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How to qualify for a mortgage?
Whether you're a first time home buyer needing your first mortgage or if you're an experienced home buyer ready for your next home, knowing how the mortgage process works and how to qualify for a new mortgage is an important first step in the process of buying a home. You're...
Living a small town life in a big city.
We are living through a massive population boom and time period where cities and metro-areas are seeing a surge in people moving inward toward urban centers rather than rural. The reasons are many, including opportunity, education, jobs, healthcare, quality of life, amenities,...
Could Accessory Dwelling Units Solve the Housing Affordability Crisis?
We made a catastrophic mistake in the name of “protecting property values.” We did it too well! Over the last 50+ years or so we’ve slowly and unintentionally made it illegal to live somewhere other than in large single family homes or in luxury apartments. During that time...
Shocked by your Tarrant Appraisal Value? Do This!
The Tarrant Appraisal District mailed out property value notices for 2022 this weekend. You may have heard the real estate market is on fire so the value you see on your TAD Blue Form may not be a surprise to you. But if we've learned anything the past several years it's that...
The real estate catastrophe our kids will face.
When I first moved into the community where I live it cost me roughly $6,000 out of pocket. My monthly mortgage payment including property taxes, insurance, and PMI was $1,650 each month. I moved into a brand new 2,150 square foot home on a cul-de-sac with a pond view, 3 bed/2...
Mansfield ISD Area Market Update – April 2022
https://youtu.be/d6vGxuxquGM When does this market end and what does it mean for me? I’m not seeing an end to this market for a long time. Yes I know there's concerns lingering in the economy. But unless there's catastrophic level economic collapse greater than the 2008...
Should You Buy a Home in This Market?
It’s unlikely you live under a rock, so you probably know that we’re in a hot real estate market. Well, maybe because of the real estate market and current home prices you are actually living under a rock! Home values increased around 17% in 2021 and we are expecting similar...
Do you need a Realtor to buy a new construction home?
New construction homes can provide homebuyers with more flexibility, certainty, and favorability that trying to compete in the open real estate market for already existing homes.
Mansfield ISD Area Market Update – February 2022
https://youtu.be/b040zQquOds More Than You Think! I spoke with a friend the other day after they received January’s newsletter and he asked, “Could you really sell my home for $xxx,xxx?!” I ran a quick market analysis on his home and let him know I could actually sell his home...
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