Downsizing for seniors
These days, more and more seniors are looking to downsize their homes in search of something more affordable and easier to maintain. Many seniors look around in their sixties, seventies, or beyond and realize that their house is too big, full of clutter, expensive to…
Ten Tips to Selling Your Home and Buying a New One Part 3: “What if I Mess up My Timing or Burn Out From the Stress?”
When you’re in the pressure cooker of a home sale or have been shopping for a home for a while in a competitive market, it’s easy to get carried away by stress and emotions. To make sure you’re in the right headspace for your homebuying…

Donna StottSeptember 17, 2021
Ten Tips to Selling Your Home and Buying a New One Part 2: “What if I Get Stuck With Two Mortgages at the Same Time?”
This is one of the most common concerns that we hear from buyers who are selling a home while shopping for a new one, and it’s realistic to expect at least some overlap in mortgages. To make sure you don’t get into a situation where…

Donna StottSeptember 15, 2021
10 Tips to Selling your home and buying a New One: Part 1 “What will I do if I sell my House before I can Buy a New One?”
Even seasoned home sellers are thrown for a loop when needing to sell their home when and shopping for a new one –especially when the demand for new homes keeps rising, but the supply feels like it’s dwindling.¹ Its normal to experience conflicting emotions: know…

Donna StottSeptember 12, 2021
How to get your Buyer’s Offer Accepted
Currently, we are in a cutthroat sellers market. In our area, we are currently averaging a days on market of under a week. So what can be done to get that offer in and, more importantly, get accepted? If you look around there are a…

Donna StottMarch 31, 2021
What It Means To Be in a Sellers’ Market
If you’ve given even a casual thought to selling your house in the near future, this is the time to really think seriously about making a move. Here’s why this season is the ultimate sellers’ market and the optimal time to make sure your house is available for buyers who are…

Donna StottMarch 26, 2021
Buyer & Seller Perks in Today’s Housing Market
Right now, the housing market is full of outstanding opportunities for both buyers and sellers. Whether you’re thinking of buying your first home, moving up to a bigger one, or selling so you can downsize this spring, there are perks today that are powering big moves for…

Donna StottMarch 23, 2021
Should We Fear the Surge in Cash-Out Refinances?
Freddie Mac recently released their Quarterly Refinance Statistics report which covers refinances through 2020. The report explains that the dollar amount of cash-out refinances was greater in 2020 than in recent years. A cash-out refinance, as defined by Investopia, is: “a mortgage refinancing option in which an old mortgage is replaced for…

Donna StottMarch 18, 2021