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What Features Do Buyers Want in a Home?
Brooke Hartnett Brooke Hartnett

What Features Do Buyers Want in a Home?

Congratulations – you’ve been pre-approved for a mortgage and started your journey to achieving homeownership! Now comes the fun part – choosing the must-haves for your dream home. You’ve figured out your budget, square footage, and the number of bedrooms requirements, but what about other features?

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Post-Pandemic Real Estate Outlook
Brooke Hartnett Brooke Hartnett

Post-Pandemic Real Estate Outlook

In the world of real estate, spring is usually the official start of the home-buying frenzy. Prior to mid-March, the real estate industry was slated for a highly competitive and profitable home-buying season thanks to historically low inventory and ultra-low mortgage rates.

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Home Buying in 2020
Brooke Hartnett Brooke Hartnett

Home Buying in 2020

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”

This sums up the home buying forecast for 2020. While there will still be opportunities for home buyers, the actual buying journey will be as challenging as it has been in recent years.

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Your Spring Home Buying Checklist
Brooke Hartnett Brooke Hartnett

Your Spring Home Buying Checklist

Purchasing a new home can be exciting for everyone involved. Working together to house hunt and find the perfect home takes a lot of hard work, but will pay off in the end with your new forever home. Before you start your home buying process, make sure you check these items off your checklist.

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Fast Pass Your Way with Prequalification
Brooke Hartnett Brooke Hartnett

Fast Pass Your Way with Prequalification

As a society, nobody likes to wait. Very few of us have the patience to wait, which is why Disney World offers the “Fast Pass” and the NFL made the fast line concession stand for season ticket holders. These monoliths know how to manage our waiting expectations. Banks also jumped to this conclusion and later the bandwagon with offering “prequalification.” Once prospective homeowners discovered the type of home that they couldn’t live without, they wanted to “Fast Pass” their way to an answer.

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