The Big Advantage If You Sell This Spring

By Kevin Brierton Team | April 11, 2023
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Kevin Brierton – 4.11.2023 Thinking about selling your house? If you’ve been waiting for the right time, it could be now while the supply of homes for sale is so low. HousingWire shares: “. . . the big question is whether we are finally starting to see the seasonal spring increase in inventory. The answer…

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We’re in a Sellers’ Market. What Does That Mean?

By Kevin Brierton Team | March 30, 2023
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Kevin Brierton – 3.30.2023 Even though activity in the housing market has slowed from the frenzy we saw over a year ago, today’s low supply of homes for sale is still a sellers’ market. But what does that really mean? And why are conditions today so good if you want to list your house? It…

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Balancing Your Wants and Needs as a Homebuyer This Spring

By Kevin Brierton Team | March 15, 2023
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Kevin Brierton – 3.15.2023 Though there are more homes for sale now than there were at this time last year, there’s still an undersupply with fewer houses available than in more normal, pre-pandemic years. The Monthly Housing Market Trends Report from realtor.com puts it this way:  “While the number of homes for sale is increasing,…

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Why Today’s Housing Market Isn’t Headed for a Crash

By Kevin Brierton Team | February 9, 2023
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Kevin Brierton – 2.9.2023 67% of Americans say a housing market crash is imminent in the next three years. With all the talk in the media lately about shifts in the housing market, it makes sense why so many people feel this way. But there’s good news. Current data shows today’s market is nothing like it was before…

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Today’s Housing Market Is Nothing Like 15 Years Ago

By Kevin Brierton Team | January 11, 2023
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Kevin Brierton – 1.11.2023 There’s no doubt today’s housing market is very different than the frenzied one from the past couple of years. In the second half of 2022, there was a dramatic shift in real estate, and it caused many people to make comparisons to the 2008 housing crisis. While there may be a few similarities,…

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What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023

By Kevin Brierton Team | December 21, 2022
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The 2022 housing market has been defined by two key things: inflation and rapidly rising mortgage rates. And in many ways, it’s put the market into a reset position. As the Federal Reserve (the Fed) made moves this year to try to lower inflation, mortgage rates more than doubled â€“ something that’s never happened before in a calendar year. This…

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Ready To Sell? Today’s Housing Supply Gives You Two Opportunities.

By Kevin Brierton Team | December 13, 2022
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Kevin Brierton – 12.13.2022 At first glance, the increase in housing supply compared to last year may not sound like good news for prospective sellers, but it actually gives you two key opportunities in today’s housing market. An article from Calculated Risk helps put the inventory gains the market has seen in 2022 into perspective by comparing it to recent years…

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Millennials Are Still a Driving Force of Today’s Buyer Demand

By Kevin Brierton Team | October 27, 2022
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Kevin Brierton – 10.27.2022 If you’re thinking about selling your house but wondering if buyers are still out there, know that there are still people who are searching for a home to buy today. And your house may be exactly what they’re looking for. While the millennial generation has been dubbed the renter generation, that namesake may not be…

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