Whether it’s because you need more rooms for your growing family, you’re ready to downsize or you want to move to a new city, you’ve decided you’ll be selling your house come spring. Spring is traditionally the hottest season for home sales. School will be out of session soon, the weather is warming up […]
7 Tips for Staging Your Home
The first step to getting buyers to make an offer on your home is to impress them with its appearance so they begin to envision themselves living there. Here are seven tips for making your home look bigger, brighter, and more desirable. 1. Start with a Clean Slate Before you can worry about where to […]
RMLS Market Action, Coos County – January 2018
The Complete Guide to Getting Your House Ready to Sell
You're ready to sell your home and start a new chapter in your life! It's exciting, but it can also be stressful and emotional. Here's how to get started. Take a step back Try to look at your home without your normal sentimental lens. The place where you marked your children's height against the […]
One Big Reason Millennials Are Buying Homes? For Their Dogs
Millennials are now leading the pack of home buyers, and what’s one incentive driving them to take the mortgage plunge? Their dogs. A recent survey conducted by Harris Poll on behalf of SunTrust Mortgage found that 33 percent of millennial home buyers’ decision to buy a home was driven chiefly by their dog. Furry friends […]
5 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Second Home with a Family Member
Your kids will have fantastic memories of vacations spent running around outside with their cousins, unplugged from their phones. Meanwhile, you and your siblings can recreate your childhood vacations, only this time with more alcohol and less fighting in the backseat. Sounds like a little slice of paradise, right? Before you jump in, you'll […]
Invest or Pay Off Your Mortgage? How to Decide
Invest or Pay Off Your Mortgage? How to Decide Should you invest extra cash or use it to pay off your mortgage? It’s a heated debate that rivals French press versus pour-over coffee and “Star Wars” or “Star Trek.” But while all three topics might get passionate believers on both sides all worked up, investing or […]
RE/MAX NATIONAL HOUSING REPORT for March 2017
March 2017 RE/MAX National Housing Report Home Prices at New High in February Amid Record Low Inventory March 17, 2017 DENVER – February home prices reached a new high as steady demand combined with record low inventory drove prices up, according to this month’s RE/MAX National Housing Report that surveys 53 metro areas. Last […]
Is a Home Equity Loan Your Best Option?
A Home Equity Loan Is a Smart Choice as Rates Rise In recent years, home equity loans have gone the way of boy bands. So last-century. In an era of low interest rates, home equity lines of credit and cash-out refinances have been the equity-tapping products of choice. Home equity lines of credit, or […]