Should You Wait to Buy A Home?

June 29, 2023 by Leave a Comment

If you’ve been considering buying a home or if you’re a real estate agent who is working with clients who are on the fence about buying; please check out my latest resource page: Should You Wait to Buy a Home (mortgageporter.loans)

I have prepared various scenarios that compare renting to buying a home as well as a report on the cost of waiting.

Of course, I’m more than happy to prepare scenarios to help you decide if you should wait to buy a home now or rent. Please reach out to me if I can be of any assistance!

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Reason to stop paying rent #7: You have a pet

April 24, 2018 by Leave a Comment

I love my pets, Rocko and Hitch. We have had pets before we had (our now adult) children. I totally understand someone’s anguish when they are trying to deal with where they are going to live when they have pets.
This morning, I was catching up on Facebook and in our local neighborhood group for West Seattle, a neighbor is worried about if their landlord is getting ready to sell the home they are currently renting. [Read more…]

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How to Buy a Home with your Roommate

July 19, 2016 by 2 Comments

Fannie Mae’s HomeReady mortgage allows a home buyer to qualify using “boarder income”.  What does this mean? Remember our favorite roommates Laverne and Shirley?

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Is Renting Getting too Expensive? Consider buying a home

October 30, 2015 by Leave a Comment

october_2015_seattle_rentsZumper has released their fall rental report revealing that Seattle has the 10th most expensive rents for a major city in the nation for one bedroom apartments.  Zumper reports that the average rent in September for a one bedroom in Seattle is $1600. That’s up 0.6% from the previous month and up a whopping 7.1% compared the last quarter. Zumper reports that a 2 bedroom apartment averaged $2200 for rent in Seattle. In May, I wrote about how a 2 bedroom in Seattle was averaging $1907 for rent.

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Rent or Buy in Seattle: Seattle RE Chat [Video]

October 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment

In this episode of Seattle Real Estate Chat, Jim Reppond and I compare renting in Seattle to buying a home. With rents on the rise and mortgage rates at very low levels, it may be worth considering making the move to buy a home.

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