Incentives when buying a new home are at a 2 year high.  
The problem for most new construction home buyers over the past 2 years is that they have not had any leverage to negotiate.  New construction home buyers would love to be able to get a little ...

Here are the common questions that home buyers ask in 2023:

Finding a home in a low-inventory real estate market can be challenging, but with some strategic planning and persistence, you can increase your chances of success. Here are some tips to help you navigate this situation:
    1    Work with a Real Estate Agent: An experienced real estate agent ...

The National Association of Realtor Real Estate Forecast

You may not know, but the housing industry was in a recession from 1st quarter of 2021 until the 1st quarter of 2023.  The number of home sales went down a good bit (due to home inventory shortages and then later ...

Buying a Home from Start to Finish Part 2
Once you find the home you like, step 5 of buying a home is putting an offer on the home.
Your Realtor will send you homes that sold like the home that you want to buy in order to help guide ...

How to Buy a Home from Start to Finish Part 1

Step 1 is to find yourself an Accredited Buyer’s Representative.  Someone who has the ABR Designation.  You want a Realtor who has taken extra education to represent you well when you buy a home.

Step 2 is ...

In the last month, I have seen the uncertainty in the market make some home buyers more nervous.  Don’t get me wrong, people are still buying homes in the Chattanooga area and home prices are still pretty stable.  1 year ago, a seller had the option to easily ...

Chattanooga homes sales and Chattanooga pending home sales were down in August 2022.  Funny enough, the Chattanooga median sale price was still up 11% despite lower home sale sales.  Housing becoming more expensive due to rising interest rates and low inventory is why home prices are still rising ...

After two crazy years of frantic Chattanooga home sales, home sale concessions are coming back.  In the past two years people were buying Chattanooga homes without asking for help with closing costs, without an inspection contingency, and even without a financing contingency.  Many home warranty companies either went ...

Melissa Lutz from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) spoke to home builder and Realtors last week. 

One key thing she pointed out was that First time home buyers have more opportunities to buy a home right now compared to the past 6 months or even the past year ...