If you talk to anyone about real estate, it is inevitable that the conversation will come around to interest rates. Interest rates have not moved much in the past few months. If anything they seem to have increased. We are nearly halfway through May of 2024. Interest rates have been the talk of the country. […]
You may not know much about commercial real estate. And yet we cannot live without commercial real estate. Every store, every office, every restaurant is commercial real estate. The fact is it affects each and every one of us every day. If you have not paid attention, then you should know that if commercial real […]
We are grateful for all our DBTV viewers and podcast listeners. Because we have some of the best listeners and viewers in the world, we reach out to them to ask them what questions they would like to have answered. Well, you did not disappoint! You gave us a lot of really great questions. In […]
As the spring season is in full swing, many of our yards are looking pretty good. But it will not be long until the heat will come rolling in and that beautiful yard is…well…not so beautiful. What things should you be doing to take care of your yard? What should you be preparing for during […]
There are many people who would like to buy a home, but they don’t…So, what is a home buyer who can afford to buy thinking when it comes to buying a home? Does having a lower interest rate really on their current home keep a buyer from buying a home, knowing that they are going […]
As the National Association of Realtors settlement draws nearer and changes will inevitably be made to real estate in the summer, the question looms how will these changes affect you? Fortunately, if you are living in North Carolina, because of their proactive nature, there will be change, but probably not as dramatic as the rest […]
What Does The NAR Lawsuit Real Mean for Real Estate? The news has been all over the fact that the National Association of Realtors has settled to pay hundreds of millions of dollars on a lawsuit. What was this lawsuit really about? Is every state affected the same way? But what does this really mean […]
If you live in Wake County in North Carolina you saw your home values increase according to the most recent assessments. For some that increase is rather significant. But hold on! It may not be as bad as you first thought when you saw the huge increase in your assessed home value. Also, you can […]
When you get ready to close on your home, you will be presented with the Home Disclosure Statement. It is going to have a bunch of dollar figures on it, and many of them are not going to make sense. In fact, you may ask, “What am I paying all this for?” And those are […]
Well, it’s almost here. You have negotiated that house that you always wanted, you have done the inspections. You have negotiated the inspections. And now you are getting ready for closing… But wait! What is this document that has all these numbers and figures on it. They used to call it a HUD? You don’t […]