2020 Marks New High In Home Sales

By: Gem Home Loans

The number of previously owned homes sold last year was the most in any year since 2006, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. Sales...

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Home Values Rise In Early 2021

By: Gem Home Loans

The S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Indices have been considered among the leading measures of US home prices for decades. According to their most recent release, prices are still rising,...

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Is It Time To Check Your Credit Score?

By: Gem Home Loans

Your credit score is the kind of thing that’s easy to forget about until you need it. It doesn’t seem to matter much until it’s the difference between getting...

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Winter Is Cold But The Housing Market Is Still Hot

By: Gem Home Loans

Typically, during the winter, the homes available for sale are mostly those that have been on the market a while because they’re priced too high or have issues. After...

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Optimism For The Future

By: Gem Home Loans

Fannie Mae’s Economic and Strategic Research Group releases a forecast each month looking at what’s ahead for the housing market and overall economy. According to their most recent release,...

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The Most Prominent Real Estate Question: Is it Better to Buy or Rent?

By: Gem Home Loans

Home prices have been increasing for a while now. And, with for-sale inventory still well below normal levels, they’ll likely continue to increase. So it’d be easy to get...

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No Seeing Is Believing

By: Gem Home Loans

How we buy homes has undergone a significant transformation in the past year. The proof is in newly released data that shows a record number of recent homebuyers who...

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Relocation Still Viable For Many Home Buyers

By: Gem Home Loans

Remote work has Americans spreading out and the trend doesn’t look like it’s going anywhere any time soon. More and more, Americans are moving further from city centers and...

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