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Continue Reading Have You Thought About Why You Might Want To Sell Your House? [INFOGRAPHIC]

If you’re thinking about buying a home, you want to know the decision will be a good one. And for many, that means thinking about what home prices are projected to do in the coming years and how that could impact your investment. This year, we aren’t seeing home prices fall dramatically. As the year…

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Are you having trouble finding a home that fits your needs and your budget? If so, you should know there’s an option worth considering – condominiums, also known as condos. According to Bankrate:“A condo can be a more affordable entry point to homeownership than a single-family home. And as a homeowner, you’ll build equity over…

Continue Reading Reasons To Consider Condos in Your Home Search

Once you’ve made the decision to sell your house and have hired a real estate agent to help, they’ll ask how much access to your home you want to give potential buyers. Your answer matters more now than it did in recent years. Here’s why.At the height of the buying frenzy seen during the pandemic,…

Continue Reading The Role of Access in Selling Your House

Over the past year, home prices have been a widely debated topic. Some have said we’ll see a massive drop in prices and that this could be a repeat of 2008 – which hasn’t happened. Others have forecasted a real estate market that could see slight appreciation or depreciation depending on the area of the…

Continue Reading What’s Ahead for Home Prices in 2023

Continue Reading Here’s Why the Housing Market Isn’t Going To Crash [INFOGRAPHIC]

Though the housing market is no longer experiencing the frenzy of a year ago, buyers are showing their interest in purchasing a home. According to U.S. News:“Housing markets have cooled slightly, but demand hasn’t disappeared, and in many places remains strong largely due to the shortage of homes on the market.”That activity can be seen…

Continue Reading What Buyer Activity Tells Us About the Housing Market

Though there are more homes for sale now than there were at this time last year, there’s still an undersupply with fewer houses available than in more normal, pre-pandemic years. The Monthly Housing Market Trends Report from realtor.com puts it this way: “While the number of homes for sale is increasing, it is still 43.2% lower…

Continue Reading Balancing Your Wants and Needs as a Homebuyer This Spring

The housing market has been going through shifts lately. That’s why it’s so important to work with an industry professional who can be your guide throughout the process.A real estate expert uses their knowledge of what’s really happening with home prices, housing supply, expert projections, and more to give you the best advice. Someone who…

Continue Reading An Expert Gives You Clarity in Today’s Housing Market

One of the benefits of being a homeowner is that you build equity over time. By selling your house, that equity can be used toward purchasing your next home. But before you can put it to use, you should understand exactly what equity is and how it grows. Bankrate explains it like this:“Home equity is…

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Continue Reading Buying a Home May Make More Sense Than Renting [INFOGRAPHIC]

Are you planning to buy a home this spring? Though things are more balanced than they were at the height of the pandemic, it’s still a sellers’ market. So, when you find the home you want to buy, remember these four tips to make your best offer.1. Lean on a Real Estate ProfessionalRely on an…

Continue Reading 4 Tips for Making Your Best Offer on a Home

A lot has changed over the past year, and you might be wondering what’s in store for the spring housing market. If you’re planning to sell your house this season, here’s what real estate experts are saying you should keep in mind.1. Houses That Are Priced Right Are Still SellingHouses that are updated and priced…

Continue Reading 2 Things Sellers Need To Know This Spring

During the pandemic, many of us reexamined the meaning of home for ourselves and our loved ones. Today, that can be seen in the recent rise in multigenerational households. According to Jessica Lautz, Deputy Chief Economist and Vice President of Economic Research at the National Association of Realtors (NAR):“Multi-generational buying may be a home where…

Continue Reading Could a Multigenerational Home Be the Right Fit for You?

You may have seen reports in the news recently saying it’s better to rent right now than it is to own your home. But before you let that impact your decisions, you should understand what these claims are based on. (more…)

Continue Reading Is It Really Better To Rent Than To Own a Home Right Now?

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Continue Reading Where Will You Go After You Sell Your House? [INFOGRAPHIC]

Today’s homeowners are sitting on significant equity, even as home price appreciation has eased recently. If you’re a homeowner, your net worth got a boost over the past few years thanks to rising home prices. Here’s what it means for you, even as the market moderates. (more…)

Continue Reading Equity Gains for Today’s Homeowners

If you’re thinking of selling your house, it’s important to work with someone who understands how the market is changing and what it means for you. Here are five reasons working with a professional can ensure you’ll get the most out of your sale. (more…)

Continue Reading An Expert Makes All the Difference When You Sell Your House

After steadily falling over the winter, mortgage rates have started to rise in recent weeks. This is concerning to some potential homebuyers as the combination of higher mortgage rates and higher prices have made homes less affordable. So, if you’re planning to purchase a home this year, you too may be wondering if now’s the…

Continue Reading What You Should Know About Rising Mortgage Rates

One of the many reasons to buy a home is that it’s a major way to build wealth and gain financial stability. According to Freddie Mac: (more…)

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Purchasing and owning a home represents a major accomplishment in your life. But since home ownership is also an investment, you may be wondering how to raise the value of your home in order to get the most out of that investment. Understanding what adds value to a home will help you get the most…

Continue Reading What Adds Value to a Home? 10 Ways to Raise a Property’s Value

If you’re a first time home buyer, all of the different factors you need to consider when buying a piece of property can seem overwhelming. To make your search a little easier, keep this list of red flags in mind when you’re looking for a house to know how to spot potential problems at any…

Continue Reading Avoid These 10 Red Flags When Buying a House

With rental prices in Central Florida rising at a faster rate than the typical renters’ paycheck, more Floridians are realizing the best way to control the cost of living is to own a home. Current low interest rates make the prospect even more attractive. Yet, many first-time buyers aren’t aware of the many expenses involved…

Continue Reading When You Buy a House What Do You Pay Monthly?

According to a study published on January 22, 2020, rent in Orlando increased 39% from 2010 to 2019. Year-over-year rent prices are also exploding in other Florida cities. If you’re ready to break the cycle of paying more and more every year to an unresponsive landlord, you need to own your own home. Here’s a…

Continue Reading How Much Money Do You Need Upfront to Buy a House?

We are in uncharted territory in many areas. As a broker in Central Florida, I am constantly looking at trends and issues that affect the home sale process. While I would like to say. Things are steady right now, things are not. It’s not all gloom and doom depending on who is buying and who is selling.

Continue Reading Buying and Selling during a pandemic

Owning a home is a great thing and after a while, once you get settled in, you really start to make things your own. Personally, my improvement strategy has been to pick one thing a year I want to do and vet it properly for cost etc. before doing anything.

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With so many non brokerage companies out there making cash offers on homes, it was only a matter of time before the actual professionals got involved and improved on it! Enter REALSURE! Realsure take a unique approach to the cash now home sale process. Instead of just offering a seller a price, usually lower than…

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I’m David Dorman and THIS…IS 2020! It’s time to start a new year and I could not be more excited! There are some major changes coming down the pike for 2020. The biggest thing I want to share this month is that in March,

Continue Reading Welcome to 2020!

Let me tell you a few things about getting your real estate license. I’ll start with a questions. How long does it take to get your real estate license? How many hours of sales training must you have before you can pen your first deal?

Continue Reading What your agent doesn’t know might hurt you..

Have you ever gone online to search for something and found that your results are so enormous that there is no way you could look at all of the results?

Continue Reading It’s all in the Details

Whether you are selling a home or buying a new one, the contract is arguably the most important part of the transaction. Having recently been updated from 4 pages to 12, the Florida FAR/BAR contract is daunting to say the least.

Continue Reading Does your agent really know how?

I had quite a few listing appointments this last month. I spoke to people from as young as 25, to a lovely couple in their 80’s. While that is a broad age range, one thing is true for all sellers. They all want to know what they need to do to get their home on the market.

Continue Reading Getting your home ready to sell…

I work with many different agents, and each of them handles their business in many different ways. There has been a trend over the last several years

Continue Reading Too many Chefs

Real estate is constantly changing. Unfortunately, many agents are not. Technology, market knowledge

Continue Reading Picking the right agent

Listing a home has many moving parts. There are photos, descriptions, websites, staging and so much more. All these things matter in their own way, but one in particular can make or break your listing.

Continue Reading Strategic Pricing

Marketing can be tricky for real estate agents. While many have the best of intentions for their sellers, many fail to see the bigger picture in what direction their marketing is heading in.

Continue Reading Is your agent marketing you or themselves?