Home prices are trending back up.

Every major price index points to a housing market that has hit bottom and is moving in a positive direction. After thirty months of declining values, home prices appear to be stable or appreciating in nearly every U.S. market. In August of 2010, the median home price was $182,600, amounting to an 11 percent increase over the low that was reached in February of 2010 at $164,000. Staying on the fence and waiting for prices to drop further is OVER! For more reasons why now is prime time to buy a home, contact me and I’ll send you a free ebook.

Mortgage rates are at rock bottom and won’t stay there forever!

The national average on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage dropped to 4.36 percent in August 2010—lower than it’s been in the past half century. Interest rates for the same time last year averaged 5.19 percent, representing a difference of $90 in the monthly payment on a $200,000 home with 10 percent down, as well as a savings of $32,460 over the life of the loan. For more reasons why now is prime time to buy a home, contact me and I’ll send you a free ebook.

Buyers have the edge!

According to Lawrence Yun, chief economist from the National Association of REALTORS®, “Home buyers over the past year got a great deal, and buyers for the balance of this year have an edge over
sellers. Affordability could reach a generational high in the second half of this year because of rock-bottom mortgage interest rates, helped partly by the Fed’s very accommodative monetary policy.” For more reasons why now is prime time to buy a home, contact me and I’ll send you a free ebook.

A couple reasons to buy a home now!

1.  How do you know when home prices have hit bottom? ... When they start going back up.  The time to buy is now.
2.  Sellers are motivated. Banks are motivated. Builders are motivated.  Buy a home now.

Questions or comments?  I would love to hear them!

It's prime time to buy a home!

It’s prime time to buy a home!  I just read a great ebook called “7 Reasons Why Now Is a Great ime to Buy a Home!” It’s filled with positive, exciting information to help buyers seize the incredible market opportunities available to them right now. Over the next seven weeks, I’ll be sharing key excerpts from this ebook with you in my blog. For a free copy of this ebook, contact me and I’ll send it your way.

Keller Williams had a very successful 2009!!

http://www.youtube.com/kellerwilliams#p/u/17/H2LiC1YTV4o

What the heck is a short sale?!!!

We are hearing the words "short sale" more and more these days; yet so many people I come across don't know what they are.

I recently became a designated Certified Distressed Property Expert because my traditional listings are not selling. I fought the whole short sale thing for awhile, referring them out, but I realized, like it or not, this is the way things will be for awhile. 

As realtors, let's keep in mind, a short sale is not just another "sale." It's a way to help people avoid the devastating effects of foreclosure. People are ashamed, they don't know where to turn for accurate information, and they need our help, compassion and skills! I am personally on a mission to save as many as I can, one homeowner at a time!! 

See article from CDPE website . . .