I know. Interest rates remain high and buyers are deflated. But once interest rates go down again, there will be another challenge.

Generally speaking, interest rates and home prices behave like a seesaw. When rates go up, prices typically start going down. This is because fewer people are looking to buy. Demand decreases and prices drop in [...]

Here's a scenario: New home buyer-client comes to me to find a house.  My first question to them is always "how important is it that you can walk to the train and to shopping?"  My second question is then "Have you been pre-qualified for a mortgage?".  If it's from a lender I'm familiar with we're all set to go look at houses.  If it's from [...]