“Know Before You Owe”

What You Need to Know About the New Closing Disclosures New regulations went into effect on Saturday, October 3rd, providing new loan disclosure forms that are designed to help you better understand the terms of your home mortgage before you close on your new home. That means if you applied for a loan on or after that… Read More


Top 3 Reasons to Get Pre-Approved for a Mortgage

How Pre-Approval Helps You as a Home Buyer Before you start your home search, you want to know how much you can afford, right? There are two ways to do this: with a mortgage pre-qualification and a mortgage pre-approval. As a home buyer, the pre-approval is more valuable to you during your home search. One of the main… Read More


Report: Big Homes Are a Hot Trend on the National Real Estate Market

Big homes are a big deal on the national housing market, according to a recent article in USA Today. Evidently, a growing number of home buyers are looking for larger homes to accommodate their every need and desire. In fact, of the 569,000 homes built last year in the US, about 33 percent (or 188,000… Read More


Sales Spring Forward

 New and Existing home sales in April show the market is heating back up!   Recent reports released earlier this month by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Association of Realtors, indicate sales of new homes rose last month by 6.4 percent. Sales of existing homes rose as well by 1.3 percent. Though sales… Read More



A National Real Estate Update – October

The summary of Keller Williams “This Month in Real Estate” reveals that nationally, mortgage rates are at an all time low, 3.53% . Another interesting quote was that pre -approved buyers more likely to close than pre-qualified buyers – supporting what Wilson Realty Group buyer agents see in the local market and try to encourage… Read More