Category: Pricing

    • How To List Your Home for the Best Price

      If your plan for 2019 includes selling your home, you will want to pay attention to where experts believe home values are headed. According to the latest Home Price Index from CoreLogic, home prices increased by 4.7% over the course of 2018. The map below shows the results of the latest index by state. Real […]
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • How to Get a Better Perspective on Affordability

      Headlines spotlight the fact that buying a home is less affordable today than it was at any other time in more than a decade. Those headlines are accurate. Understandably, buying a home is more expensive now than immediately following one of the worst housing crashes in American history. Over the past decade, the market was […]
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • Do You Know How Much Your Home Has Increased in Value?

      Last year we saw headlines about a possible housing market bubble, and many wondered if Americans still felt confident about the value of their homes. Recently, the 2018 Houzz & Home Study revealed: “Homeowners with mortgages have seen their home equity more than double since 2011, increasing to a record-setting $8.3 trillion in 2017.” The […]
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • What is the Cost of Waiting Until Next Year to Buy? [INFOGRAPHIC]

      Some Highlights:

      • The cost of waiting to buy is defined as the additional funds it would take to buy a home if prices and interest rates were to increase over a period of time.
      • Freddie Mac predicts interest rates to rise to 5.1% by the end of 2019.
      • CoreLogic predicts home prices to appreciate by 4.8% over the next 12 months.
      • If you are ready and willing to buy your dream home, find out if you are able to!
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • Last Chance! Homes are a Bargain Compared to Historic Norms

      A loaf of bread used to be a nickel. A movie ticket was a dime.  Not anymore. Houses were also much less expensive than they are now. Inflation raised the price of all three of those items, along with the price of almost every other item we purchase. The reason we can still afford to […]
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • Selling Your Home? Make Sure the Price is Right!

      If you’ve ever watched “The Price is Right,” you know that the only way to win is to be the one to correctly guess the price of the item you want without going over! That means your guess must be just slightly under the retail price. In today’s shifting real estate market, where more inventory […]
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • Home Prices Up 6.34% Across the Country! [INFOGRAPHIC]

      Some Highlights: The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) recently released their latest Quarterly Home Price Index report. In the report, home prices are compared both regionally and by state. Based on the latest numbers, if you plan on relocating...
      Written by Annette Bohannon

    • Why Has Housing Supply Increased as Sales Have Slowed Down?

      According to the latest Existing Home Sales Report from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the inventory of homes for sale this year compared to last year has increased for the last four months, all while sales of existing homes have slowed compared to last year’s numbers. For over three years leading up to this […]
      Written by Annette Bohannon

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