First Time Buyers

Getting Ready to Buy in St. Johns: What to Know to Cash Buy

Getting Ready to Buy in St. Johns: What to Know to Cash Buy

Are you getting ready to buy in St. Johns? Are you wondering what to know to cash buy a home?  According to the 2023 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, 20% of buyers paid cash.  Let’s learn more about this process, should it be of interest to you during your home search.  My goals is

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Getting Ready to Buy in St. Johns: What to Know to Finance

Getting ready to buy in St. Johns? What to know to finance a home.  You may have heard of both pre-qualification and pre-approval – what are the differences and does it matter? When buying a home, the answer is yes!  Let’s learn about the differences and understand why knowing the difference can set you up

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Jacksonville Named A Southern City to Visit This Summer

Jacksonville A Southern City to Visit This Summer

Jacksonville A Southern City to Visit This Summer Last week Southern Living released a list of 8 Under-The-Radar Southern Cities To Visit This Summer. Jacksonville named a Southern city to visit this summer, found itself in second place.  This sitting behind Hattiesburg, Mississippi and in front of Boone, North Carolina. With many prospective transplants visiting

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Picking a St. Johns County Real Estate Agent

Are you readying for some real estate dealings and working on picking a St. Johns County real estate agent? Whether you are thinking about buying, selling or even renting a home, you have hopefully invested time thinking about hiring a real estate agent.  You want to a trusted partner, skilled at their trade. I recommend

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Hometown Heroes Week 2 Update

Hometown Heroes Week 2 Update

Are you ready for a Hometown Heroes Week 2 Update? Since re-funding on July 1 – first time home buyers in Florida have been busy applying for/reserving funds. Revisiting the Hometown Heroes Program Hometown Heroes is the FL down payment program for first-time homebuyers.  This program is available to Florida first time buyers.  Eligible borrowers

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Hometown Heroes Week 1 Update

Are you ready for a Hometown Heroes Week 1 Update? Since re-funding on July 1 – first time home buyers in Florida have been busy applying for/reserving funds. What is Hometown Heroes? The Florida down payment program for First Time Homebuyers is Hometown Heroes.  This is a mortgage assistance program available to first time home

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Home Buyer Changes Coming August 17th

Home Buyer Changes Coming August 17th

Some rather significant home buyer changes are coming on August 17th, 2024.  There is an industry wide response which will have a larger impact in states (including Florida) where Buyer Brokerage Agreements have not been the norm.  August 17th represents the current date for this big change to the real estate industry. What is Happening?

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Hometown Heroes 2024

Have you heard about the forthcoming Hometown Heroes 2024 program “launching” on July 1? I use the term launching loosely as this is technically another round of funding for the popular down payment assistance program here in Florida.  For those not familiar, please read on for details on the program along with guidelines and eligibility

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