Some key preparations for the marketing of any El Paso home actually start well before the first showing or open house: they take place in the hours before the El Paso listing photos are taken. Read More
A couple of weeks back, the ultimate authority on El Paso mortgage rates hadn’t minced words. That was Freddie Mac, whose opinion about mortgage rates constitutes the final say in the matter. Freddie isn’t modest... Read More
Friday is the official last day of El Paso’s 2017 summer, but for most of us, the season has been feeling a lot more like fall ever since Labor Day. It isn’t the weather so... Read More
When news of the Equifax hack first broke, the credit ratings giant scrambled to minimize fallout from this massive personal information breach. After an initial embarrassing misstep (they tried to have affected consumers sign off... Read More
Even investors whose El Paso rental homes have served long and well as income-producers can eventually decide it’s time to sell. Given today’s tight housing inventories, the current market does stack up as one where... Read More
“Give me one good reason why selling now is better than waiting until next spring,” is a perfectly legitimate request. It’s a challenge to the traditional peak of El Paso’s selling season. Why should right... Read More
Successful El Paso real estate agents almost universally share some common personality traits. Among them is one skill that’s not usually mentioned when it comes to real estate agent requirements. By the time we’ve been... Read More
A while back, Forbes noted what they called “The Four Ways the Real Estate Market Changes” after Labor Day. The article recognized a truism that holds for most parts of Texas—namely, that the period between... Read More
When you have a firm timeline that governs when you’ll be selling your El Paso house, it’s one decision that’s made for you. Of course, it’s not always that easy. If a move from one... Read More