Whether or not the extremely low mortgage rates are behind us remains to be seen. Nevertheless, potential future rate increases do not seem to be holding back the market.
And if rates do continue to creep up, they are only forecasted to be around 3.5% towards the end of 2022.
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Are you looking for an easy way to refresh your home?
Try starting with your walls. The right wall decor can bring a home together, display your unique tastes, and create interesting dimensions within your home.
Below are 6 creative ways to refresh your wall decor.
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Are you looking for design inspiration for your current or new home?
Today I am sharing 5 long-term home design trends for 2022 and beyond, investing in these trends can be a good option to maintain or increase the future value of your home.
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We are midway through the year and the housing market remains strong. While sales prices continue to rise, demand has cooled a bit at a national level as many buyers are getting priced out. I view this short-term cooling of demand as a positive, ideally price will take a breather. If the price increase does cool, I expect demand to come back quickly and prices will continue with their upward trend.
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It’s all about supply and demand.
There’s been no shortage of news around rising costs of building material. Lumber prices have risen 377% over the past year. Copper wire and Steel have also seen a significant increase over the past year.
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My story has been consistent over the last several months. It’s a competitive market in favor of sellers.
However, to be competitive and maximize the value of your home you have to have what buyers are looking for.
Here are the top 4 upgrades buyers are looking for when buying a home post-pandemic.
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The real estate market is strong and we’re looking at a good setup going into the prime real estate season. While we did have a slowdown in new and existing home sales in February, we were still up significantly year over year. It seems the February slowdown was primarily influenced by the weather.
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As I discussed in my previous post, home prices are at record highs, rising 10.1% in December 2020.
We’re in a seller’s market, which in turn makes it competitive for buyers. In this post, I will share with you 5 tips on how to prepare you to get the home you want in a competitive market.
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The pandemic has accelerated many things. One acceleration that I’ve observed is the connected home. With more people working from home and building out more at home “comforts”, I’ve been asked more about connected home devices.
This year, I’m writing my version of a holiday gift guide with my favorite connected home devices.
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“Is it better to rent than buy?”. This is one of the most frequently asked questions I get from my millennial clients.
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