Mary Huffman's Real Estate Blog - Erie, PA

Home Opinions by Mary to Educate H. O. M. E. Video Series coming in 2019 Home Opinions by Mary to Educate Erie, PA - Mary Huffman, a Realtor for Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Has developed a video series to educate people on various aspects of the real estate business.  Stop back to her blog at www.maryhuffman.blogspot.com frequently or her Facebook business page "Everything Erie/Everything Houses". If you have real estate questions you would like featured in a video, leave a comment below. Ways to view videos throughout 2019:   www.maryhuffman.blogspot.com https://www.facebook.com/EverythingErie/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-huffman-16896960/detail/recent-activity/shares/ 

"I'll hold off buying a home until next year." If you've thought of purchasing a home, but don't want to deal with the process now, you've probably had this thought cross your mind a time or two. A pretty common tendency to hold off things on our to-do list, especially the ones that seem like a lot of work. But would you hold off the task if I told you that waiting could make a difference of tens of thousands of dollars? Meaning it could cost you a $10,000-$50,000 (or more) difference to get the home you want today, in 2019's market. It's anticipated, by the national historical trend report, that homes are on the rise by over 5% each year. That house you've been eyeing online, listed for $225,000, could be listed next year for $236,250. That is over $10,000 more just for waiting till 2019. This isn't even bringing into question the rising APR rates for mortgages, that can increase your monthly payment amount on a home pretty significantly,