Buying a home is exhausting, exciting and quite scary. Your aim is to find a place that you love and can afford. It may sound simple, but the truth is many newcomers to the property market dash their dreams by…
Is there a benefit for buying a home in the winter? Many home buyers like to be settled prior to the fall for kids to be settled before school starts or because the weather is more predictable for a move.…
Buying homeowner's insurance can be a bit complicated if you don't understand how certain risk factors affect policy rates. Just ask Joel Laucher, a deputy commissioner with the California Department of Insurance, who says policy rates can rise or fall…
Here is a sneak peak into Asheville's Food & Drink scene - Things we love about Asheville in 2012! Did you know that Asheville was just named a green dining destination? Asheville Independent Restaurants www.airasheville.org Salsa’s Barley’s Pizza and Taproom…
Home Owners Get Smart by Choosing Exclusive Buyer’s Agents instead of Big Box Realtors In Asheville, North Carolina, Who Guarantee to Save Them Time and Money. The Buyer’s Agent of Asheville has helped clients save thousands of dollars in real…
2012 3rd Quarter snap shot of the current Asheville Real Estate Report for Buncombe County. Data presented is from the Western North Carolina Regional MLS: Currently, there are 7,660 residential properties listed Volume SOLD YTD is $2,465,119,265 versus $1,911,586,716 last…
Americans continue to show growing confidence in home price increases over the next 12 months, providing further indications of a slow but steady housing recovery, according to results from Fannie Mae’s October 2012 National Housing Survey (Read more at the…
Throughout the 2012 presidential campaign, both candidates were short on specifics about their housing policy, to put it very kindly. They ignored housing in the debates and acted as if the housing crisis were over. Neither their actions nor their…
In contrast to the declining refinance market, we expect a 16 percent increase in purchase originations in 2013 over 2012, with every quarter in 2013 exceeding the same quarter of 2012. The increase in purchase originations will be driven by…
For most real estate brokers, their day-to-day tasks can get quite busy. After all, they can be seller's agents, buyer's agents, or the dreaded dual agent. They are busy juggling listing appointments, marketing their listings, scheduling open houses, delivering signs,…
