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Real Estate NAR’s Existing Home Sales Report [INFOGRAPHIC] by The KCM Crew on February 27, 2015 in Infographics
Real Estate Where Are Mortgage Rates Headed? The interest rate you pay on your home mortgage has a direct impact on your monthly payment. The higher the rate the greater the payment will be. That is why it is important to look at where rates are headed when deciding to buy now or wait until next year. Below is a chart created […]
Real Estate Are House Prices Beginning to Accelerate Again? In a recent post, we explained that the supply of homes for sale in December was at its lowest level in over a year. The January National Housing Trend Report from realtor.com now reveals that inventory in January has decreased another 6.7% month over month and 8.7% year over year. This is occurring at the same time that […]
Real Estate Home Sales are NOT Collapsing! The National Association of REALTORS (NAR) just released their Existing Home Sales report and some have taken the results and ran with headlines like: “Existing home sales collapse in January despite low mortgage rates”. Let’s take a closer look at what the report really shows. There is a seasonality to home sales that happens every […]
Real Estate Thinking of Buying? What are you waiting for? If you are planning on becoming a homeowner, or moving up to the home of your dreams in 2015, here are four great reasons to consider buying a home now, instead of waiting until spring. 1. Prices Will Continue to Rise The Home Price Expectation Survey polls a distinguished panel of over 100 economists, investment […]
Real Estate The Truth About US Homeownership Rates [INFOGRAPHIC] by The KCM Crew on February 20, 2015 in Infographics
Real Estate Two Graphs that Scream – List Your Home Today! We all learned in school that when selling anything, you will get the most money if the demand for that item is high and the inventory of that item is low. It is the well-known Theory of Supply & Demand. If you are thinking of selling your home, here are two graphs that strongly suggest […]
Real Estate Homeownership Rates: Are they Crashing? The Census recently released their 2014 Homeownership Statistics, and many began to worry that Americans have taken a step back from the notion of homeownership. Easy… Chicken Little The national homeownership rate peaked in 2004, representing a 69.2% of Americans who bought vs. rented their primary residence. Many have noticed a decline in rate since […]
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Real Estate Home Prices: A 5-Year Outlook With inventory presently below historically normal levels, current & future home prices have been the topic of many real estate conversations. The most recent Home Price Expectation Survey was just released; giving insight into where experts believe prices will be leading up to 2019. Every quarter, Pulsenomics surveys a nationwide panel of over 100 economists, real estate experts and […]
Real Estate 5 Reasons to Love Using a Real Estate Professional [INFOGRAPHIC]
Real Estate Either Way, You’re Paying a Mortgage There are some people that have not purchased a home because they are uncomfortable taking on the obligation of a mortgage. Everyone should realize that, unless you are living with your parents rent free, you are paying a mortgage – either your mortgage or your landlord’s. As a paper from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University explains: “Households […]
Real Estate Foreclosure Inventory Down 34.3% from Last Year According to the latest CoreLogic National Foreclosure Report, “approximately 552,000 homes in the US were in some state of FORECLOSURE as of December 2014”. This figure is down 34.3% from the 840,000 homes in December of 2013. December marked the 38th consecutive month in which there were year-over-year declines. Anand Nallathambl, the President and CEO of CoreLogic, is hopeful for the future, saying: “At […]
Real Estate Consumer Confidence at Highest Level in Over a Decade Two recently released reports reveal that the American public is starting to feel much better about the U.S. economy. The University of Michigan’s Surveys of Consumersshowed that: “Consumer optimism reached the highest level in the past decade in the January 2015 survey…Consumers judged prospects for the national economy as the best in a decade, with half […]
Real Estate Net Worth: A Homeowner’s is 36x Greater Than A Renter! Over the last six years, homeownership has lost some of its allure as a FINANCIAL INVESTMENT. As homeowners suffered through the housing bust, more and more began to question whether owning a home was truly a good way to build wealth. Every three years the Federal Reserve conducts a Survey of Consumer Finances in which they collect DATA across all […]
Real Estate Moving Across America [INFOGRAPHIC] by The KCM Crew on February 6, 2015 in Infographics
Real Estate Real Estate Heading in the “Right Direction” The housing market has taken a great turn toward recovery over the last few years. The opinions of the American public toward real estate took longer to recover, until recently. For the first time since 2006, Americans have an overall positive view of real estate, giving the industry a 12% positive ranking in a Gallup poll. Americans […]
Real Estate The Difference Between A Home’s Cost vs. Price As a seller, you will be most concerned about ‘short term price’ – where home values are headed over the next six months. As either a first time or repeat buyer, you must not be concerned only about price but also about the ‘long term cost’ of the home. Let us explain. There are many […]
Real Estate 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t For Sale By Owner Some homeowners consider trying to sell their home on their own, known in the industry as a For Sale by Owner (FSBO). There are several reasons this might not be a good idea for the vast majority of sellers. Here are five reasons: 1. There Are Too Many People to Negotiate With Here is a […]
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Real Estate No Matter What the Groundhog Says… You Should Sell Before Spring! Is spring closer than we think? Depending on which Groundhog you witnessed today, you may have less time than you think to get your home on the market before the busy spring season. Many sellers feel that the spring is the best time to place their home on the market as buyer demand traditionally increases […]