by CG | Feb 20, 2019 | First Time Home Buyers, Market Updates
The housing market has been hot for a while now. Homes have been flying off the shelves as fast as they have been listed. Buyers have been competing in bidding wars just to find a home to buy, let alone find their dream home. This ‘seller’s market’ has driven...
by CG | Feb 13, 2019 | First Time Home Buyers, Market Updates
Study after study shows that no matter what generation Americans belong to, the vast majority believe that homeownership is an important part of their American Dream. The benefits of homeownership can be broken into two main categories: financial and non-financial...
by CG | Feb 6, 2019 | Market Updates, Selling Home
One of the biggest challenges sellers face when listing their house is decluttering. Cleaning out some of the more personal decorating choices allows buyers to imagine themselves living in the house. Those planning to sell soon are in luck! Marie Kondo, the...
by CG | Jan 30, 2019 | First Time Home Buyers, Home Purchase, Market Updates
Recently, David Greene, co-host of the BiggerPockets podcast and a nationally renowned author and speaker, wrote an article in Forbes explaining how investing in real estate could help build wealth. Many of the points he made also apply to a family owning their own...
by CG | Nov 1, 2018 | First Time Home Buyers, Market Updates
The expression in this blog title is a common one that we hear after talking to a MN first time home buyer and walking through their home loan options. Typically, they’ve read or heard somewhere that they needed far more than what was actually necessary to buy their...
