How Changing Mortgage Rates Can Affect You The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has been bouncing between 6% and 7% this year. If you’ve been on the fence about whether to buy a home or not, it’s helpful to know exactly how a 1%, or even a 0.5%, mortgage rate shift affects your purchasing power. The […]
How Homeownership Is Life Changing for Many Women: The key to building wealth for single women
How Homeownership Is Life Changing for Many Women Throughout Women’s History Month, we reflect on the impact women have in our lives, and that includes impact on the housing market. In fact, since at least 1981, single women have bought more homes than single men each year, and they make up 17% of all households. […]
Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here
Get Ready: The Best Time To List Your House Is Almost Here If you’re thinking about selling this spring, it’s time to get moving – the best week to list your house is fast approaching. Experts at realtor.com looked at seasonal trends from recent years (excluding 2020 as an uncharacteristic year due to the onset […]
Should I buy a home this spring?: What’s Ahead for Home Prices in 2023
Your Take Away Here are three reasons to consider making a move: Over the past year, home prices have been a widely debated topic. Some have said we’ll see a massive drop in prices and that this could be a repeat of 2008 – which hasn’t happened. Others have forecasted a real estate […]
4 Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home: You May Not Need as Much as You Think for Your Down Payment
Take Away: Make sure you have a trusted lender and can find out if you’re ready to buy a home sooner rather than later. Are you planning to buy a home this spring? Though things are more balanced than they were at the height of the pandemic, it’s still a sellers’ market. So, when you […]
Why Home Equity Is a Bright Spark in the Housing Market
“BOTTOM LINE; The fear and uncertainty we feel right now are very real, and this is not going to be easy. We can, however, see strength in our current market through homeowner equity that has not been there in the past. That may be a bright spark to help us make it through. Given how […]
Keys to Selling Your House Virtually at any Location
Ways you and your real estate agent can show your Kittitas County home “As real estate agents and consumers seek out ways to safely complete these transactions, we believe that technology will become an even more imperative part of how we search for, buy and sell homes moving forward.” In a recent survey by realtor.com, […]
What If I Need to Sell My Home in Kittitas County Now? What Can I Do?
Bottom Line From MyAroundTown.com~~ Homes are still being bought and sold in the midst of this pandemic. If you need to sell your house and would like to know the current status in our local market, let’s work together to create a safe and effective plan that works for you and your family. Every day […]