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How Homeownership Is Life Changing for Many Women
Throughout Women’s History Month, we reflect on the impact women have in our lives, and that includes impact on the housing market.
Read MoreGet Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here
If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best week to list your house is fast approaching.
Read MoreHave You Thought About Why You Might Want To Sell Your House? [INFOGRAPHIC]
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- If you’re on the fence about selling your house, it’s worth considering all the reasons why moving could make sense for you.
- If you find your home no longer meets your needs, it may be time to sell.
The Role of Access in Selling Your House
Once you’ve made the decision to sell your house and have hired a real estate agent to help, they’ll ask how much access to your home you want to give potential buyers.
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For home sales everyone has heard how 2022 continued the hot market trend of rising prices and quick sales. The market did start to cool as interest rates went up, but generally prices stayed near their peaks and if homes were priced right and showed great, they still sold quickly. What about Homes with Acreage? How were they effected. Prior to the multi-year upswing in prices, homes with acreage frequently did not bring in much higher prices than similar homes on smaller lots. In the past, unless the land had development potential, it did not really drive-up prices. That appears to have changed now. One of the benefits of a home with acreage is it puts distance between you and other people. Perhaps partly because of Covid, people now see more value in the extra, but maybe un-usable land. Homes with acreage now do clearly sell for more than similar…
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The main question I get this year about commercial property is if the commercial market is as hot as the residential market. In a word – no Commercial sales did improve over 2022 as home sale success did help trigger economic optimism. Prices held steady but did not show the dramatic upswing we saw in homes. Commercial property as always has a smaller buyer pool than residential. Everyone needs a home. Not everyone needs a separate business location. With Covid came a renewed wave of opportunities and desire for people to be able to work from home. This was a shrinking factor in buyer pool numbers. However, generally if you have commercial property for sale and someone ne can turn a profit with it’s usage, your sale will come together. Pricing must be realistic. And you need a good agent that can show buyers the value in your property. That’s…
Read MoreHere’s Why the Housing Market Isn’t Going To Crash [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Some Highlights
- Today’s housing market is different than it was in 2008.
- Lending standards have tightened, foreclosures have declined, home inventory is much lower, and homeowners have far more equity.