The house hunting marathon

Posted by Hailey Miller on February 28th, 2023

  Good Morning, 

Are you considering purchasing a home in the near future? If so, your timing is impeccable and I would love to help with your house hunting needs. Below are a few key tips to get started when looking for homes. I know it might be feel like a marathon, but I promise to make it fun, exciting, educational and productive!

1. First, schedule an appointment with me to go over criteria for what you desire in a home, discuss budget and lender options,  explore areas of interest and proximity to work, play and people that you would like to be near in your new home. It is important to consider your home as your hub for all of the activities you like to do and not just being close to where you work. "Home is where the heart is."

2. I will…

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Foreign purchases of American homes plunge 36% as Chinese buyers flee the market

Posted by Hailey Miller on July 19th, 2019

 

Posted by Hailey Miller 

 Diana Olick  

• The dollar volume of homes purchased by foreigners from April 2018 through March 2019 dropped 36% from the previous year, according to the National Association of Realtors.
• Foreigners bought 183,100 properties with a total value of about $77.9 billion, down from 266,800 properties valued at $121 billion a year earlier.
• “The magnitude of the decline is quite striking, implying less confidence in owning a property in the U.S.,” the Realtors’ chief economist says."

Challenging conditions in the U.S. housing market, along with tighter currency controls by the Chinese government, caused a stunning drop in foreign demand for American homes.

The…

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