Kane County

March 9, 2022

Russian invasion and mortgage rates

 

If you’re thinking about buying or selling a home, you’ll want to keep a pulse on what’s happening with mortgage rates. Rates have been climbing in recent months, especially since January of this year. And just a few weeks ago, the 30-year fixed mortgage …

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March 2, 2022

Supply and demand impacts your buying and selling goals

How Supply and Demand Can Impact Your Buying and Selling Goals | Keeping Current Matters

 

In today’s housing market, there are far more buyers looking for homes than sellers listing their houses. Based on the concept of supply and demand, this means home prices will naturally rise. Why is that? When there are more people trying to buy an item than …

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Dec. 1, 2021

How To Think Strategically as a Buyer in Today’s Market

 

 

The game of chess can provide incredible lessons to apply to all aspects of life, including the homebuying process. Chess requires you to plan and think about your strategy from the very beginning of the game.  

The homebuying process, like chess, requires strategy …

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Nov. 24, 2021

Are home sales about to surge... in Winter

 

Like most industries, residential real estate has a seasonality to it. For example, toy stores sell more toys in October, November, and December than they do in any other three-month span throughout the year. More cars are sold in the U.S. during the second quarter (April, May, and …

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Nov. 17, 2021

Does your house have what buyers want

Does Your House Have What Buyers Want?

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The rise in remote work is changing what many Americans want in their homes. Many companies are choosing to …

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Nov. 9, 2021

Housing Challenge or Housing Opportunity? It Depends

The biggest challenge in real estate today is the lack of available homes for sale. The low housing supply has caused homes throughout the country to appreciate at a much faster rate than what we’ve experienced historically.

There are many reasons for the limited number of homes on …

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Nov. 3, 2021

Housing Market Predictions

 

While 2021 faced its fair share of ups and downs, we know one thing to be true: the

real estate market not only met expert predictions, it surpassed them, breaking records

along the way.

With …

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Oct. 27, 2021

@ The Market: 2021 Fall Update

 

2021 has been a wild year in residential real estate. This quarter on @ The Market, @properties looks at opportunities for home buyers and sellers in the moderating yet strong fall market. @properties co-CEOs Thad Wong and Mike Golden discuss everything from dramatic growth in sales activity …

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Oct. 20, 2021

Prices will grow another 16% by 2022

 

Investment bank doesn't foresee big boost in inventory anytime soon

Home prices are currently up 20% year-over-year, but according to a new Goldman Sachs market forecast, they may not have reached their peak yet. Not even close. Goldman Sachs economists predict that home prices will grow …

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Oct. 13, 2021

Fall Maintenance Checklist

 

 

Grab this quick guide and erase any winter worries off your mind. It’s that wonderful time of year again. When the air turns crisp and dewy and the leaves change every color of the rainbow. Let’s be honest though, it’s also when spiders and critters …

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