• Mortgage Rates Will Come Down, It’s Just a Matter of Time,Bent Danholm

    Mortgage Rates Will Come Down, It’s Just a Matter of Time

    This past year, rising mortgage rates have slowed the red-hot housing market. Over the past nine months, we’ve seen fewer homes sold than the previous month as home price growth has slowed. All of this is due to the fact that the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has doubled this year, severely li

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  • Top Questions About Selling Your Home This Winter,Bent Danholm

    Top Questions About Selling Your Home This Winter

    There’s no denying the housing market is undergoing a shift this season, and that may leave you with some questions about whether it still makes sense to sell your house. Here are three of the top questions you may be asking – and the data that helps answer them – so you can make a confident decisio

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  • Home Equity: A Source of Strength for Homeowners Today,Bent Danholm

    Home Equity: A Source of Strength for Homeowners Today

    Experts agree there’s no chance of a large-scale foreclosure crisis like we saw back in 2008, and that’s good news for the housing market. As Mark Fleming, Chief Economist at First American, says:“. . . don’t expect a housing bust like the mid-2000s, as lending standards in this housing cycle have b

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