John Montgomery

Nov. 5, 2025

Home prices and your equity

 

 

 

 

 

If you’ve seen headlines about home prices dropping, it’s easy to wonder what that means for the value of your home too. Here’s what you really need to know.

Even with small price declines in some markets, data shows …

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Oct. 23, 2025

Why do homes feel like they cost so much

 

 

 

 

 

Scroll through your feed and you’ll see plenty of finger-pointing about why homes cost so much. And according to a national survey, a lot of people believe big investors are to blame.

Even though data shows that’s not true, …

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Oct. 15, 2025

2026 Market Outlook

 

 

 

 

 

After a couple of years where the housing market felt stuck in neutral, 2026 may be the year things shift back into gear. Expert forecasts show more people are expected to move – and that could open the door for …

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Oct. 8, 2025

Mortgage rates should decrease over the next year

 

 

 

 

 

You want mortgage rates to fall – and they’ve started to. But is it going to last? And how low will they go?

Experts say there’s room for rates to come down even more over the next year. And …

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Oct. 2, 2025

Downsizing without the debt

 

 

 

 

 

If you’ve been thinking about downsizing to lower your expenses, be closer to family, or just make life easier, here’s a trend worth paying attention to:

More homeowners are buying their next house outright, without taking on a new …

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Sept. 24, 2025

Affordability may finally be showing signs of improvement this fall

 

 

 

 

 

For the past couple of years, it’s been tough for a lot of homebuyers to make the numbers work. Home prices shot up. Mortgage rates too. And a number of people hit pause because it just didn’t feel possible. Maybe …

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Sept. 17, 2025

A perfect storm. Lower rates, buyers react

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mortgage rates are finally heading in the right direction – and buyers are starting to jump back in.

According to the data, buyer demand picked up considerably once mortgage rates hit a new low for 2025. The  …

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Sept. 10, 2025

How can you avoid selling for under asking price

 

 

 

 

 

If your selling strategy still assumes you’ll get multiple offers over asking, it’s officially time for a reset. That frenzied seller’s market is behind us. And here are the numbers to prove it. 

From Frenzy to “Normal”

Right …

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Sept. 3, 2025

What does the uptick in inventory really mean?

 

 

 

 

What does the uptick in inventory really mean? 

What Everyone’s Getting Wrong About the Rise in New Home Inventory

 

You may have seen talk online that new home inventory is at its highest level since the …

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Aug. 27, 2025

History of housing market recoveries

 

 

 

 

 

Now that the market is slowing down, homeowners who haven’t sold at the price they were hoping for are increasingly pulling their homes off the market. According to the latest data from Realtor.com, the number of homeowners taking their …

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