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Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. Last Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics released a very encouraging jobs report. The economy gained 916,000 jobs in March – well above expert projections of 650,000 to 675,000. The unemployment rate fell again and is now at 6%. What does this mean

Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. In a sellers’ market, some homeowners might be tempted to try to sell their house on their own (known as For Sale By Owner, or FSBO) instead of working with a trusted real estate professional. When the inventory of homes for sale is as low as it is to

Sort things by category: Take all your clothes and gather them in one room to begin sorting through them all. Once you have finished with that move on to sorting through important paperwork, shoes and books, ect. Do this throughout your whole house until you have sorted everything and are only b

Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. If you’re planning to buy a home this year, saving for a down payment is one of the most important steps in the process. One of the best ways to jumpstart your savings is by starting with the help of your tax refund. Using data from the Internal Reven

Check out this blog by 719Lending Investment Property Rule Change! Fannie and Freddie are limiting the number of second home and investment properties they have in their portfolios. That means in markets like Colorado Springs you are likely to see a calming of the housing price boom as investme

Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. Some Highlights With so many buyers looking for homes to purchase and so few houses available today, there’s a substantial increase in bidding wars, and homes are selling fast. According to the latest Realtors Confidence Index Survey from the Nation

It seems like the perfect time to say, “We did it!” It’s been roughly one year since the shutdown for most parts of North America. But really when you think about it, what have we done this past year? Though we’ve all been “in this together” each persons experience has been totally unique to them. H

Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. Today, some are afraid the real estate market is starting to look a lot like it did in 2006, just prior to the housing crash. One of the factors they’re pointing to is the availability of mortgage money. Recent articles about the availability of low d

Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. Since the birth of our nation, homeownership has always been considered a major piece of the American Dream. As Frederick Peters reports in Forbes: “The idea of a place of one’s own drives the American story. We became a nation out of a desire to sli

Check out this blog by 719Lending If you love the charm and character of older homes but don’t want to live in a construction zone as your DIY, consider using a 203(k) loan to purchase the fixer upper of your dreams. Learn how to use a 203(k) loan to buy your Colorado Springs home. The U.S. Depart

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Check out this blog by Keeping Matters Current. Mortgage rates are on the rise this year, but they’re still incredibly low compared to the historic average. However, anytime there’s a change in the mortgage rate, it affects what you can afford to borrow when you’re buying a home. As Sam Khater, Chi

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Check out this blog by 719Lending Redfin Reports a Record 39% of Homes Sold Above List Price By Redfin – TownNews.com Content Exchange     SEATTLE, March 26, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — (NASDAQ: RDFN) —The median home-sale price increased 16% year over year to $331,590—an all

Check out this blog by 719Lending Is Colorado Springs a Sellers Market?  What does that mean to you? If you’ve given even a casual thought to selling your house in the near future, this is the time to really think seriously about making a move. Here’s why this season is the ultimate sellers’ m

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When packing clothes for a big move it can be easy to create more space. When done properly, this will save space and cut down on the number of boxes or other containers you’ll need to pack and move. You’ll also have a much easier time unpacking at your new home.   Folding is an efficient way to

Check out this blog by 719Lending MBS Road Signs 3-29-21 Low temperatures and low inventory were a double whammy for housing in February, as sales of existing homes fell 6.6% while new home sales plunged 18.2% from January. However, sales of both new and existing homes were higher compared to Februa