Monthly Archives: May 2018

 

What’s the fastest growing demographic of homebuyers?
What’s the fastest growing demographic of homebuyers? Is it Gen Y first-time buyers? Young married couples? Seniors looking to downsize? The answer is “None of the above,” as the demographic of homebuyers that grown the quickest is…cue the drum roll, please… single women. It’s true, as studies reveal that unmarried, solo, female buyers are not […]
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Still the best reason to buy a home: California’s rent crunch.
If you read the headlines these days, you may get the sense that the entire concept of homeownership is under siege. It’s hard not to come to that conclusion after we read about rising home prices, potential bubbles on the horizon, increasing interest rates, and more. With all of this going on, why should we […]
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Every Realtor needs this social media marketing cheat sheet.
Like no other profession I can think of, Realtors are responsible for not only performing their duties of representing clients as they buy or sell homes but also acting as their own full-time marketing and advertising agencies. In fact, about 60% of the average real estate agent’s time is consumed with marketing, promotions, prospecting, and […]
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5 Creative ways to come up with a down payment and buy a home
Is a lack of down payment holding some people back from buying a home? That seems to be true, as coming up with the down payment is the #1 reported obstacle to homeownership according to various surveys, especially with Millennials and younger buyers. (We covered the current state of down payments in real estate in […]
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2008: Reliving the dark days, ten years after the real estate and mortgage collapse.
It’s 2018. I don’t expect that to come as some sort of revelation to you, as you’ve been writing that on your checks since January 1 of this year (or a few weeks after that, if you’re like me!). But the fact that it’s 2018 is relevant if we consider that it’s been exactly ten […]
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