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Hi Friends, Was Chicken Little right? Can the sky actually fall? Or is everything that falls from the sky temporary? Scary sometimes, true, but temporary. Seasons change. Days get longer. Snow melts. Leaves and...

Last year, one factor drove the real estate market more than any other: rising mortgage rates.  In March 2022, the Federal Reserve began a series of interest rate hikes in an effort to pump...

You don’t have to break the bank to celebrate the holidays in style—even in this season of inflation. Prices may be higher on everything from food to gifts to decorations, but there are still...

Over the past few years, a real estate buying frenzy bid up home prices to eye-popping amounts. However, as mortgage rates have risen, buyer demand has cooled.1 Consequently, home sellers who enter the market...

Hi friends, The time to find out your generator needs fixing is NOT as the electricity is knocked out by a storm. The time to make sure you have enough towels for an overnight...

Hi Friends, Gone, at least for now, are the days when houses were being snapped up hours after the postings went live. Lots of factors played into that amazing sellers’ market. Lots of those...

Mortgage rates have been on a roller coaster ride this year, rising and falling amid inflationary pressures and economic uncertainty. And even the experts are divided when it comes to predicting where rates are...

The process of buying a new home can be both exhilarating and exhausting. But the journey doesn’t stop when you close on your property. On the contrary, you still have quite a bit to...

No matter what’s going on in the housing market, the process of selling a home can be challenging. Some sellers have a hard time saying goodbye to a treasured family residence. Others want to...