Photo Credit AlexanderStein Pixaby Today, I’m going to give you a case study to help you decide whether or not you should wait and save a full 20% for a down payment before purchasing your next house. Let’s start with the numbers.$329,000 home with four bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, 2,000 square feet. (Average home in
Homes that are staged sell for more money and sell faster than similar homes that are not staged. Specifically, you will get 17% MORE MONEY if your home is staged than if it is not. In fact, the National Association of Realtors did a study that found for every $100 you invest into staging your
Each day when I get to work, I pull up the MLS (multiple listing service) to check on the market. I want to see which new homes have hit the market, which have gone under contract, and generally just to watch the trends. I also enjoy checking out the photography of the houses that have
Why should you buy a home now? And why is it better to buy now? Home values have gone up, but because interest rates have gone down, you can actually buy a better house for a lower price right now than you could last year. If you bought a home at $300,000 last year at
If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you already know what an appraisal coming in low means because it just happened to you. For those who are new to it, here’s a brief description. An appraisal coming in low is what happens when you put a home for sale, and someone makes an offer
A home inspector is a 3rd party group that comes into a home to do a general inspection on behalf of and paid for by the buyer in order to make sure that they are comfortable purchasing that home. An inspector can do anything to the home, short of cutting into the walls. They will
I was doing research into values in Payson and came across something interesting. But, before we dive into that, let’s talk about average time on market. Average time on market means how long the average home sits with a for sale sign in a particular area before it actually closes and is sold. If your
Buying a home is a huge purchase. Make sure to do the proper research before you jump in. Where to begin? 1- Decide where you want to be– What city do you want to live in? What types of schools do you want to have your kids go to? 2- Distance/drive times– when you find
When marketing a house, you want to do benefits/features marketing. This is where you try to showcase the benefits and features of the home. Think of cars- they are marketed with their features, like mph, type of gas used, tires, etc. These are used to market and sell the car. I was helping someone sell
As a Realtor, I can’t list each real estate company or each Realtor’s stats for the world to see. While there is no database for you to search out that information, you CAN ask potential Realtors or real estate companies when interviewing them to represent you in buying or selling your house. And why would