home buying: How much will it cost you if you wait to buy a new home? - 02/22/17 11:03 PM
Nationally, as well as locally, we are seeing
an uptick in both interest rates and home prices.  

Let's do a little bit of simple math to see the difference a year can make in terms of your buying power and mortgage payments.

Let's say you decide to purchase a home close to our local average median price of $250,000.  Let's assume your mortgage interest rate is 4%.  Your monthly mortgage payment of principle and interest would be $1,193.54.
 
If you decide to wait a year before making your new home purchase, that same house will then have appreciated in market value and cost … (3 comments)

home buying: "Nobody has money. Nobody's buying." Not so in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho - 09/07/12 12:58 AM
A woman overheard snippets of a conversation I was having.  She approached me to see if she had heard correctly, that I was actually keeping really busy in real estate.
I told her that indeed I was.  She looked skeptical and astonished, and said, "That's AMAZING! Nobody has money.  Nobody's buying."  I laughed and said that I had just had two closings on Friday, one was for cash.
I brokered a private deal with a happy buyer of their spectacular riverfront retirement dream home for $850,000 CASH!  I am working with other buyers looking for a their retirement dream home who will close as soon as they … (4 comments)

 
Janna  Scharf, Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert (Keller Williams Realty Coeur d'Alene)

Janna Scharf

Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Expert

Coeur d'Alene, ID

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Coeur d'Alene Idaho Real Estate Blog By Janna Rankin Scharf of Scharf Real Estate Group at Keller Williams Realty.


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