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How Rising Interest Rates Are Impacting Home Buyers

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With mortgage interest rates surging to over 6% for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages from near all-time lows, affordability becomes a pressing concern for many home buyers. Despite the significant increase in rates in a short span of time, this situation may lead to a potential decrease in home prices after a period of soaring values. This … Continued
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4 Hacks to Save Money When Buying a House

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Buying a house is likely to be the largest financial transaction of your life. In 2023 it’s getting more and more costly with home prices still rising and interest rates going up. That leads to buyers needing to cut costs and save money anywhere they can. Read on, then, to discover 4 hacks to save … Continued
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4 Popular Design Trends in Texas New Home Construction

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Each year, we see new design trends and concepts crop up and the further adoption of technology into how buyers and builders are choosing to assemble their new homes. To better understand what is going on in the world of home design and decoration in Texas, here are 4 popular design trends in our area’s … Continued

10 Things You Never Knew About Home Shopping

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Shopping for a home is exciting. You spend time looking at amazing photos of homes, dreaming about your future life there. You can see the kids swinging under the tree and the many cups of coffee shared among friends in the kitchen. Once you get into the thick of home shopping, you might be surprised … Continued

Everything You Need to Know About USDA Loans

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When you think of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), you probably think of food safety and meat-processing plant inspections. But did you know the USDA is also in the business of home loans? The USDA loan program was formed to help families in rural areas become homeowners in order to create strong communities … Continued

Where to Find Moving Boxes

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Do you want to know where to find moving boxes? We are going to go over the best places to find or buy boxes to move as well as where you can find them cheap or even for free. Moving from one home to another brings many important but monotonous tasks that you need to … Continued
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An Average Timeframe for Buying a House in Floresville

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How long does the process of buying a house take? The short and not-very-helpful answer is anywhere from six weeks to six months or more. There are so many variables involved – local market conditions demand and level of inventory interest rates if one is shopping for the perfect house your offer and how strong … Continued