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2025 Housing Market Forecasts: What To Expect
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2025 Housing Market Forecasts: What To Expect

Understanding 2025 housing market forecasts can help you plan your next move. Whether you're buying or selling, staying informed about these trends will ensure you make the best decision possible. Let’s connect to discuss how these forecasts could impact your plans.

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What's the Impact of Presidential Elections on the Housing Market?
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What's the Impact of Presidential Elections on the Housing Market?

While it’s natural to feel a bit uncertain during an election year, history shows the housing market remains strong and resilient. And this means you don’t have to pause your plans in the meantime. For help navigating the market during this election cycle, let’s connect.

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What Mortgage Rate Are You Waiting For?
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What Mortgage Rate Are You Waiting For?

If you’ve put your moving plans on hold because of higher mortgage rates, think about the number you want to see rates hit that would make you re-enter the market.

Once you have that number in mind, let’s connect so you have someone on your side to let you know when we get there.

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How Growing Inventory Benefits Today's Buyers
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How Growing Inventory Benefits Today's Buyers

While the number of homes for sale varies by local area, nationally we’re up over 36% year-over-year, but still down almost 29% compared to what’s normal. Here’s what that means when you buy: more options for your search, more negotiation power for you, it’s more likely sellers will make select repairs, and more moderate price growth. If you want to talk more about what rising inventory means for you, let’s connect.

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How To Choose a Great Local Real Estate Agent
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How To Choose a Great Local Real Estate Agent

By following these tips, you can pick an agent who’ll provide the support and expertise you need to help make the process as smooth as possible. It’d be an honor to apply for that job. Let’s connect so we can have a conversation and see if we’d be a good fit for working together.

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3 Reasons To Move in Today’s Shifting Market
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3 Reasons To Move in Today’s Shifting Market

The housing market is in a transition. And that gives you 3 key opportunities going into the fall. There are more homes actively for sale. Builders are motivated to sell, so a newly built home may be more achievable than you think. And mortgage rates have come down from their recent peak. If you’re ready and able to buy, you may find the housing market this fall a bit easier to navigate. Let’s connect to get started.

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What Credit Score Do You Really Need To Buy a House?
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What Credit Score Do You Really Need To Buy a House?

Your credit score is crucial when buying a home. Even if your score isn't perfect, there are still pathways to homeownership.

Working with a trusted lender is the best way to get more information on how your credit score could factor into your home loan.

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The Great Wealth Transfer: A New Era of Opportunity
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The Great Wealth Transfer: A New Era of Opportunity

While affordability remains a challenge in today’s housing market, the ongoing Great Wealth Transfer is poised to unlock new opportunities. As wealth is passed down and put to use, it’s expected to ease some of the barriers to homeownership and fuel other entrepreneurial endeavors. 

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Is Affordability Starting To Improve?
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Is Affordability Starting To Improve?

When you put all these factors together, you see mortgage rates are trending down, home prices are rising more slowly, and wages are going up faster than usual. Though affordability is still a challenge, these trends are early signs things might be starting to improve.

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Are There More Homes for Sale Where You Live?
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Are There More Homes for Sale Where You Live?

The supply of homes across the country is improving in a big way. As a buyer, that gives you more options for your home search, and ultimately, a better chance of finding what you like.

So, what are you looking for in a home? And what’s your budget? Let’s go over that together to find the options that may be right for you.

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Home Inspections For Sellers: How To Prepare
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Home Inspections For Sellers: How To Prepare

If you’re thinking about selling your house, it’s important to know what the home inspection is and what inspectors look for. As supply grows and buyers regain negotiation power, you may find you want to do some select repairs with a good return on investment before listing to get ahead of things a buyer may ask you to fix. To decide what's worth tackling, you need expert advice. Let's chat so you know what to prioritize.

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Where Will You Go After You Sell?
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Where Will You Go After You Sell?

There are a lot of factors that go into deciding whether to buy an existing home or a newly built one after you sell, but it’s essential in today’s market to understand the opportunities you can find in both. Let’s connect so you have expert guidance as you explore the options in our area.

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Mortgage Rates Down a Full Percent from Recent High
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Mortgage Rates Down a Full Percent from Recent High

If you’ve been waiting to make your move, the recent downward trend in mortgage rates may be enough to get you off the sidelines. Rates have hit their lowest point in months, and that gives you the opportunity to jump back in before all the other buyers do too.

If you’re ready and able to start the process, reach out and let’s get started.

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Helpful Negotiation Tactics for Today’s Housing Market
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Helpful Negotiation Tactics for Today’s Housing Market

Buyers are regaining a bit of negotiation power in today’s market. Buyers, knowing what levers you can pull will help you feel confident and empowered going into your purchase. Sellers, having a heads up of what they may ask for gives you the chance to think through what you’ll be willing to offer.

Want to chat more about what to expect and the options you have? Let’s connect. 

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3 Reasons Why We’re Not Headed for a Housing Crash
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3 Reasons Why We’re Not Headed for a Housing Crash

Back in 2008, there was an oversupply of homes for sale. Today, there’s an undersupply. The three main sources of inventory show this isn’t like the last time. Existing homes, new homes, and foreclosures are all way below the levels we saw during the housing crash. Inventory data shows there just aren’t enough homes available to have a repeat of what happened back in 2008.

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