Walter Whitehurst Be Prepared for Your Mortgage Pre-approval Interview by Having Answers to These 4 Questions So – you’ve completed an initial mortgage pre-qualification and now you’re ready to take the next step and meet with your lender or mortgage advisor for the pre-approval interview. Are you ready? At this stage of the application process […]
Walter Whitehurst Winter Staging: How to Make Your Home Look Beautiful when It’s Miserable Outside When the weather outside is frightful, you may feel anything but delightful if you’re hoping to attract potential homebuyers. When you’re staging a home for sale, you want to make it as appealing as possible – especially during the winter […]
Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 29, 2014 Last week’s economic news included several housing related reports. Housing markets continue to cool as November reports on existing and new home sales fell below expectations. New Jobless claims were lower than expected by 10,000 claims. The details: Existing and New Home […]
Walter Whitehurst Existing Home Sales Dip to Lowest Level since May The National Association of Realtors® reported that sales of existing homes dropped to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.93 million as compared to expectations of a 5.18 million existing homes sold. Projections were based on October’s reading of 5.25 million. November’s reading showed a […]
Walter Whitehurst Moving This Winter? Here Are 5 Relocation Tips That Will Help Ease the Stress of Moving Moving is not exactly enjoyable at any time of the year, but it can be especially stressful in the winter. Moving all of your items when it is snowing and blowing outside makes things a lot tougher. […]
Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – December 22, 2014 Last week’s scheduled economic events were few but informative. Housing related reports included the National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for December, which stayed close to a nine-year high reading of 59 in September. December’s reading was 57 and […]
Walter Whitehurst Let There Be Light! 3 Easy Ways to Make over a Room by Adding New Light Fixtures Light is an important design element that can be used to influence your interior decor in a number of ways. In fact, you can experience a major transformative change on the overall style and ambiance of […]
Walter Whitehurst FOMC Statement: No Year-End Surprises The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) said in its last statement for 2014 that although economic conditions have improved at a moderate pace, the Fed believes that the target federal funds rate of between 0.00 and 0.25 percent remains “appropriate.” While labor markets show expanding job growth and […]
Walter Whitehurst First-Time Condo Buyer? What to Expect from Your New Homeowners Association Every owner of condominium property automatically becomes a member of a homeowners association, otherwise referred to a “HOA” throughout the United States or a “Strata” in Canada. With that membership come certain rights and responsibilities. The primary right that the owner has […]
Are you a current home owner who is considering listing your property on the market in 2015? If so, then you’re likely to enjoy a lot of success! After all, Realtor.com recently released its top predictions for the housing market in the New Year. And all of them seem to favor home sellers. Let’s Take […]
