• What’s the Latest with Mortgage Rates?,Brian Eastwood

    What’s the Latest with Mortgage Rates?

    Recent headlines may leave you wondering what’s next for mortgage rates. Maybe you’d previously heard there were going to be cuts this year that would bring rates down. That refers to the Federal Reserve (the Fed) and what they do to their Fed Funds Rate. While cutting, or lowering, the Fed Funds Ra

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  • Is It Easier To Find a Home To Buy Now?,Brian Eastwood

    Is It Easier To Find a Home To Buy Now?

    One of the biggest hurdles buyers have faced over the past few years has been a lack of homes available for sale. But that’s starting to change. The graph below uses the latest data from Realtor.com to show there are more homes on the market in 2024 than there have been in any of the past several ye

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  • Balancing Your Wants and Needs as a Homebuyer This Spring,Brian Eastwood

    Balancing Your Wants and Needs as a Homebuyer This Spring

    Though there are more homes for sale now than there were at this time last year, there’s still an undersupply with fewer houses available than in more normal, pre-pandemic years. The Monthly Housing Market Trends Report from realtor.com puts it this way:  “While the number of homes for sale is incre

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