Author: Henry Chu at Golden Gate Sotheby's International Realty

What You Need To Know About Home Price News

For Buyers / For Sellers / Housing Market Updates / Pricing

What You Need To Know About Home Price News

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) will release its latest Existing Home Sales Report tomorrow. The information it contains on home prices may cause some confusion and could even generate some troubling headlines. This all stems from the fact that NAR will report the median sales price, while other home price...

The Worst Home Price Declines Are Behind Us

For Buyers / For Sellers / Housing Market Updates / Pricing

The Worst Home Price Declines Are Behind Us

If you’re following the news today, you may feel a bit unsure about what’s happening with home prices and fear whether or not the worst is yet to come. That’s because today’s headlines are painting an unnecessarily negative picture. Contrary to those headlines, home prices aren’t in a freefall. The...

Homeowners Have Incredible Equity To Leverage Right Now

For Buyers / For Sellers / Housing Market Updates / Move-Up Buyers

Homeowners Have Incredible Equity To Leverage Right Now

Even though home prices have moderated over the last year, many homeowners still have an incredible amount of equity. But what is equity? In the simplest terms, equity is the difference between the market value of your home and the amount you owe on your mortgage. The National Association of...

The Worst Home Price Declines Are Behind Us [INFOGRAPHIC]

For Buyers / For Sellers / Housing Market Updates / Infographics / Pricing

The Worst Home Price Declines Are Behind Us [INFOGRAPHIC]

Some Highlights While home prices vary by local area, they’ve already hit their low point nationally, and now they’re starting to rise again. Last July, prices started to decline, but around February, they began climbing back up. If you put your plans to move on hold waiting to see what...

The Best Time To Sell Your House Is When Others Aren’t Selling

For Sellers / Housing Market Updates / Selling Myths

The Best Time To Sell Your House Is When Others Aren’t Selling

If you’re thinking about selling your house, you should know the number of homes for sale right now is low. That’s because, this season, there are fewer sellers listing their houses for sale than the norm. Looking back at every April since 2017, the only year when fewer sellers listed...

Why Today’s Housing Market Is Not About To Crash

For Buyers / For Sellers / Foreclosures / Housing Market Updates

Why Today’s Housing Market Is Not About To Crash

There’s been some concern lately that the housing market is headed for a crash. And given some of the affordability challenges in the housing market, along with a lot of recession talk in the media, it’s easy enough to understand why that worry has come up. But the data clearly...