Walter Whitehurst First Time Home Buyers: 3 Essential Tips That You Won’t Hear from Your Friends When it comes to diving into home ownership for the first time, it can seem like there are so many things you just don’t know. Whether you’re getting advice from your real estate agent, your friends or your family, […]

Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – January 25, 2016 Last week’s scheduled economic news included releases from the National Association of Home Builders, Housing Starts, and Existing Home Sales. Weekly reports on new jobless claims and mortgage rates were also released.  The National Association of Realtors® reported that sales of previously […]

Walter Whitehurst Staging Tips: How to Make a Small Backyard a Great Selling Feature Small backyards are not the detriment that sellers seem to worry about. By putting in some work, any homeowner should be able to turn the smallest backyard into a selling feature by highlighting its assets. Here are some surefire ways to […]

Walter Whitehurst Did You Know: Here’s Why Buying a New Home Grows Your Wealth Faster Than Renting There can be many downsides to both renting and buying, depending on what side of the coin you are on, but if you’re leaning towards purchasing a home it can have added benefits for your bank account that […]

Walter Whitehurst Home Builders Remain Confident in January Home builders maintained December’s confidence level according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index for January. The latest reading of 60 mirrored December’s reading, but was two points lower than expected. Readings of more than 50 indicate that more builders were confident about […]

Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – January 18, 2016 In addition to weekly reports on mortgage rates and new unemployment claims, last week’s economic news included the Fed’s Beige Book report, retail sales and consumer sentiment. January’s Empire State Index showed an unexpected dip and Consumer Sentiment increased for January. Fed’s […]

Walter Whitehurst How Do I Determine The Initial Offer? As you’ll see in this video, unless you have a buyer’s agent remember that the agent works for the seller. Make a point of asking him or her to keep your discussions and information confidential. Listen to your real estate agent’s advice but follow your own […]

Walter Whitehurst 5, 10, 20 Percent or More? How to Determine How Big of a Down Payment You Need Whether or not you’re new to real estate, there’s little doubt that you’ve heard the term down payment as it relates to purchasing a home. There’s a lot of different information out there in regards to […]

Walter Whitehurst Have You Been Denied for a Mortgage? Here Are 3 Reasons Why You’ll Want to Keep Trying If you’re in the market for a new home, you’ll most likely need a mortgage in order to afford it. But for some home buyers, getting a mortgage isn’t easy. Banks and other lenders are often […]