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New standard of care for Home Inspection

Thanks to Structure Tech for posting on their website/blog. https://structuretech1.com/blog/ I recorded a video 10 days ago and released it with last week’s blog post, where I mentioned that we’d […]

COVID 19 and Real Estate

Many of you have asked about Real estate and COVID 19. Here is my update to All valued Buyers, Sellers and friends: Hey everyone, I first just want to express […]

Open Houses Cancelled due to COVID 19

March 23, 2020 Effective immediately and until further notice, the scheduling of Open Houses in NorthstarMLS has been suspended. Also, any currently scheduled Open Houses in the NorthstarMLS system have […]

Open Houses Still a useful market tool?

No one knows what the next days or weeks might bring. We all pray this will be over sooner than later with a return to normalcy.  In response to the […]

What The Fed’s Emergency Rate Cut Means For Mortgage Rates

What The Fed’s Emergency Rate Cut Means For Mortgage Rates Mar 15 2020, 5:45PM There are a lot of words here.  If you have a mortgage you might ever refinance […]

More affordable to own than rent

It’s more affordable to own than rent almost anywhere in the US Homesnap found that American homeowners will spend an average of 25.1% of their monthly income on their housing […]

Rent-To-Own

Divvy Homes, is out to change the rent-to-own space so more renters can become homeowners. Divvy says it’s like a lease, but unlike a typical lease, it’s designed to help […]

INCENTIVE FOR RENTERS TO BECOME BUYERS

With the help of a federal grant, Brooklyn Center launched a program that would provide first-time homebuyers who live in the city with a deferred loan of between $5,000 and […]

Home prices Soaring, time for a bust?

Are we headed for another housing crash like we had last decade? Whenever price appreciation begins to accelerate, the fear of the last housing boom and bust creeps into the […]

Home seller beliefs no longer true

With this in mind, here are the top five seller beliefs that are no longer true: I do not need to have the listing agent visit until my home is […]