Essential Tips for Home Buyers in The Current Housing Market Navigating the home buying process at any time can be complex, but the way we’ve seen the market change since this time last year has been more than a little shocking. Homes are selling fast, and inventory is low in the current housing market. As…
5 Tips for Buying a Home in Asheville Buying a home can be both rewarding and challenging. Some people buy their dream home, and others end up with a complete nightmare. How do you have a good experience when dealing with such a big purchase that requires a lot of energy to get right? Here…
What’s On Your New Home Wishlist? How to Create a New Home Wishlist Before You Shop Around We can’t say it enough: 2020 has been a very strange year. It’s been full of ups and downs and all overlayed by the global pandemic that’s affecting the economy, interest rates, and home prices. In Asheville, it’s…
What I Wish I Knew About Mortgages and Real Estate Before Buying My First Home Before I was an independent mortgage lender, I was a first-time homebuyer. My experience, like many others, wasn’t perfect. I found it difficult, challenging, and even frustrating. It was the reason I decided to dedicate my career to making the…
Student Loans: Where Are We Now? According to a piece by Time Magazine in the summer of 2019, 44 million Americans are currently drowning in student loan debt. The number at that time was an unfathomable $1.5 trillion. So what does this mean for literally everyone? There are a lucky few, of course, who were…
While things may never be the same as they were in 2019 before this novel coronavirus began to spread, we are starting to see a return to some aspects of normalcy in our community and around the country. Specifically, we are always looking at real estate trends for buying, selling, and financing homes in the…
20/20 Vision: Home Buying Resolutions for The New Year Is your vision 20/20? You knew we were going to say that, so soon after the first of the year. Yes, we have entered another decade and a new roaring 20s. While the financial market takes crazy twists and turns, we also believe that we can…
Setting Your Home Buying Goals for the End of the Year There are just over six weeks left in 2019. What goals did you have for the year? How do you feel about heading into 2020? If you had a goal of buying or selling your home, where are you with that now? Did you…
There is no doubt, Asheville is facing an affordable housing crisis. This is punctuated by the seemingly constant stream of hotels being built downtown and the massive numbers of vacation rentals available. But the city of Asheville is working on several affordable initiatives – housing. What are they and how can they benefit those looking to buy homes…
Montford: Past and Present There are a lot of individual neighborhoods that make up the amazing city of Asheville. One such neighborhood is historic Montford, located just north of downtown Asheville and I40. It sits between Future 26 and Broadway and features a number of historic locations. If you’re considering a move to Asheville and want to…