Real Estate Blog
Home Sellers Pricing Mistake
“You still see the hope in their eyes.” When Atlanta-based real estate agent Maura Neill agreed to sell a home this fall, she knew she faced an uphill battle. For one, the housing market had cooled significantly. But worse, these home sellers weren’t quite willing to...
Build-To-Rent Communities
Many renters crave the extra bedrooms, laundry facility, and backyard big enough for a pair of swings and a slide that single-family houses provide. But they’re facing a for-sale market with still-high housing prices and surging mortgage interest rates, pricing many...
Money-Saving Mortgages
When it comes to making the largest purchase of their lives, most homebuyers would prefer to play it safe in choosing a loan. That’s why fixed-rate mortgages, the gold standard of home loans, have long been the most popular. These 15-, 20-, and 30-year mortgages...
Should You Become a Real Estate Agent?
In the past two years, careers in real estate have become popular. In the U.S. alone, between 2020 and 2021, there was a 60% increase in people obtaining their real estate licenses. Google Trends data shows that “how to become a real estate agent” was the most...
How to Flip a House the Right Way
Wondering how to flip a house? In real estate, flipping houses has become all the more popular thanks to TV shows such as HGTV’s “Flip or Flop” and “Masters of Flip.” The goal is to buy a run-down home, put money into renovations, list it on the real estate market—and...
Is It a Good Time To Buy?
As the housing market barrels toward the end of the year and all of its holiday trimmings, potential homebuyers are likely wondering what’s in store for the coming season. Home shoppers looking for lower asking prices can officially check that off their wish list....