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The Spring Real Estate Market

By Sandy Keller - March 24, 2022
What You Can Expect from the Spring Housing Market As the spring housing market kicks off, you likely want to know what you can expect this season when it comes to buying or selling a house. While there are multiple factors causing various levels of uncertainty, (including the current conflict overseas), rising inflation, and the first rate increase from the Federal Reserve in over 3 years —

Is New Construction a Good Idea Now?

By Sandy Keller - March 23, 2022
What You Need To Know if You’re Thinking About Building a Home If you’re ready to look for a new home, you may be trying to decide whether you want to buy a home that's already on the market or build a new one. And since the inventory of homes for sale in Prescott and the surrounding area today is low, you’re willing to consider either avenue. While home builders are doing everything they ca

What is the HOA Addendum?

By Sandy Keller - February 08, 2022
When we are presenting an offer on a home located in a Homeowners Association (HOA), one of the documents we must include is the HOA Addendum. This three page form spells out all of the details regarding the HOA, including fees and contact information. The third page is completed by the buyer as part of the purchase contract, and becomes part of the negotiations if the seller decides to counter yo

Why Should You Care If Your REALTOR® Is A GRI?

By Sandy Keller - January 30, 2022
Why Should You Care If a Realtor® Is a GRI? (Because It’s the Gold Standard) Working with a real estate agent is a long process. Buying and selling real estate usually takes time, so why not enlist the best of the bunch to help navigate the process? A Graduate Realtor Institute designation is the real estate industry hallmark and only 15 percent of all Realtors nationwide are GRI's.

FSBO Statistics - Homes For Sale By Owner

By Sandy Keller - January 25, 2022
For Sale By Owner (FSBO): Selling On Your Own May Cost You Selling your own home may seem like an easy thing to take on, but there are many reasons why it would benefit you to hire a real estate agent to sell your property for you. You may think that you are saving commissions, but not having your home marketing nationally and even internationally can cost you tens of thousands of lost prof

Mortgage Rates Nearing 4%

By Sandy Keller - January 24, 2022
Remember Mortgage Rates in the 2's? They're Closer to 4% Now One of the very few welcome byproducts of the pandemic was the pervasive availability of new all-time low mortgage rates. Depending on when you checked in, you were highly likely to see top tier 30yr fixed rates in the 2% range. Even after the first major attempt at lift-off in early 2021, rates were still best described as b

Zillow Surfing - Good for You?

By Sandy Keller - January 21, 2022
Home shoppers aren’t the only ones using Zillow Why spend time on Facebook when there's Zillow? It’s so much more fun! During the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, people turned to Zillow as a means to pass their time in isolating at home. The housing market surge started right when the pandemic began and figuring that Zillow-users were looking for their dream home was a reasonable co

Reasons to List Your Home with a REALTOR®

By Sandy - January 11, 2022
10 Reasons to List Your Home with a REALTOR® While you think you might save money, the truth is that homes listed by a real estate professional sell quicker and at a higher price than those for sale by owner. Here are some reasons why: A home sale is a legal transaction which the seller and buyer have to negotiate. A real estate agent will handle all of the negotiations, but a FSBO buyer w

Don't Buy New Construction Without a REALTOR®

By Sandy - January 11, 2022
7 Reasons to Hire a REALTOR® When Buying New Construction 1. Realtors Will Advocate for You When working with builders, many people assume the builder’s sales representative or agent is their advocate. This assumption is not correct. Ultimately, your builder’s agent represents the builder and their interests. While this construction personnel may say otherwise, ensuring these deals benefit

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