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  Achieving Your Homebuying Dreams in 2024 [INFOGRAPHIC] Some Highlights Planning to  buy a home  in  2024 ? Here’s what to focus on. Improve your  credit score ,  plan  for your  down payment , get pre-approved, and decide what’s  most important  to you. Let’s connect  so you have expert advice on how to  achieve  your homebuying goals this year. Be sure to drop by my office to discuss your plans towards homeownership and then check out Old World Breads for fresh brewed coffee and baked goods!  Old World Breads
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 STILL ENJOYING THE HOLIDAY CHEER & LOOKING FOR SOME FAMILY FUN?   If you haven't yet been to Schellville in Rehoboth Beach there is still time to join in on the family fun.  Events are planned with two more days added Jan 1st & 2nd giving you even more opportunity!  View all the details here!   Schellville Village
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  To all my ‘would-be buyers’ waiting for the right time to purchase your new home…the time is NOW! 2022 has been a rough year; with high interest rates and high inflation everyone has been tightening their budgets. If that left you on the sidelines for the purchase of a new home, then you have a great window of opportunity open to you right now! Yesterday, Dec. 13, 2023 Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said “the central bank will leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged.” That means that mortgage rates are poised to come down beginning in 2024. He went on to say, if the economy continues in the direction it is headed, the projection is for a 4.6% rate by the end of 2024, a 3.6% rate by the end of 2025 and 2.9% Federal rate by the end of 2026. See The Wall Street Journal video clip here.  When the rates go down buyers on the fence will flood the market. Demand will go up, material will go up, and prices will also go up. Even in this challenging economic env...
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  Experts Project Home Prices Will Rise over the Next 5 Years Even with so much data showing  home prices  are actually rising in  most of the country , there are still a lot of people who worry there will be another price crash in the immediate future. In fact, a  recent survey  from  Fannie Mae  shows that 23% of consumers think prices will fall over the next 12 months. That’s nearly one in four people who are dealing with that fear – maybe you’re one of them. To help ease that concern, here’s what the  experts  say will happen with  home prices  not just  next year , but over the next five years. Experts Project Ongoing Appreciation While seeing a small handful of  expert  opinions may not be enough to change your mind, hopefully, a larger group of experts will reassure you. Here’s that larger group. The  Home Price Expectation Survey  (HPES) from  Pulsenomics  is a great resource to show w...