The National Association of Realtors’ most recent Existing Home Sales Report revealed that home sales were up rather dramatically over last year in five of the six price ranges they measure. Only those homes priced under $100,000 showed a decline (-6%). Every other category showed a minimum incr
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12/04/2014
FHFA Releases 3rd Quarter 2014 Home Prices The FHFA released the 2nd Quarter Home Prices for 2014. Looking at the breakdown regionally, year-over-year, prices are up across the country. We always like to give you the regional outlook so you can compare different areas of the country. Breaking dow
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12/01/2014
Home Prices Continue to Rise “Broad-based Slowdown for Home Prices” That is a headline you might have seen over the past weekend. And though it is true, we must understand the story behind the headline. Case Shiller reports on the year-over-year difference in home values. Their latest report reve
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12/01/2014
Why Homes For Sale With A Pool? Find the current homes for sale with a pool in Northeast Tarrant County. Why do you want a home with a pool? Because this is Texas of course, or have you forgot about those 100 degree days in August already? Listing Details Homes for Sale With a Pool in Northeas
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11/29/2014
NAR's November Existing Home Sales Report According to the latest (NAR's) National Association of Realtors November Existing Home Sales Report, on average in the United States, 14, 410 homes sell every day. Prices are up 5.5% over this time last year. Inventory is up 5.2% over last year and sal
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11/28/2014
Happy Thanksgiving! Here is hoping you and your family have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Holiday weekend. Remember, moderation is the key when it comes to eating turkey and partaking in some libations. My sincerest wishes for you to have a safe, cozy and fund filled holiday weekend with your family
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11/26/2014
Freddie Mac: Buy Sooner Rather Than Later In a recent video update on the housing market, Frank Nothaft, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, stated that with both mortgage interest rates and home prices projected to increase in 2015 buying now makes sense. “If you are planning to buy a home in the n
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11/26/2014
Top 5 Benefits of Using a Professional to Buy a Home Every year the National Association of REALTORS releases their Profile of Home Buyers & Sellers, in which they reveal the results of a yearlong survey of buyers and sellers. The latest profile revealed what actual buyers saw as the benefits of
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11/25/2014
4 More Reasons to Sell Now As we discussed last week one reason to sell now is demand is still strong. With inventory levels also still below historic numbers, you could be missing out on a great opportunity for your family. 1. There Is Less Competition Now Housing supply just dropped to 5.1 mont
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11/24/2014
A Snapshot of Mortgages The above infographic is a look at a Snapshot of Mortgages, Interest rates, FICO Scores, and Mortgage Credit Availability over the past couple of years since 2013. You can see rates initially started fairly low in January of 2013, around 3.25%, but then rose fairly quickly
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11/22/2014
