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Black Diamond & Associates Realty
BAY AREA AND TRI-VALLEY, SAN RAMON VALLEY

There’s a lot of uncertainty right now and that’s leading to some dramatic headlines.

Did you try to buy a home last year, but you ended up pressing pause?

For a while, buying your first home hasn’t just felt hard. It may have felt out of reach.

You’ve probably asked yourself lately: Is it even worth trying to buy a home right now? It’s a question a lot of people are asking.

If you’re getting a tax refund this year, here’s something worth thinking about.

With economic headlines, global events, and near constant talk about affordability, you may be wondering if this is the right time to move.

For a lot of people, the math on buying a home just doesn’t really work right now.

If you’ve been looking for a home lately, you’ve probably felt how tough affordability still is.

When your house sits on the market longer than expected, it can get frustrating fast.

Be honest. Have you started looking at homes online yet? If you have, it’s already time to get pre-approved.

Spend about 5 minutes online searching for news about the housing market, and odds are you’ll see something pop up about home prices.

There’s a lot of noise out there right now about investors in the housing market.

While the Spring season consistently offers up some of the best conditions for home sellers, Realtor.com says there’s one window where the stars really seem to align year after year. And it’s coming up fast.

Mortgage rates have been volatile lately. And if you’re thinking about buying a home, that can make it harder to plan.

That kitchen you’ve been mentally redesigning...
The bathroom that really needs a refresh...
Or the outdoor space you keep saying you’ll get to someday...

For the past few years, affordability has been what’s stopped a lot of buyers in their tracks. Maybe it stopped you, too.

Buying your first home is exciting, but it can also be a little nerve-wrecking because it’s something you’ve never done before.

You may have seen headlines on social saying the number of buyers backing out of their contracts is on the rise – and has recently reached a high not seen since 2017.

Foreclosures are ticking up. And that may make your mind jump straight to thoughts of 2008 – specifically to what happened to the market during the housing crash.

Online searches for “can’t sell house” just hit an all-time high according to Google Trends.

Mortgage rates have already dropped into the upper 5s twice this year. But after just a few days, they ticked back up into the low 6% range.
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