Posts by : Tiffany Hereda

You only get to make a first impression once, which is why curb appeal is such a critical part of selling your home. And while curb appeal is always important, it’s especially important now, when COVID-19 is preventing would-be buyers from touring the inside of your home as freely as normal.

While restrictions are being lifted, and life is getting back to some form of normalcy, you will likely still find buyers who are not entirely comfortable going into a lot of homes for quite some time. So, make sure to make the biggest impact you can from the outside while the effects of the pandemic continue to affect how buyers look for their new home.

A recent article from realtor.com outlined si...

COVID-19 and the resulting stay-at-home orders had many people putting their real estate plans on hold. But as restrictions are lifted and the country continues to open, it looks like the coronavirus has actually made people more eager to buy than they were pre-pandemic.

According to a recent survey from LendingTree, 53 percent of home buyers said they were more likely to buy a home in the next 12 months due to the coronavirus outbreak. There are a variety of reasons these buyers are keen to make a post-pandemic real estate purchase, including taking advantage of lower interest rates (67 percent), being able to save for a larger down payment due to reduced spending (32 percent), and a dr...

Ask any real estate agent if now is a good time to buy a home. Chances are good you’ll probably get the impression that it’s the perfect time to buy a house.

Makes sense, right? Most agents wouldn’t want to discourage anyone from buying a house.

However, it’s almost impossible to truly say that now is the perfect time for someone to buy a house without knowing a lot more about them and their entire situation. It depends upon their personal wants, needs, and qualifications. It depends upon the real estate market overall. It depends upon mortgage rates. And it depends specifically upon the price range and areas they’d be looking in.

There are a lot of variables, so you can’t truly ever s...

To say the economic news coming out lately has been disconcerting would be an understatement. Statistics concerning job losses, furloughs, and unemployment figures have pointed to upheaval in the global economy as a result of social distancing measures, which were put in place by governments to contain the global COVID-19 pandemic.

But according to recent data from Realtor.com, there is one statistic that should give homeowners (especially potential sellers) some comfort—home prices still appear to be on the rise. In the week ending April 25, the median home list price ticked up by 1.6% annually, compared to one year ago. The data comes from the 99 largest metropolitan areas.

To be sure...

The coronavirus is completely changing the real estate industry, and stay-at-home orders have presented unique challenges for buyers. Not only are they unable to tour properties in person, but, in some areas, they also can’t walk around the neighborhood and get a feel for whether it’s the kind of neighborhood they want to call home.

But just because you can’t explore an area in person right now doesn’t mean you can’t get a feel for a potential neighborhood—and whether it’s the right fit for you, your family, and your new home.

A recent article from realtor.com outlined strategies buyers can use to “test drive” a new neighborhood while they’re sheltering in place, including:

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