Some real estate tips are more obvious than others—like putting up a “for sale” sign in front of your house and cleaning up the clutter before a home showing. We pick up a few words of advice from the realtors we meet along the way and learn from our own personal experience buying and selling […]
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Google reports that searches for the phrase, “When is the housing market going to crash?” grew 2,450% in the early months of 2021. It’s obvious more Americans want to know why the market is so hot, why home prices are surging, and if this is anything like the last time back in 2008 when it […]
2021 was the year of fast-rising home prices, limited inventory, fierce competition (including heated bidding wars), and other big challenges for Long Island home buyers. In hindsight, a growing list of frustrated would-be new homeowners—from renters hoping to start building up some equity to current homeowners ready to upgrade or downsize—are scratching their heads wondering: […]
Things have changed and times are strange. When COVID-19 hit, no one expected a Suffolk County housing boom on the horizon. What’s even more surprising: the red-hot housing market remains ablaze since the initial spark back in 2020. And if you don’t know how we got here, Team Rita has the crash course to keep […]
So you found the perfect home in the perfect neighborhood that checks all your boxes including proximity to work, schools, shopping, and more. The only problem: there’s a list of people ready to spend top dollar to snatch up the same piece of property. Suffolk County home values have gone up 19% over the past […]
One of the hottest topics in modern day Long Island real estate—alongside record-high home appreciation and record-low mortgage interest rates—is the shortage of available homes for sale, influencing a growing number of homeowners to consider making a power move before the red-hot sellers’ market turns cold. Most of us know that low housing supply is […]
Finding a satisfying and enjoyable place to live, work, and raise a family—with a little extra room for the occasional weekend adventure—is easy in the unique, spacious county that covers the eastern two-thirds of Long Island: the beautiful setting with a vast cultural scene known as Suffolk. Home to a range of top-ranked schools, short […]
In a surprising turn of events the Long Island Press calls The Great Migration, surges of New Yorkers are fleeing the city with their sights set on the more spacious suburbs, igniting competition for Long Island residential real estate, skyrocketing home prices in Nassau and Suffolk Counties, and driving a market where homes sell within […]
Most first-time home buyers are surprised to learn just how much can go wrong within the seemingly small steps between mortgage pre-approval and closing. What could possibly happen after a lender pre-approves your accepted offer on that dream home? In a word: plenty. Mortgage mistakes happen. Closing on your next home without a hitch means […]
