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Tulare County Realtors help veterans buy homes
Members of the Tulare County Association of Realtors are quietly helping Valley Veterans and their families buy homes using Veterans Administration Home Loans and death benefits for those military members who have fallen in battle. Local Realtors are especially pleased to work closely with the Home Builders Association of Tulare...
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.
Tulare County home prices fell 0.3% in October, with houses listed at a median of $394,925
The median home in Tulare County listed for $394,925 in October, down 0.3% from the previous month's $396,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to October 2022, the median home list price decreased 1.2% from $399,900. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale...
Video Report: $2K in rental and mortgage assistance available for Visalia households
Discover how Visalia households can qualify for a one-time $2,000 grant from the city's COVID-19 mortgage and rental assistance program. With $66,000 left in the fund, this aid could be a lifeline for families financially impacted by the pandemic.
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.
Most recent median home sales in Tulare County down slightly at $344,000
Newly released data for July shows that potential buyers and sellers in Tulare County saw houses sell for slightly lower than the previous month's median sale price of $347,000. The median home sold for $344,000, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. That means July, the most recent month for...
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.
First phase of Tulare's multi-family affordable housing project is done
The first phase of a new, multi-family affordable housing project in Tulare is complete. This week, Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) hosted a grand opening for Santa Fe Commons One, located at 537 N. West Street, between Pleasant Elementary School and Tulare Western High School. The complex has a total of 81...
This is the new affordable housing project in Tulare
TULARE, Calif. ( ) – Self-Help Enterprises (SHE) hosted a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for the first phase of Santa Fe Commons, a multi-family affordable housing project in the City of Tulare on Thursday. Officials say Sants Fe Commons I offers 81 new units of affordable housing...
$2,000 grant per household available in Visalia
VISALIA, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The City of Visalia’s COVID-19 Rental or Mortgage Assistance Program is open for applications. The City of Visalia says a $2,000 per household is now available for those financially impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. The program is administered by Self-Help Enterprises and you can apply to receive help with current and/or […]
Tulare County home prices fell 2% in September, with houses listed at a median of $396,000
The median home in Tulare County listed for $396,000 in September, down 2% from the previous month's $404,150, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to September 2022, the median home list price decreased 1% from $399,993. The statistics in this article only pertain to houses listed for sale in Tulare County, not...
Refinance rates jump in Tulare County, puzzling lenders
Mortgage rates rose again last week, and so did demand for refinances, which is a puzzle to lenders and doe not make a lot of financial sense. Applications to refinance a home loan jumped13% last week compared with the previous week, according to the Mortgage Banker Association’s (MBA) seasonally adjusted index. Application volume was still 29% lower than the same week one year ago.
Tulare County home prices fell 6% in August, with houses listed at a median of $404,150
The median home in Tulare County listed for $404,150 in August, down 6% from the previous month's $429,950, an analysis of data from Realtor.com shows. Compared to August 2022, the median home list price increased 0.7% from $402,001. Tulare County's median home was 1,800 square feet, listed at $234 per...
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.
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