Walter Whitehurst Assessing Your ‘Debt-to-Income Ratio’ and Why This Number Matters When Getting a Mortgage If you are looking to buy a home, you may want to consider shopping for a loan first. Having your financing squared away ahead of time can make it easier to be taken seriously by buyers and help move along […]
Walter Whitehurst Last-minute Home Showing? Here’s How to Stage Your Home in Just a Few Minutes In an ideal situation, a seller will have ample time to prepare a home to list for sale. This may include time to make necessary repairs, to thoroughly clean the home from top to bottom and to properly stage […]
Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 27, 2015 Last week’s scheduled economic news releases were limited as no news was released on Monday or Tuesday, but good news did arrive in the form of a dip in mortgage rates for fixed rate loans. The National Association of Realtors® reported higher […]
Walter Whitehurst Tiny, but Cozy: 3 Ways to Furnish Small Spaces to Make Them Feel Much Larger When decorating a small space, there is a general desire to make the space look and feel larger than it is while also meeting basic functional needs in the room. For example, there may be a need to […]
Walter Whitehurst Good News! Existing Home Sales, FHFA Home Prices Increase Housing markets show continued signs of strengthening according to reports released on Wednesday. The National Association of Realtors® reported that sales of pre-owned homes rose to 5.49 million in June as compared to May’s revised reading of 5.32 million pre-owned homes sold and expected […]
Walter Whitehurst 3 Reasons Why Your Closing Costs Will Vary Depending on the Type of Home You Buy Savvy home buyers who are preparing to make a real estate purchase should do their research and understand that they need to save money for not only the down payment, but the closing costs as well. The […]
Walter Whitehurst 3 Trends That Will Help Shape Your Local Real Estate Market in 2015 Each real estate market is unique in various ways, and your local real estate agent can help you to become more familiar with the trends in your community. For example, in some areas, it may be common for a seller […]
Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – July 20, 2015 Last week’s economic news included an encouraging report from the National Association of Home Builders, whose housing market index held steady with a reading of 60 in July. This was the 13th consecutive month for readings over 50, which indicate that more […]
Walter Whitehurst NAHB: Home Builder Confidence Holds Steady Home builder confidence remained steady at the highest reading in almost ten years according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Wells Fargo Housing Market Index for July. The latest reading of 60 for the index was identical to expectations and June’s reading, which was revised […]
First-time home buyers who work with us often have the same question: Should we or shouldn’t we get a first-time home buyer loan? In fact, there are a number of advantages and disadvantages attached to this type of loan. So today, we thought we would take a few moments to share with you what you […]