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Your House Could Be a Homebuyer’s #1 Wish During the Holidays

Each year, homeowners planning to make a move are faced with a decision: sell their house during the holidays or wait. And others who have already listed their homes may think about removing their…

More People Are Finding the Benefits of Multigenerational Households Today

If you’re thinking of buying a home and living with siblings, parents, or grandparents, then multigenerational living may be for you. The Pew Research Center defines a multigenerational household as a home…

Mortgage Rates Will Come Down, It’s Just a Matter of Time

This past year, rising mortgage rates have slowed the red-hot housing market. Over the past nine months, we’ve seen fewer homes sold than the previous month as home price growth has…

3 Graphs Showing Why Today’s Housing Market Isn’t Like 2008

With all the headlines and talk in the media about the shift in the housing market, you might be thinking this is a housing bubble. It’s only natural for those thoughts to…

Perspective Matters When Selling Your House Today

Does the latest news about the housing market have you questioning your plans to sell your house? If so, perspective is key. Here are some of the ways a trusted real…

The Latest on Supply and Demand in Housing

Over the past two years, the substantial imbalance of low housing supply and high buyer demand pushed home sales and buyer competition to new heights. But this year, things are…

Four Things That Help Determine Your Mortgage Rate

If you’re looking to buy a home, you probably want to secure the lowest interest rate possible for your home loan. Over the last couple of years, that was easier to do…

Why You Should Consider Condos as Part of Your Home Search

The historically low inventory over the past few years led to challenges for many buyers trying to find a home that met their needs and their budget. If you’re in…

Will My House Still Sell in Today’s Market?

If recent headlines about the housing market cooling and buyer demand moderating have you worried that you’ve missed your window for the best chance to sell, here’s what you need to…

Watching the Stock Market? Check the Value of Your Home for Good News.

While watching the stock market recently may have started to feel pretty challenging, checking the value of your home should come as welcome relief in this volatile time. If you’re…

Getting Your House Ready To Sell? Work with an Agent for Expert Advice

In a market that’s shifting as fast as it is today, many homeowners wonder what, if anything, needs to be renovated before they sell their house. That’s where a trusted real estate professional,…

How Owning a Home Builds Your Net Worth

Owning a home is a major financial milestone and an achievement to take pride in. One major reason: the equity you build as a homeowner gives your net worth a big boost. And…

What’s Really Happening With Home Prices Right Now?

One of the biggest questions people are asking right now is: what’s happening with home prices? There are headlines about ongoing price appreciation, but at the same time, some sellers are…

What Every Seller Need To Know in Today’s Housing Market

If you’re thinking about selling your house, you may have heard about the housing market slowing down in recent months. While it’s still a sellers’ market, the peak frenzy the market…

Is the Shifting Market a Challenge or an Opportunity for Homebuyers?

If you tried to buy a home during the pandemic, you know the limited supply of homes for sale was a considerable challenge. It created intense bidding wars which drove home prices up as…

3 Graphs That Show This Isn’t a Housing Bubble

With all the headlines and buzz in the media, some consumers believe the market is in a housing bubble. As the housing market shifts, you may be wondering what’ll happen next. It’s…

A Real Estate Professional Helps You Separate Fact from Fiction

If you’re following the news, chances are you’ve seen or heard some headlines about the housing market that don’t give the full picture. The real estate market is shifting, and…

What’s Causing Ongoing Home Price Appreciation?

If you’re thinking about making a move, you probably want to know what’s going to happen to home prices for the rest of the year. While experts say price growth will moderate due to the…

Why Pre-Approval Is a Game Changer for Homebuyers

If you’re planning to buy a home this year, you might have heard that pre-approval is a necessary step to take before starting out on your journey. But why is that? And…

Housing Market Forecasts for the Second Half of 2022

The housing market is at a turning point, and if you’re thinking of buying or selling a home, that may leave you wondering: is it still a good time to buy a home?…

How Your Home Equity Can Grow Over Time

It’s true that record levels of home price appreciation have spurred significant equity gains for homeowners over the past few years. As Diana Olick, Real Estate Correspondent at CNBC, says: “The stunning jump in home…

Luxury Homes Are in Higher Demand

As people realize their needs are changing, some are turning to luxury housing to find their dream home. Investopedia helps define what pushes a home into this category. In a…

11 Events B&C is Excited For During The National Cherry Festival  

This coming weekend marks the beginning of the 96th annual National Cherry Festival, and like most local Northern Michiganders we could not be more excited to join in the fun.…

Why the Growing Number of Homes for Sale Is Good for Your Move Up

Are you thinking about selling your current home? If so, the biggest question on your mind may be: if I sell now, where will I go? If this resonates with you, there’s…

The #1 Thing Every Homeowner Needs To Know About a Recession

A recession does not equal a housing crisis. That’s the one thing that every homeowner today needs to know. Everywhere you look, experts are warning we could be heading toward…

What’s Ahead for the Housing Market for the Rest of This Year?

If you’re thinking of buying or selling a house, you’re at an exciting decision point. And anytime you make a big decision like that, one thing you should always consider is timing. So, what…

GT County Road Construction & Roundabouts 

There is no place more beautiful than our slice of Northern Michigan in the spring and summer months, but with warmer temps and time on the beach comes something else:…

3 Big Traverse City Takeaways from Zillow’s Latest Market Report

The cherry blossoms are on the trees, the Bayshore Marathon route has been marked; it is officially spring in Traverse City. With the change of season usually comes a ramping…

Your House Could Be Closer to List-Ready Than You Think

One of the biggest concerns for a homeowner looking to sell is the time they’ll have to put in before listing their house. If that’s the case for you, you…

Today’s Home Price Appreciation Is Great News for Existing Homeowners

If you’re planning to sell your home this season, rising prices are great news for you. But it’s important to understand why prices are rising to begin with. One major…

What You Can Expect From The Spring Housing Market

  As the spring housing market kicks off, you likely want to know what you can expect this season when it comes to buying or selling a house. While there…

5 Reasons Why a Real Estate Professional Is Key When Selling Your House

With today’s real estate market moving as fast as it is, working with a real estate professional is more essential than ever. They have the skills, experience, and expertise it…

On The Fence About Whether You Should Move This Spring? Consider This.

If you’re thinking of selling your house, it may be because you’ve heard prices are rising, listings are going fast, and sellers are getting multiple offers on their homes. But…

What You Need To Know About Building a Home Right Now

If you’re ready to move up, you may be trying to decide whether you want to buy a home that’s already on the market or build a new one. And…

The Average Homeowner Gained More Than $55K in Equity Over the Past Year

If you’re a current homeowner, you should know your net worth just got a big boost. It comes in the form of rising home equity. Equity is the current value…

7 Expert Tips For Decluttering Your Home

If there is one thing that all homeowners have dealt with at some point, regardless of their home’s size or location, it’s clutter. Depending on how you tackle it, decluttering…

Why It’s Vital To Price Your House Right

When you make a move, you want to sell your house for the highest price possible. That might be why many homeowners are eager to list in today’s sellers market.…

The #1 Reason To Sell Your House Today

Almost every industry is currently struggling with supply chain disruptions. This also applies to the current U.S. housing market, where buyer demand far exceeds housing supply. Purchaser demand is very…

The 5 Perks of Owning a Second Home

Many things have changed over the past couple of years, and real estate is no exception. One impact is an increased desire to own more than one home. According to…

What Sellers Need To Know About Renovating This Year

If you’re planning to sell this year, you’re probably thinking about what you’ll need to do to get your house ready to appeal to the most buyers. It’s crucial to…

5 Reasons Why Waiting to Sell Your House Could Cost You

  Many homeowners who plan to sell in 2022 may think the wise thing to do is to wait for the spring buying market, since historically about 40 percent of…

The Next Generation of Home Ownership Is Right Now

There’s a common misconception that younger generations aren’t interested in homeownership. Many people point to the fact that initially, millennials put off purchasing their first home as a reason for…

B&C’s Top 15 Places To Have Wintertime Fun In Northern Michigan

Everyone knows that Northern Michigan is a flurry of festivities and fun in the warmer months, but how can you stay active and entertained in our area during the wintertime?…

Expert Predictions for the 2022 Housing Market

As we move into 2022, both buyers and sellers are wondering, what’s next? Will there be more homes available to buy? Will home prices keep climbing? How high will mortgage…

2021 By The Numbers: Another Wild Year of Real Estate in Northern Michigan

A new year is like a rebirth; brimming with optimistic potential for fresh beginnings. At times it seems like we just rang in 2021, and at other times, with the…

Brick & Corbett’s Year Of Listings

As the dawn of a new year approaches, we cannot help but reflect upon this unprecedented year in real estate. When we think about the past 12 months, we consider…

Why Right Now Is Actually a Great Time To Sell Your House

As we near the end of the year, more homeowners are realizing the benefits of today’s sellers’ market. Record-breaking home price appreciation, growing equity, low inventory, and competitive mortgage rates…

9 Reasons You Should NOT FSBO

Rising home prices coupled with a lack of inventory in today’s market may cause some homeowners to consider selling their home on their own (known in the industry as a…

Why You Shouldn’t Be Upset About 3% Mortgage Rates

With the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate from Freddie Mac climbing above 3%, rising rates are one of the topics dominating the discussion in the housing market today. And since…

Sellers Have Incredible Leverage in Today’s Market

With mortgage rates climbing above 3% for the first time in months, serious buyers are more motivated than ever to find a home before the end of the year. Lawrence…

Early October is the Sweet Spot for Buyers

Are you looking to buy a home? If so, we’ve got good news for you. While there’s no denying the housing market is having a great year, many of the…

The Truth About Today’s Buyer Demand

When it comes to the latest news in real estate, there are a lot of sensational headlines in the media. In times like this, when it can be hard to…

Reasons You Should Consider Selling This Fall

If you’re trying to decide when to sell your house, there may not be a better time to list than right now. The ultimate sellers’ market we’re in today won’t…

Brick & Corbett’s 10 Favorite Listing Photos of 2021 (so far)

2021 has been a lot of things to a lot of people. It’s been a year of hope and optimism for many, a year of uncertainty for others. When it…

5 Home Renovation Projects That Will Add Value When It’s Time To Sell

If you’re a homeowner in Northern Michigan, you’ve at least thought about selling your home in the last 24 months. With real estate prices at historic highs, just about everyone…

Homeowners Are in a Sweet Spot in Today’s Housing Market for These 5 Reasons

The housing market continues to be red hot here in Northern Michigan, and according to a recent report in Bloomberg, housing prices rose again at record levels in the month…

What You Should Do Before Interest Rates Rise

In today’s real estate market, mortgage interest rates are near record lows. Northern Michigan banks have been offering mortgages, refinancing options, and new construction loans at eye-popping rates reaching below…

What Are Housing Market Forecasters Predicting for the 2nd Half of 2021?

It’s hard to believe, but we are solidly in the 2nd half of the year. School in Northern Michigan will be starting again in 50-some days, and we are barely…

7 Things B&C is Excited For During Cherry Festival 2021

The National Cherry Festival is a marquee for Northern Michiganders and people from across the midwest, the country, and especially in the last 10 years, across the world. Visitors come…

Why Are Home Prices So High Right Now?

OK, we’ll admit it; here at Brick & Corbett, we’re kinda nerds when it comes to numbers, market statistics, and trying to parse out the specifics of not just what…

Why Your Home’s Value is More Like Your Waistline Than Your Shoe Size

I was at Running Fit in downtown Traverse City last week checking out a new pair of running shoes, and when the sales associate helping me asked what size my…

The Homeowner’s Dilemma: Should I Move or Refinance?

The level of equity homeowners in Northern Michigan have is at an all-time high. According to the U.S. Census, over 38% of owner-occupied homes nationwide are owned free and clear,…

What Boosts Your Home’s Value? 7 Factors You Can (and Can’t) Control

If you’ve been thinking that right now is the time to at least find out what your home is worth on today’s market, you’re making a good decision. Even if…

4 Powerful Things You Can Do With a Home Valuation

Real estate prices have literally never been higher than they are right now. According to the Wall Street Journal, home prices nationwide are climbing to new heights thanks to some…

Appraisal Gaps: What Are They and Why They Could Put The Brakes on The Northern Michigan Real Estate Market

If you’ve picked up any sort of newspaper, listened to the radio, or have simply been awake at all in the last year or so, you’ve heard all about the…

Are Home Prices in Northern Michigan Accelerating Again?

At the beginning of the year, national industry forecasts called for home price appreciation to slow to about half of the double-digit increase we saw last year. The thinking was…

Market Snapshot: High-End Condos Are Definitely A Thing in Traverse City

Whether you’re a person who loves to see all the new multi-family developments around town or loath the high(er) rise construction and miss “the way things used to be”, condo…

Hidden Fees Most First-Time Homebuyers Aren’t Aware of When Purchasing a Home

Purchasing a home is one of the biggest financial decisions you will make in your lifetime. Most first-time buyers know that they will need to save for some form of…

Market Snapshot: OMP Waterfront East vs West

There are a handful of age-old Traverse City debates that have kept people arguing for a long time. Dairy Lodge vs Bardon’s? Trojans vs Titans? Crusted Creations vs Peegeo’s? It’s…

How You Can Take Steps Today To Protect Your Legacy Property For Future Generations

Brick & Corbett consult and expert to provide the proactive resources and necessary tools to empower homeowners in protecting the future of their home or cottage property for generations to come.