How Can You Avoid Wasting Money on Valueless Home Improvements? When you’re choosing what home improvements to invest in, it’s important to know what types of improvement will bring you the highest value. Here are the five safest bets when it comes to making worthwhile improvements. Kitchen. This is the center of attention in any […]
How Can We Continue to Support Our Local Economy? Today we’re going to talk about the back doorway we can help our housing market. That’s by helping our local economy which in turn keeps our housing market healthy. With the recent COVID-19 pandemic, Salt Lake County and our neighboring counties Health Departments are prohibiting restaurants, […]
How Affordable Are Homes in the Wasatch Front Market? Now that we’re about three quarters of the way through the year, it’s time to take a look at the real estate market in the Wasatch Front. In order to best understand what’s really going on in our market, let’s look at a couple of the […]
Home Improvements You May Want to Avoid Are you thinking of putting your home on the market? Making some upgrades is a great way to boost its value and make it more sellable, but not all upgrades are created equal. In fact, some improvements won’t increase your home’s value, and today I have an article […]
Here’s Why Glenn Beck Endorses Our Team We’re excited to announce our team’s latest endorsement. This one comes from nationally syndicated radio host Glenn Beck. He had some great words to say about our team and about our home sale guarantee program. “We are proud of our guaranteed sale program.” In case you haven’t heard of […]
Have a Night Out on Us! We’ve had the privilege of working with so many great people over that last few years, and today we want to say thanks for all the support. We are grateful you, your families, and your friends have chosen us to represent you during your real estate transactions, so we […]
Happy Holidays From the Stern Team The holiday season has officially arrived. We hope you enjoy this wonderful time of year and make some fantastic memories with your family and friends. We just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your continued support. We love helping people make their real estate dreams come […]
Five Reasons to Hire a Buyer’s Agent When selling, there are many reasons why you should hire a buyer specialist and a showing agent team to go to work for you in 2016. Today, we share the five best ones: First to the property. Because of low inventory in our area, you have to be […]
Feeling Uncertain After Your Home Purchase? Here’s My Advice With each and every home that I’ve purchased, I’ve gone through this period of cold sweats that we in the industry call “homebuyer’s remorse.” It’s very likely that you may experience it too. So what can you do about it? First, create a list of your top […]
Fannie Mae Assistance Options for Homeowners Impacted by COVID-19 Today we’re going to talk about Fannie Mae assistance options for homeowners impacted by COVID-19. A recent article put together by PRNewswire stated that Fannie Mae wants to help ensure families are given options in these uncertain times in the case of job loss, a reduction in work […]
Extreme Tactics to Get Your Dream Home When the real estate market gets tough and you’ve found a home that you absolutely love, then it might be time to take some drastic actions in order to secure it. I have three things that you can do to improve your chances of buying your dream home. […]
Don’t Skip This Inspection When Buying in Salt Lake County Today, we are going to talk about inspecting your sewer line before you buy your home, especially if you are buying an older property. The last thing you want to do is spend an additional $2,500 to $10,000 after you’ve moved into your new house […]
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Help the Stern Team Warm the Community! Recently, our buyer team has put together a coat drive to collect jackets and coats for the Road Home Shelter here in Salt Lake City. The goal is to collect as many coats as possible for those less fortunate than ourselves. It’s going […]
Don’t Miss Out on the Winter Selling Season on the Wasatch Front A lot of people think that the real estate market freezes up through the winter and during the Holiday season. However, people are always buying and selling homes. The market never just disappears. Today I have seven great reasons why you should consider […]
Do You Want to Buy a Fixer-Upper? Today I have a few tips for buying a home that needs work. There are different types of fixer-uppers out there and some need more work than others. The way you pursue a purchase offer on the home most likely depends on which fixer-upper category it is in. […]
Do You Qualify for the National Home Buyer Grant? Hey everyone, we are back on the Wasatch Front with a special guest today, Chris Van Leeuwen, who has access to a mortgage product that covers 100% financing, with a forgiving grant. We have invited Chris in to tell you about this grant today. The national […]
Do You Have Access to Every Available Home on KSL.com? Today, I want to talk briefly about why you should be concerned about KSL classifieds for home buying. As we speak, there are over 11,900 homes listed for sale on my very accurate MLS system. At the same time, KSL.com shows only 8,269 homes, which […]
Do Not Be Afraid to Disclose Everything When You Sell Your Home I want to talk to you today about the seller’s disclosure. First and foremost, do not be afraid of the seller’s disclosure. State and federal laws are strict in requiring sellers to disclose what they know about the condition of their homes, but […]
We know that COVID is going to continue to be around and at a higher level than we’d all like to see for months to come.
Common Mistakes to Avoid When Selling a Home Many people are getting ready to put their home on the market this holiday season, so today we wanted to talk about the most common mistakes when selling a home. We want you to avoid these when it comes time for you to sell, no matter what […]
Buying a Salt Lake City Home With High Student Loan Debt Today I’m here with Jayson Kisselburg from Veritas Funding with some good news for those buying a home with a lot of student loan debt. Student loan debt in America is incredible, as college is not cheap. If you have a lot of student […]
Mandi Henriod with Intercap Lending explains in detail some things you need to be aware of if you’re going to purchase or refinance in the next 90-180 days.
Beat the Wasatch Market With These Eight Tricks The law of supply and demand in real estate is irrefutable. It’s important to understand. Generally, if there’s a low supply and a high demand, price will be high, of course. In contrast, the higher the supply and the lower the demand, the lower the price. So […]
Are You Prepared for Moving Day? Moving is absolutely one of the most stressful parts of the buying and selling process. In order to reduce stress, you should start preparing at least 60 days in advance. The first thing you should do is get quotes from three different movers. After that you should begin to […]
Answering Your Salt Lake City Home Buyer Questions Today I’m going to take some time to answer your questions about the Salt Lake City and Wasatch Front real estate markets. I’ve been getting questions from a lot of different people regarding some different subjects, so if you don’t see your question answered here, please don’t […]
Answering Some Important Questions About Radon Gas What is radon gas and where does it come from? Radon gas is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, radioactive gas that is formed during the natural breakdown of uranium in soil, rock, and water. Radon exits the ground and can seep into your home through cracks and holes in […]
An Important Message on Buying New Construction Have you thought about buying a new construction home? If so, there are five points you need to be aware of: New construction homes aren’t always listed on the MLS. Quite often, home builders have agents working as on-site salespeople in order to increase their control of the transaction […]
An Expert Described the Market as a “Crapshoot” – We Disagree We came across a CNN Money article the other day in which an expert described the real estate market as a “crapshoot.” He explained that there is no guarantee that home prices will continue to rise, so investing in real estate is essentially a gamble. In […]
A Year-Over-Year Snapshot of Our 2nd Quarter Market What’s the latest news from our Wasatch Front market? Here are the latest year-over-year numbers from our second quarter through June 21. Over 11,000 homes have sold so far, which is nearly a 5% increase compared to the 10,500 that sold during 2017’s second quarter. We also saw […]
A Wasatch Front Market Update What’s the latest news from our Wasatch Front market as we move further along into 2019? To answer that question, let’s first compare the statistics from the fourth quarter of 2018 with 2017’s fourth quarter. Home sales dropped 7% from just over 9,600 to 8,994. The average sale price, meanwhile, […]
A Guide to the Tax Benefits of Homeownership A quick note before we begin today’s topic: We’re not tax professionals here at the Stern Team, so please be sure to meet with a qualified CPA for more details. If you don’t know one, we’re happy to refer one whom we trust completely to you. Every four years, […]
9 Reasons Our Real Estate Market Is Not Headed for Another Crash Despite some concern, a market crash isn’t imminent, and there are nine reasons why. 1. There are many differences between the market of 2005 and the market of today. In 2005, for example, subprime loans totaled more than $620 billion and comprised about 20% […]
The first thing you need to do is hire a highly experienced buyer’s only agent
7 Signs You’re Ready to Sell How do you know if it’s the right time to sell? If this is something you’ve been wondering lately, we’ve got some good news: It’s a great market for sellers right now. Limited inventory continues to drive up home prices, and the latest data from the National Association of […]
7 Reasons to Invest in Real Estate in 2018 There are many reasons why 2018 is going to be a great market for real estate investing. Here are the top seven reasons to invest in the Wasatch Front real estate market: 1. Strong economic indicators. The 2018 economy looks sunny-side up. For all you novice and […]
7 Deadly Mistakes for Salt Lake County Home Sellers Selling your home is one of the most important steps in your financial life. Today, we’ll go over the seven deadly mistakes most home sellers make. Knowing these mistakes will help you maximize your profits, maintain control, reduce stress, and help you make good decisions with […]
