Walter Whitehurst Home Staging: How to Stage Your Home to Appeal to Your Buyer’s Senses There are many great ways to stage your home that will immediately interest viewers, but some have the power to engage the senses and impress potential buyers all the more. Whether you’ve already put your home on the market or […]
Walter Whitehurst Video: What Is A Counter-Offer? What Is A Counter-Offer? The video puts this in more visual terms, but basically, a seller can respond to a buyer’s offer with changes – a “counter” – that improves the terms. You need to put yourself in their shoes and construct a modified offer that you think […]
Walter Whitehurst FOMC Statement: Fed Holds Steady on Rates According to statement issued at the conclusion of today’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting, committee members decided against raising the target federal funds rate. Mixed economic conditions, slower economic growth in the 4th quarter and low inflation contributed to the decision against raising rates. The target […]
Walter Whitehurst Mythbusting: is Winter a Bad Time to Buy a Home? No – and Here’s Why The cooler months of winter often seem like the best time to hibernate into your house and wait for spring to appear, but it can actually be a prime opportunity to start looking for a new home. If […]
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 […]