Category: Housing Market Updates

Spring into Action: Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal with Expert Guidance
For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Selling Myths | February 20, 2023
Spring into Action: Boost Your Home’s Curb Appeal with Expert Guidance

To sell your home this spring, it may need more preparation than it would have a year or two ago. Today’s housing market has a different feel. There are more homes for sale than there were at this time last year, but inventory is still historically low. So, if a house has been sitting on the market for a while,…

Wondering What’s Going on with Home Prices?
For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Pricing | February 16, 2023
Wondering What’s Going on with Home Prices?

The recent changes in home prices are top of mind for many as the housing market begins gearing up for spring. It can be hard to navigate misleading headlines and confusing data, so here’s what you should know about today’s home prices.

What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023
For Buyers, For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Interest Rates, Pricing | December 21, 2022
What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023

The 2022 housing market has been defined by two key things: inflation and rapidly rising mortgage rates. And in many ways, it’s put the market into a reset position. As the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made moves this year to try to lower inflation, mortgage rates more than doubled – something that’s never happened before in a calendar year. This…

Homeowners Still Have Positive Equity Gains over the Past 12 Months
For Sellers, Housing Market Updates, Pricing | December 20, 2022
Homeowners Still Have Positive Equity Gains over the Past 12 Months

If you’re a homeowner, your net worth got a big boost over the past few years thanks to rapidly rising home prices. Here’s how it happened and what it means for you, even as the market moderates. Equity is the current value of your home minus what you owe on the loan. Because there was a significant imbalance between the…

Mortgage Rates Are Dropping. What Does That Mean for You?
Buying Myths, First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Housing Market Updates, Interest Rates, Move-Up Buyers | December 19, 2022
Mortgage Rates Are Dropping. What Does That Mean for You?

Mortgage rates have been a hot topic in the housing market over the past 12 months. Compared to the beginning of 2022, rates have risen dramatically. Now they’re dropping, and that has to do with everything happening in the economy. Nadia Evangelou, Senior Economist and Director of Forecasting at the National Association of Realtors (NAR), explains it well by saying:…