
October 2023 – SWFL Real Estate Market Update
October 2023 MARKET UPDATEBY: D. MICHAEL BURKE & HUNTER D. HABIB Florida has long been a sought-after destination for those in search of sun, surf, and ...
How to Buy Your First Home as an Investment and Retire Rich
As young people enter the full-time workforce and begin to think about living on their own, it may not seem practical or wise to consider ...
Protect yourself with a new construction inspection
Builders of new homes offer or are required to warrant their work for a specified period. Municipal inspections are generally required during different ...
Higher Interest Rates May be the Help You Need
Like opening and closing a faucet increases and decreases the water flow, lowering interest rates increases home sales and raising interest rates decreases ...
Shopping Mortgage Rates
Nobel Prize recipient, Richard Thaler, in his research into seemingly irrational economic behaviors, "found that consumers generally search too little, get confused while ...
Handling an Appraisal Gap
An appraisal gap describes the difference between the sales price and the lower amount of the appraisal required by the mortgage being obtained ...
Make your home offer the most appealing
Sales in March 2023 were down 2.4% month over month and still down 22.0% year over year according to the NAR Housing Snapshot ...
Protect Your Belongings with a Home Inventory
As a homeowner, you've likely invested a significant amount of time and money into furnishing and decorating your home with items that are ...
Laying the groundwork for the best mortgage
With mortgage rates having doubled what they were in early 2022, getting the lowest rate possible could mean the difference in being able ...
The Top 5 Benefits of Owning a Home
Purchasing a home can feel like an overwhelming project, but the long-term advantages of homeownership make it a smart investment to secure your ...