Should I Update My House Before I Sell It?

With more homes for sale and buyers being more selective, it’s smart to make strategic updates.

With more homes for sale and buyers being more selective, it’s smart to make strategic updates.
Last year, 70% of buyers abandoned their home search – and maybe you were one of them.
Considering selling your house without an agent? You should know there are some serious downsides to handling it on your own.
If you’re following today’s housing market, you know two of the top issues consumers face are inflation and mortgage rates. Let’s take a look at each one. Inflation and the Housing Market This year, inflation reached a high not seen in forty years. For the average consumer, you probably felt the pinch at the gas pump…
If you’ve been keeping an eye on the housing market over the past couple of years, you know sellers have had the upper hand.
While the number of homes for sale varies by local area, nationally we’re up over 36% year-over-year, but still down almost 29% compared to what’s normal.
Even though asking home prices rose 7.0% in the last year, outpacing rent increases of 3.2%, the gap between buying and renting has narrowed only slightly. One year ago, buying was 46% cheaper than renting. Today’s it’s 44% cheaper to buy versus rent. In fact, homeownership is cheaper than renting in all of America’s 100…