The initial listing price of a property is one of the single most essential items in a successful real estate transaction, and it does not matter if the market is…

EDITOR’S NOTE – The rate droped to 3.45 percent after this item was written. Do not look for mortgage rates to be a big home sales driver this year. Even…

The local housing market started 2020 the same way it ended 2019 – with a bang. January resales were up 16.5%, and there was a tidy 3.3% sales price appreciation.…

The single most important thing anyone planning to buy or sell real estate this year can do is to partner with the right REALTOR®.  All the signs point to a market…

Unless you are a cash buyer, there is no way around the fact that things can be tough in today’s housing market – especially if you are a first-time buyer…

Mortgage rates fell to their lowest point in three months at the end of January, and we are only one-quarter of a percentage point above the all-time low. According to…

The folks who specialize in marketing and demographics will tell you women are the principal spending influencers, and that will only increase in the future. Women outnumber men in college…

Wow! That’s the first impression when you look at what the Tri-Cities area housing market did in 2019.  Here are just a few of the milestones. It saw the best annual…

December was a strong month for the Tri-Cities region’s housing market, and it lifted annual sales and prices to new highs. Kristi Bailey, NETAR 2020 President, said 2019 saw several…