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What To Consider When Buying A New Home
At any point in time, there can be millions of homes for sale around the country. With so many homes to choose from, finding the best house for you can be tough. If you take time to think about what you want in a home, however, finding that amazing home can be a much…
Bay Area Home Prices Continue to Soar
Bay Area home prices are continuing to surge, reaching record levels once again in June. Per The San Jose Mercury News, the median price of a single family home hit the $1.2 million mark. The gains are seen as a byproduct of aggressive homebuyers competing for houses that are close to major tech hubs. When…
4 Real Estate Investment Tips For Millennials
When you think of who invests in real estate, who do you think of? Someone in their fifties or sixties? Let’s face it, those are the only people who have enough money laying around to make real estate investments, right? Wrong! As hard as it might be to believe, Millennials are just as capable of…
17 Tips For First Time Home Buyers
Buying a home can be nerve-racking, especially if you’re a first-time home buyer. These tips will help you navigate the process, save money and avoid common mistakes. We organized them into four categories: Mortgage down payment tips. Mortgage application tips. House shopping tips. First-time home buyer mistakes to avoid. MORTGAGE DOWN PAYMENT TIPS 1. START…
Thinking of Selling Your Home? The Market is on Fire Right Now.
A shortage in Bay Area housing, combined with the “light at the end of the tunnel” for the pandemic, has resulted in home prices skyrocketing around the Bay. Along with low mortgage rates, there has been enormous surge in housing demand around the entire country, but especially here in Northern California. The National Association…
Home Prices Soared in the Bay Area During the Pandemic
A recent article in the San Jose Mercury has revealed that home prices in the Bay Area have soared during the pandemic and especially during the holiday season. The market has become a booming seller’s market, with home sales and prices skyrocketing during December. Median home prices have gotten so high that they are nearing…
5 Takeaways About the State of Bay Area Real Estate
Around this time one year ago, every real estate professional in the Bay Area was viewing 2020 like any other year. There was a lot of optimism due to the fact that both the housing and rental market was on the rise. By March, however, that optimism quickly went away and the market came to…
Want to Sell Your Home? Do These 12 Things First!
Are you thinking about selling your home? Great! Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work! Selling your home, as you might’ve guessed, takes a lot more than simply putting up a “For Sale” sign, crossing your fingers, and hoping for the best. So, to help you get the home selling…
3 Reasons You Should Buy Real Estate During the Pandemic
2020 has been challenging, to say the least. One of the biggest issues that we’ve seen is how many people are moving—more specifically, moving to the suburbs and out of the big cities. This is due to a dramatic shift we’re seeing in real estate and the way people think about where to live. It…
What Pandemic? Bay Area Home Prices Are Rising
Home prices in the Bay Area are continuing to rise, in spite of the pandemic and looming economic instability. Here is a wonderful article from the San Jose Mercury News discussing how the market is doing. The following originally appeared in the San Jose Mercury News and was written by Louis Hansen Bay Area home…