• Knowing When to Buy a Home: Understanding the numbers,Bernadette Vaszily

    Knowing When to Buy a Home: Understanding the numbers

    How will you know when to buy your next home? Are you waiting for the right interest rate? a desired income goal? a targeted downpayment amount?    Understanding how an underwriter reviews your homebuying file helps in targeting your ideal price range for your comfort level.    1. The "Housing" Perc

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  • The 2026 Housing Outlook,Bernadette Vaszily

    The 2026 Housing Outlook

    Where is the Orange County housing market headed next? The short answer: the market is stabilizing—but strategy matters more than ever. After years of volatility driven by interest rates and limited inventory, we’re entering a more nuanced phase. Buyers and sellers who understand the landscape—and a

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  • The Fed’s latest rate cut: what it really means for housing,Bernadette Vaszily

    The Fed’s latest rate cut: what it really means for housing

    Realtor.com/Getty Images 📉 The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points—bringing it to a range of 3.75%–4.00%—in an effort to ease pressure on the job market. However, Chair Jerome Powell described this as likely one of the final cuts for 2025, noting that missing economic

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