Walter Whitehurst Buying a New Home This Spring? How to Avoid Overpaying as the Market Starts to Heat Up While the real estate market in most areas may slow down considerably during the winter months, activity quickly picks up in the spring time. More listings are available for buyers to choose from, but there are […]
Walter Whitehurst S&P Case-Shiller: Home Price Growth Slows in 2015 According to the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index report for January, home prices grew by 4.50 percent year-over-year as compared to January 2014’s year-over-year price growth rate of 10.50 percent. This was the lowest rate of home price growth since 2012. Analysts said that although […]
Walter Whitehurst Understanding Valuations and How a Real Estate Agent Can Determine Your Home’s Value If you are thinking about listing your home for sale, one of the biggest factors that may be holding you back from pulling the trigger on this decision is the value of your home. You may have a decent idea […]
Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – March 30, 2015 Last week’s economic reports included reports on new and existing home sales and FHFA’s monthly home price index for properties associated with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgages. The details: New Home Sales Surge, Existing Home Sales Drop According to the Department […]
Walter Whitehurst Three Unique Upgrades That Will Drive Your Home’s Resale Price Through the Roof If you are a homeowner, you should always be thinking about ways that you can boost the resale value of your home. Whether you are planning on putting the home on the market, or simply want to be prepared for […]
Walter Whitehurst Three Handy Home Staging Tips That Will Help You Display Your Home in the Best Light Your home may be one of your largest assets, and you certainly want to take steps to get the highest price possible for it when you list it on the market to sell. In addition, you may […]
Walter Whitehurst FHFA: Home Prices Rise 0.30 Percent in January The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) reported that home prices rose by a seasonally-adjusted rate of 0.30 percent in January, and were 5.10 percent higher as compared to home prices in January 2014. FHFA oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and its home price report […]
Walter Whitehurst How Safe is Your Home from a Fire? Learn How to Run a Quick Fire Safety Assessment A fire can rage through your home at a moment’s notice, and it can cause a significant amount of damage in a very short period of time, which would require fire damage restoration services to restore […]
Walter Whitehurst What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – March 23, 2015 Last week’s events included the National Association of Home Builder’s Housing Market Index, which fell to its lowest reading since last summer. Other news included reports on housing starts and building permits, the FOMC meeting statement and Fed Chair Janet Yellen’s press […]
Walter Whitehurst Spring DIY Projects: How to Build a Treehouse That the Kids Will Love If you have children, no home is complete without a treehouse. Besides the fact that treehouses provide kids with hours of entertainment, they can also confer ancillary benefits that are hard to quantify. For starters, treehouses can improve property values […]