Category: Real Estate
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What Are Your Goals in the Housing Market This Year?
If buying or selling a home is part of your dreams for 2023, it’s essential for you to understand today’s housing market, define your goals, and work with a trusted real estate agent to bring your homeownership vision for the new year into focus. In the last year, high inflation had a big impact on…
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Wondering How Much You Need to Save for a Down Payment?
If you’re getting ready to buy your first home, you’re likely focused on saving up for everything that purchase involves. One cost that’s likely top of mind is your down payment. But don’t let a common misconception about how much you need to save make the process harder than it could be. Understand 20% Isn’t…
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Planning To Sell Your House?
It’s Critical To Hire a Pro With higher mortgage rates and moderating buyer demand, conditions in the housing market are different today. And if you are thinking of selling your house it’s important to understand how the market has changed and what that means for you. The best way to make sure you are in…
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Housing Market in 2023
What to Expect The 2022 housing market has been defined by two key things: inflation and rapidly rising mortgage rates. And, in many ways, it’s put the market into a reset position. As the Federal Reserve made moves this year to try to lower inflation, mortgage rates more than doubled. This had a cascading impact…
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Deadly Mistakes Buyers Make
10 Deadly Mistakes buyers make when purchasing a home Making an offer on a home without being prequalified. Prequalification will make your life easier so take the time to speak with a lender. A lenders specific questions in regard to income, debt, etc. will help you determine the price range you can afford. It is…
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What Makes a House a Home?
There is no denying the long term financial benefits of owning a home, but today’s housing market may have you wondering if now is still the time to buy. While the financial aspects of buying a home are important, the non-financial and emotional reasons are too. HOME means something different to all of us. Whether…
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Mortgage Rates Are Dropping
What Does That Mean For You? Mortgage rates have been a hot topic in the housing market over the past 12 months. Compared to the beginning of 2022, rates have risen dramatically. Now they’re dropping, and that has to do with everything happening in the economy. So, what does that mean for your homeownership plans?…
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Property Revaluation
All real estate owners should have received their revaluation notice. Please contact your local Assessor’s office should you have questions or require additional information. “A revaluation program is undertaken to secure a more equitable distribution of the tax burden, to bring the assessment level up to date, and to modernize assessment procedures. Furthermore, Connecticut law…