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Jun
04
2025

Why Now Might Be the Best Time in Years to Buy a Home (Seriously)
The Housing Market Is Changing—and It’s Finally in Your Favor If you’ve been sitting on the sidelines, waiting for the “right time” to buy a home, here’s your wake-up call: The market is shifting—and buyers finally have the upper hand...

Jun
02
2025

Tips for house hunters in an evolving homebuyers’ market
By Jeff Lazerson | jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com | MortgageGrader.com | June 2, 2025 Article originally posted in Orange County Register on May 29, 2025 Richard Kirkreit and his wife bought a Huntington Beach home contingent on the sale of their departing residence. After several...

May
28
2025

The Secret Every Successful Home Seller Knows (But Most Miss)
If your home isn’t selling as quickly as you'd hoped—or at all—it might not be the market. It could be the price. That’s the big secret savvy sellers and real estate agents understand in today’s market: Price your home right from the start. We’re...

May
28
2025

Buy now or wait? House hunters fret prices, rates and prospects for economy
By Jeff Lazerson | jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com | MortgageGrader.com | Article originally posted in Orange County Register on May 22, 2025 Is the real estate market slowdown a signal to buy or to wait? Plan to stay in a home purchase eight to 10 years if you are buying in this market...

May
27
2025

These creative financing options offer homebuyers another way in
By Jeff Lazerson | jlazerson@mortgagegrader.com | MortgageGrader.com | May 27, 2025 Article originally posted in Orange County Register on May 15, 2025 “Creative financing on steroids” best describes some of the mortgage programs you will learn about in this column,...

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