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All Posts in Category: Real Estate Newsletter

October 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

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Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On October 1, 2019

Concerns about rising mortgage rates may be overblown. “We’ve seen so much elasticity, over the past few years; rates go up but then they just come down.” Mollie Carmichael, Meyers Research TOP STORY: Logjam Freddie Mac says there are three phases of homeownership. The first-time buyer who is saving up and shopping for a small…

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September 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

By

Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On September 1, 2019

“While people make the choice to own or rent that suits them at a given point, maybe more young adults should take into account the long – term consequences of renting when homeowner- ship is an option”. Urban Institute TOP STORY: Restoring Old Homes There are a lot of reasons for buying a fixer-upper. Older…

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August 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

By

Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On August 1, 2019

House prices are higher than before the housing market collapsed. But today “they don’t make the market vulnerable to such a downturn because these prices are mostly because of unmet demand caused by inadequate supply.” Urban Institute TOP STORY: Lessons Learned? It has been over 11 years since Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers failed and…

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July 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

By

Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On July 1, 2019

recent survey found that 55% of U.S. homeowners with a child under age 18 said they considered their child’s opinion when they bought their home. Among Millennial parents 74% admitted their kids’ opinions were a factor in their choice.

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June 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

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Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On June 1, 2019

“Fixed-rate mortgage rates have dropped 0.6% since November 2018 and today are lower than they were a year ago,” said CoreLogic Chief Economist Frank Nothaft. He predicts the slowdown in home prices will continue, estimating that home prices will increase by 3.4% in 2019, compared with 2018’s average of 5.8%. You may use our Mortgage…

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May 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

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Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On May 1, 2019

“New-home size falls prior to and during a recession as homebuyers tighten budgets, and then sizes rise as high-end homebuyers return to the housing market in relatively greater proportions.” Robert Dietz, NAFIB chief economist TOP STORY: The All Important Appraisal Remember the old expression about buying a pig in a poke? For the uninitiated, it…

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April 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

By

Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On April 1, 2019

After softening for much of 2018, the housing market remains stable after a boost from lower mortgage rates and slowing home price growth. FreddieMac.com TOP STORY: Understanding Mortgage Interest Rates It has been years since it seemed necessary to think much about interest rates. There has been the once-a-month ritual of watching and worrying over…

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March 2019 – Real Estate Newsletter

By

Clark Smith

Posted in Real Estate Newsletter On March 10, 2019

Throughout 2018, 28-31% of non-owners…… said an improvement in their financial situation would be the top reason that would encourage them to buy a home in the future. 26-30% of non-owners said a change in lifestyle-such as getting married, starting a family or retiring-would be the primary reason they would make a future home purchase….

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