Time for Your Dream Home, Gen X!

by Emello Pagani | Jun 13, 2019 | Buying a Home, Housing Market Updates, Selling a Home

During the housing market crash, Gen X homeowners lost more wealth than other generations. However, things are changing now! A strong economy, increasing home prices, and the recovery of the housing market are helping this generation to regain their lost wealth....

What is Important to Boomers when Selling their House?

by Emello Pagani | Jun 6, 2019 | Buying a Home, Housing Market Updates, Selling a Home

If you are a “baby boomer” (born between 1946 and 1964), you may be thinking about selling your current home. Your children may have finally moved out. Your large, four-bedroom house with three bathrooms no longer fits the bill. Taxes are too high. Utilities are too...

The Ultimate Truth about Housing Affordability

by Emello Pagani | May 30, 2019 | Buying a Home, Housing Market Updates

There have been many headlines decrying an “affordability crisis” in the residential real estate market. While it is true that buying a home is less affordable than it had been over the last ten years, we need to understand why and what that means. On a monthly basis,...

Multigenerational Homes Are on the Rise

by Emello Pagani | May 29, 2019 | Buying a Home, Housing Market Updates

As loved ones start to get older, we start to wonder: how long will they be able to live alone? Will they need someone there to help them with daily life? There’s a reason to ask those questions now more than ever, as the average age in the U.S. is 78 years old! As a...

The Impact Staging Your Home Has On Your Sale Price [INFOGRAPHIC]

by Emello Pagani | May 24, 2019 | Buying a Home, Housing Market Updates

Some Highlights: The National Association of Realtors surveyed their members & released the findings of their Profile of Home Staging. 62% of seller’s agents say that staging a home decreases the amount of time a home spends on the market. 50% of staged homes saw...

Boomerang Buyers: Don’t Be Afraid to Buy a Home Again!

by Emello Pagani | May 22, 2019 | Buying a Home, Housing Market Updates

According to CoreLogic, from 2006 to 2014 “there were 7.3 million housing foreclosures and 1.9 million short sales.” The hesitation some Americans feel after experiencing a foreclosure brings to mind the old saying: “Fool me once- shame on you. Fool me twice- shame on...