Thinking about using your 401k for a home purchase?  Buying a home can be a financial stretch. With soaring home values and rising interest rates, many potential first time home buyers find saving for adown payment increasingly difficult. For many people, the main Continue Reading

Would You Trust Your Partner to Pick the Right House? Couples dream of buying a home together, leisurely enjoying a latte while dropping by open houses to look at remodeled kitchens and manicured backyards, but can your partner pick the right house? Today’s market is Continue Reading

  Two Ways Homebuyers Can Win in Today’s Market It’s no secret that many prospective homebuyers are finding the current real estate market challenging. One of the more unexpected consequences of the Covid pandemic was the hyper-focus on one’s home. This has resulted Continue Reading

  Can’t Sell Your Home in a Seller’s Market? It’s no secret that most of the country, central New York included, is experiencing a strong seller’s market.  With more homebuyers than inventory, most sellers have been delighted to sell quickly and often with Continue Reading

What is a Title Search? It may seem like there are a million steps to the closing process when buying or selling a home. A title search is just one of the many stages and title problems may account for almost 10% of closing delays. As a seller, doing a preliminary Continue Reading

Hunting for a New Home? Don't Wait Until Saturday! House hunting has become a contact sport over the past year. The idealized vision of a leisurely Saturday morning reviewing open houses and plotting the day’s tours over lattes and croissants is a thing of the past. While Continue Reading

Real estate markets across the country are experiencing a strong seller’s market right now. For potential sellers, this may be a golden opportunity to get top value for their property. While it may be tempting to aim for the sky when setting the listing price, that Continue Reading

  We are spending more time at home than ever before. This impacts how we view and use our homes. If your home no longer fits your needs in this new environment, you may be considering a right-size move. The open floorplans and great room layouts that have been so Continue Reading

Can You Sell an Outdated House? It seems that everywhere you turn there are companies who advertise buying ugly houses. These messages offer to quickly buy any house, regardless of the condition. The problem is that their offers are often significantly below Continue Reading