Seller Tip: Enhance Your Curb Appeal
When selling your home, the importance of a good first impression cannot be overstated! Enhancing your curb appeal doesn’t require you spend any money either!
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What to Know about Credit Scores Before Buying
When buying a home, your credit scores are critical when it comes to qualifying for a mortgage. Your credit scores can also help determine your mortgage rate.
What’s Happening with Mortgage Rates?
Are you feeling a bit unsure about what’s really happening with mortgage rates? That might be because you’ve heard someone say they’re coming down. But then you read somewhere else that they’re up again. And that may leave you scra...
First-Generation Homebuyer Programs
There are two new down payment programs coming to Minnesota in Spring of 2024. Find out all about these programs and other programs you may be eligible for!
Pre-Approval – Your Home Buying Game Changer
A pre-approval is how to put your best foot forward when you being your home search. Here’s why a pre-approval is a game changer for buyers.
Why Didn’t Your House Sell?
If your listing expired and your house did not sell, you’re likely feeling a little frustrated. Not to mention, you're also probably wondering what went wrong. Here are three questions to think about as you figure out what to do next.
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Why “Median Homes Sale Price” is Confusing Right Now
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is set to release its most recent Existing Home Sales (EHS) report tomorrow. This monthly release provides information on the volume of sales and price trends for homes that have previously bee...
Evaluating Your Needs and Wants as a Homebuyer
Evaluating Your Wants and Needs as a Homebuyer Matters More Today
When it comes to buying a home, especially with today’s affordability challenges, you’ll want to be strategic. Mortgage rates impact how much it costs to borrow money for yo...
Comparing Today’s Market to the ‘Unicorn’ Years
Some Highlights
Comparing housing market metrics from one year to another can be challenging in a normal housing market – and the last few years have been anything but normal. In a way, they were ‘unicorn’ years.
Expect unsettli...