I know higher interest rates are stressing affordability and pushing buyers to sit on the fence. But, what if I told you that a higher rate could actually SAVE CLIENTS' MONEY? You'd probably think it'

Fed Chair Powell stated the Fed is creating a "bridge period" of "demand exhaustion".   This is being interpreted as the Federal Reserve is killing the housing market.  I get it.  But what I see is fi

Inventory exceeded demand in June for the first time since the same month in 2020. Spiking 94% year-over-year and 66% month-over-month.  Price reductions, according to Redfin, increased to 40% of home

There's so much strength and opportunity in our housing market today, but many buyers are still struggling to get in. Home prices are going up, along with rents, and interest rates remain in flux. But

This is a really detailed episode about a new interactive software tool. Nicole explains here. At the end of this post you will have a link for the interactive view of this tool she discusses. Here's

Now I know there have been headlines that the average rent in Denver has gone over $2000. It really just depends on what survey you're looking at. Either way, rents continue to go up. That's not going

These three shorts give a quick explanation and ways you can reduce your debt-to-income ratio. This episode covers: What is Debt to Income Ratio?, What are the debts included in your DTI?, and How to

You can get an appraisal waiver and you can have an appraisal waiver. I wanna give everyone an appraisal waiver. It just doesn't quite work like that. Of course, there's a lot of talk about getting ap

Strap in, this is a long one!  Last week the CPI came out not as expected. The percentage doesn't matter as much as the DIRECTION... it went up! This threw the market for a loop. Interest rates did in