Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
Tehachapi's Online Community News & Entertainment Guide
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Just hearing this phrase makes me want to curl up on the couch with a blanket and enjoy some cornfield baseball, but that is not what we are going to talk about here. It seems everywhere I turn in our wonderful town there are new houses breaking ground or beautiful land just waiting for someone to build their dream home on it. In fact, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), new home construction is in its third month of record highs, yet new housing starts are still...
Have you heard the term median home price? When articles, media and websites state what the median home price is for a specific area, does that mean that most houses are that price? Does it mean that the entry level home price is that amount? If the median home price goes down, does that mean the housing market is crashing? Here in Tehachapi, the median home price has been trending upward consistently for the last several years. As of October, the median home price is $310,000 and is up 6...
This is a very demanding and busy season in the housing market. Over the past couple of months, I have helped several buyers who finally got offers accepted after previously losing out on offer after offer. It can be extremely disheartening and frustrating to find a home that you are excited about, work with your Realtor to write up the perfect offer and then wait days just to find out another offer was accepted over yours. All of these buyers were previously prequalified with lenders online, or...
"Should I refinance?" "I heard rates have dropped!" "Can I lower my payment?" Questions like these are heard often as a Mortgage Advisor, especially in times like these when news about historically low interest rates is BIG NEWS, and in conversations near and far. Everywhere we turn, people are benefiting from this amazing opportunity to refinance their homes in order to obtain lower payments, shorten their loan terms, make home improvements, remove, or reduce mortgage insurance – the list of be...
