According to a new report from Fannie Mae, If history is any indication, the recent spike in mortgage rates is likely to have little to no impact on home prices. According to the report, historical data suggests that interest rate increases at the level recently witnessed will not stop the current housing recovery. The study compared historic […]
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Expired Listing: Tips for Relisting Your Home
If you’ve taken your home off the market after a previously unsuccessful attempt to sell, now may be time to re-list your home. Most are excited and nervous when they first sign a listing agreement to sell their home, hoping that the home sells quickly and for a big profit. It’s frustrating to wait week […]
What Home Buyers Need to Know About Title Insurance
The process of buying a home is complicated. Consumers can become confused and frustrated with the mounds of paperwork and documents to sign. Fees show up at closing that can sometimes surprise the buyer however, as your buyers agent we will be there to assist you through every step of the process and handle all of the […]
Avoid These Mistakes When Selling Your Home
Fueled by low interest rates and a recovering economy, buyer demand is currently on the rise while the current inventory of available homes remains low! If you’re considering taking advantage of this shift in the market and selling your Columbus / Central Ohio home, there are some common mistakes that you’ll want to avoid as they can significantly negatively impact how long […]
HUD Homes FAQs
What is a HUD Home? The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) oversees the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), which provides federal insurance against defaults on home mortgages. If the payments are not made on a federally insured FHA loan, the mortgage holder seeks foreclosure or accepts a deed-to-lieu, then files an FHA […]
Jerome Village
Welcome back to a time before homes were mass-produced like automobiles. Back to a time when the front porch was a point of social connection. Back to a time when architects and land planners cared about how a home meets the land on which it’s built. Welcome home to Jerome Village. The diverse architectural […]
2013 BIA Parade of Homes – Jerome Village
The 2013 BIA Parade of Homes is slated for June 15-30 in the truly innovative planned community of Jerome Village. With a rich variety of architectural diversity and price points, Jerome Village is located in Jerome Township in southern Union County and within the desirable Dublin City School District. Jerome Village is being developed by […]
Realtor.com to Begin Offering Home Value Estimates
Realtor.com says it now tracks information at the property level for listings in its database, which will allow it to display information tied to specific properties like tax info, sale history and price changes and collect housing data on a more frequent basis. Before the upgrade, realtor.com, operated by Move Inc., tracked data at the […]
Homes Values and Housing Inventory Levels
Nationally, housing inventory fell 23% year-over-year in February, this according to the Department of Numbers HousingTracker. Inventory fell year-over-year in all 50-plus markets they track, and by more than 50% in several California metros. Price increases and disappearing inventory go hand-in-hand: nearly all metros with the biggest inventory declines also had year-over-year price increases of 10% […]
Selling a Home? How to Negotiate a Home Sale
The art of negotiating is just that! Only an artful negotiator can take two sides with opposing interests and bring them to consensus. No formula can be applied to the process; no scientific equation can bring it about. And the back-and-forth communication that is negotiating is a huge part of the home buying and selling […]
