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Central Valley home sales enjoy a spring bounceback
California’s housing market made a hopeful turnaround in February, defying stubbornly high interest rates. The California Association of Realtors (CAR) The post Central Valley home sales enjoy a spring bounceback appeared first on The Business Journal.
Don't let the housing market's challenges dampen your hopes of buying
San Joaquin Valley consumers are optimistic about the economy and their own personal financial situations. This is especially true in Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford, and Bakersfield it seems. However, more and more folks are expressing anxiety about their ability to buy a home, save for a down payment, and qualify for a mortgage with today’s higher interest rates.
Cash isn't always king, use Valley lenders for your home purchase
Here in Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, and Hanford it is a tight sellers’ market, homebuyers are looking for any way to get a leg up on the competition when putting in an offer on the new home of their dreams. Using a Realtor to search their desired neighborhood and finding their perfect home only to lose it in a bidding war with another buyer who is better prepared can be extremely disappointing.
Lennar is the Valley's biggest home builder; Bank of Sierra tops Visalia Bank of America
Publicly-traded Lennar Homes is the busiest single-family home builder in the Central Valley’s four-county region this year, according to figures from "Construction Monitor." So far in 2023 Lennar Homes has permitted 804 new homes compared to next in line Wilson Homes with 395. Granville and Woodside Homes are third and fourth in the ranking.
Important questions you should be asking your mortgage lender
Here in Visalia, Tulare, Porterville, Hanford , and Fresno shopping for a mortgage to buy your new home in 2023 can be a stressful and time-consuming task. This is especially true when you are just learning about the mortgage industry and how it works to help you get the home of your dreams.
Should you buy a house now, or wait? Interest rates drop slightly
Buy now here in Tulare County or wait until 2024? That is a question prospective homeowners have been struggling to answer in today’s housing marketplace. Home prices skyrocketed throughout the pandemic, and the Federal Reserve’s work to tame inflation by raising mortgage rates has sent them soaring also.
Local MLS system comes back online after nearly two weeks
Nearly two weeks since the cyberattack on a real estate technology provider, the Multiple Listing Service for local Realtor associations The post Local MLS system comes back online after nearly two weeks appeared first on The Business Journal.
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