There Are 4 Types of Housing Markets Right Now. Which 1 Are You In?

National housing headlines treat the market as one thing. It is not. Right now there are four very different groups moving through it at the same time: cash buyers, buyers using financing, owners who feel locked into a low rate, and builders with homes to sell. Ryan Serhant, CEO of SERHANT, put it b

3 Things You Can Actually Control About Your Mortgage Rate Right Now

For a lot of buyers, affordability comes down to one number: the mortgage rate. When rates move up, the natural reaction is to pause and wait for them to come back down. The problem is that no buyer controls where rates go. What a buyer can control is a set of factors that shape the rate they person

Data Centers Are Moving Closer to Homes. What Does That Mean for You?

Data centers probably were not on your list of things to weigh when buying or selling a home. Where you work, how close family is, the commute, sure. A warehouse full of computer servers down the road, probably not. But that is changing fast, including here in the Kansas City area, and buyers and ho

Remote Work Could Be Your Affordability Answer

For most first-time buyers, the hardest part of buying a home is making the numbers work. You budget, you save, and the finish line still feels far away. But your salary is only half the equation, because where you live shapes what you can afford just as much as what you earn. If you can work remote