Posts in category 'Purchasing A Home'

• If you are thinking of buying a home, you may not know where to start.
• Here is a simple list of 10 steps that you will go through to purchase a home.
• Call The Chrissie Barrick Team, 717-451-3850, for details about each step and what else may be required in your area!

• Interest Rates for a 30-year fixed rate mortgage have dropped to 4.41% from near 5% in 2018.
• Take advantage of more inventory coming to market in the spring to find your dream home!
• Buying now will allow you to start earning equity today!
• Let The Chrissie Barrick Team know how we can help you.....

Every family has a list of important dates. We celebrate birthdays, anniversaries, pet adoptions…and the list goes on. For 64.4 percent of households in the United States, this list includes the day they became a homeowner for the first time!

Why is this date important? Homeownership is not just a roof over your head! It represents shelter, stability, wealth, and pride! For decades, homeownership has been an important part of the American Dream!

However, many question if the next generations see the same benefits of homeownership as their predecessors.

In case we have forgotten, some of those benefi...

Click Here to Read More...

Over the course of the last thirty years, a shift has happened. An entire generation has been raised to believe that a college education is their key to unlocking opportunities that were not available to their parent's or grandparent's generations.

Due to this, student loan debt has soared to $1.5 trillion and represents the largest category of debt, surpassing credit card and auto loan debt in 2010 and never looking back. As more and more Americans continue their education amongst rising tuition costs, this number will no doubt increase.

Many housing experts have blamed student loans for a drop in the homeownership rate for young families, and to an extent, they've been right. Increased debt at the time of graduation has no doubt limited young people from being able...

Click Here to Read More...

One of the first things you should understand before selling your home is who you are selling to and what about your home is marketable in today's real estate market. Zillow surveyed, recorded and analyzed data from people who bought homes in 2018. Here are the highlights of their research.

Who Are the Buyers?

• The typical buyer is a well-educated, 41-year-old couple who has previously owned a home
• The typical first-time home buyer is 34 years old
• The largest, single group of home buyers is millennials between ages of 24 and 38
• Median household income is $72,500
• Of those buying a home:
  • 65% married
  • 19% never married
  • 11% divorced/widowed
  • 9% living with partner
• Of those buying a home:
  • 86% live with other pe...

Click Here to Read More...