• How Changing Mortgage Rates Can Affect You,Paula Castro

    How Changing Mortgage Rates Can Affect You

    The 30-year fixed mortgage rate has been bouncing between 6% and 7% this year. If you’ve been on the fence about whether to buy a home or not, it’s helpful to know exactly how a 1%, or even a 0.5%, mortgage rate shift affects your purchasing power. The chart below helps show the general relationship

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  • Facts About Closing Costs,Paula Castro

    Facts About Closing Costs

    Some Highlights If you’re thinking about buying a home, be sure to plan for closing costs. Closing costs are typically 2% to 5% of the total purchase price of a home, and they can include things like government recording costs, appraisal fees, and more. Let’s connect so I can answer your questions a

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  • We’re in a Sellers’ Market. What Does That Mean?,Paula Castro

    We’re in a Sellers’ Market. What Does That Mean?

    Even though activity in the housing market has slowed from the frenzy we saw over a year ago, today’s low supply of homes for sale is still a sellers’ market. But what does that really mean? And why are conditions today so good if you want to list your house? It starts with the number of homes avail

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