Home Buying

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Your Home Equity Can Offset Affordability Challenges

Kevin Brierton - 9.19.2023 Are you thinking about selling your house? If so, today’s mortgage rates may be...
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Are More Homes Coming onto the Market?

Kevin Brierton - 9.18.2023 An important factor shaping today’s market is the number of homes for...
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Should Baby Boomers Buy or Rent After Selling Their Houses?

Kevin Brierton - 9.13.2023 Are you a baby boomer who’s lived in your current house...
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What Experts Project for Home Prices Over the Next 5 Years

Kevin Brierton - 9.12.2023 If you're planning to buy a home, one thing to consider is...
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Planning to Retire? Your Equity Can Help You Make a Move

Kevin Brierton - 9.11.2023 Reaching retirement is a significant milestone in life, bringing with it...
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Get Ready for Smaller, More Affordable Homes

Kevin Brierton - 9.7.2023 Have you been trying to buy a home, but higher mortgage rates and home prices are...
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Look Beyond Rates: The Keys to Picking the Right Mortgage Lender

In an environment where mortgage rates are rising, many homebuyers decide that getting the lowest...
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Mortgage Rates: Past, Present, and Possible Future

Kevin Brierton - 9.6.2023 If you’re hoping to buy a home this year, you’re probably paying close...
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Expert Home Price Forecasts Revised Up for 2023

Kevin Brierton - 9.5.2023 Toward the end of last year, there were a number of...
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Why It’s Still a Seller’s Market Today

Kevin Brierton - 9.4.2023 Even though activity in the housing market has slowed from the...
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Warren Buffett and Goldman Sachs Do Not Think Home Prices Will Fall – What Are They Seeing?

The U.S. housing market is going through a crucial period in 2023, and there are...
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How Inflation Affects the Housing Market

Kevin Brierton - 8.31.2023 Have you ever wondered how inflation impacts the housing market? Believe it or not,...
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Buyer Traffic Is Still Stronger than the Norm

Kevin Brierton - 8.30.2023 Are you putting off selling your house because you’re worried no one’s buying...
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Gen Z: The Next Generation Is Making Moves in the Housing Market

Kevin Brierton - 8.28.2023 Generation Z (Gen Z) is eager to put down their own...
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More Jobs and Better Pay Leads to More Buyer Demand

Kevin Brierton - 8.24.2023 There’s been talk about a recession for quite a while now....
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Why You Need a True Expert in Today’s Housing Market

Kevin Brierton - 8.23.2023 The housing market continues to shift and change, and in a fast-moving...
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Why You Don’t Need To Fear the Return of Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Kevin Brierton - 8.22.2023 If you remember the housing crash back in 2008, you may...
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Why Median Home Sales Price Is Confusing Right Now

Kevin Brierton - 8.21.2023 The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is set to release its most recent Existing...
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People Want Less Expensive Homes – And Builders Are Responding

Kevin Brierton - 8.17.2023 In today’s housing market, there are two main affordability challenges impacting...
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Don’t Expect a Flood of Foreclosures

Kevin Brierton - 8.16.2023 The rising cost of just about everything from groceries to gas...