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A lot of people who want to move are telling themselves the same thing: "Maybe I'll just wait until later this year once things calm down."
Data shows inflation is moving in the wrong direction. But before the headlines send anyone into a panic, here's what's actually going on, why it matters for the housing market, and what it means if...
It’s one of the biggest hold ups some buyers have right now: “What if I buy, and home prices go down?”
You've probably seen the headlines saying, "foreclosures are on the rise,” and maybe your mind jumped straight to 2008.
For a lot of would-be first-time buyers, affordability is the thing that’s standing in the way.
When you put your house on the market, you don’t just want it to sell. You want it to sell fast.
According to Google Trends, online searches for down payment information recently hit an all-time high.
Did you try to buy a home last year, but you ended up pressing pause?
For a lot of people, the math on buying a home just doesn’t really work right now.
When your house sits on the market longer than expected, it can get frustrating fast.
Be honest. Have you started looking at homes online yet? If you have, it’s already time to get pre-approved.
There’s a lot of noise out there right now about investors in the housing market.
Foreclosures are ticking up. And that may make your mind jump straight to thoughts of 2008 – specifically to what happened to the market during the housing crash.
Online searches for “can’t sell house” just hit an all-time high according to Google Trends.
Planning to sell this spring? While you may be tempted to hold off until the first blooms or the spring showers hit, that's actually waiting too long to get started by today’s standards.
Want to know the #1 thing homeowners regret when they sell without an agent? It’s that they didn’t price their house correctly for their current market.
You may not want to put your homebuying plans into hibernation mode this winter.
Want to know how to find the best deal possible in today’s housing market?