KEEPING IT REAL
A Blog Regarding All That Is Happening In Pittsburgh’s Real Estate Marketplace.
How to Know How Much Your Home is Worth
When it comes to determining the value of something, it takes the work of an experienced appraiser to get closest to what an item’s real value may be. Some items are easy to appraise, while others are much harder to determine. Automobile values are regularly published...
Getting Ahead – Preparing To Buy
Are you ready to purchase a new home? While your initial response may be “YES!”, you may not be as ready as you think. Before you hit your first open house, you should make sure you’re actually ready to purchase a home. While far from conclusive, the following...
Getting A Jump on the Market – Preparing to Sell
Selling your home can be a daunting process. From making the decision to move and finding a new home to preparing the home for sale to moving out, there’s a lot to consider. Investing the time and resources into your home before listing it for sale could mean a higher...
10 New Real Estate Trends
Markets are always changing, as countless factors impact the market on both a local and national level. Last year, the Covid-19 pandemic changed how people bought and sold houses as much as it changed how we live our everyday lives. As we work hard to return to...
Tips for Buying Your First Family Home
Owning your own home is an exciting proposition to most people, especially for those who are also ready to start a family. Buying your first home is the first step in putting down roots for your growing family. You’ll make and share memories as your raise children,...
Can’t Sell Your Home in a Seller’s Market?
If you’ve paid attention to real estate lately, it’s no secret that most of the country has been experiencing a strong seller’s market. With more homebuyers than inventory, many sellers have been pleased to experience multiple offers, and buyers motivated to close...
5 Maintenance Skills All Homeowners Should Know
Owning a home is an amazing opportunity and offers true freedom in how you want to live your life. When a home is yours, you get to make it yours- from how it looks, to how you use the space inside. With all this freedom, though, comes the responsibility of needing...
Downsizing? What to Do with Your Stuff
What we need from a home changes over the course of our lives. A larger home offers more space for family and friends, but once the kids are grown and move away, you might find yourself looking for less home… and less responsibility! From cleaning to maintenance, a...
Can an Expensive Home Still be Affordable?
If you’ve followed real estate over the past year, you know that prices have increased and show no signs of returning to what we saw back in 2019. On average, price increases in the 10-12% range have been common across many markets, with some seeing even more growth....
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