunities in the Downsizing Market
Anyone who is looking to downsize is going to benefit from the current real estate market. Let’s talk about the opportunities in the downsizing market and how anyone can benefit from downsizing as well. If you’re looking to downsize, it’s very likely that you’ve lived in your home for a really long time, which means…
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Multiple Offers are Back….. Kinda
Multiple offers are back in the marketplace, but not for every house. Today, we’re going to talk about what we’re seeing in the Southern California market. After, we will compare it to what top agents are experiencing around the world. We’ll talk about two main things today. At the end of last year, there was…