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There is a version of the housing market story that gets told over and over, and it goes like this: prices are high, rates are high, nothing is affordable, and the only people buying are the ones with cash. That version is not wrong, exactly. It is just incomplete. |
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In markets where new construction has been active, prices have pulled back. Several Sun Belt metros that boomed during the pandemic have given back a portion of those gains. But those are the exceptions. Most markets are not working from excess; they are working from scarcity. |
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Bernie is a name you might hear from a lot of agents right now, because the buyers getting deals done tend to have clear budgets and stick to them. That is not a personality trait. It is a preparation habit. |
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Your credit score affects your rate more directly than most buyers realize. A score of 760 or above typically qualifies for the best rate tier most lenders offer. If your score has room to improve, give yourself three to six months to work on it before you begin in earnest. |
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If the report surfaces findings that change the financial picture of the deal, you have three options, not one, and walking away is a legitimate one of them. You can ask the seller to repair specific items before closing. The one thing to avoid is accepting everything uncritically because you are afraid of losing the deal. |
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The offer price is one variable among several. The buyer who calls the listing agent before submitting, asks what matters to the seller, and builds the offer around that information wins more often than the buyer who simply goes the highest. |
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The timing question, whether to buy now or wait for prices to pull back, is the one that trips up more buyers than any other single factor. No one consistently times the real estate market. The more useful question is not whether now is the right time in the abstract; it is whether you are buying because the numbers make sense for you, not because you feel social pressure to own. |
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