What Nobody Tells You About Selling the Home You Raised Your Kids In
I lightly rubbed my fingertips from the tail towards the head of the shark facing towards me. It was a childhood ritual I had before turning on the light. My dad had shellacked a piece of driftwood, ran wiring through it, added a light fixture, and mounted two baby sand sharks which he caught down t
Should You Buy a Home in Metro Phoenix Now or Wait for Rates to Drop?
There are a few loud resounding messages that we commonly hear from our first-time home buyers: 1) “Rates are too high right now. We’re just going to wait until they drop.”; 2) “Everyone is saying to be patient… the prices will crash.”; and 3) “I don’t have 20% to put down, so I can’t do anything.”
No Concessions, No Sale? The Reality Many Sellers Are Facing
After three weeks on the market, the silence was loud. Showings slowed, feedback softened into apologies, and the message became impossible to ignore: buyers were interested but unwilling to absorb the full cost of a home that needed more than a little attention. We shared the comments with our clie
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