How has COVID-19 changed housing markets around the U.S.? Should you move forward with your plans to buy or sell? What opportunities and risks do renters, buyers, and sellers now face? Each week during the coronavirus pandemic, we’ll provide updates on the latest housing data, policy changes, and personal financial considerations. This week, we share new survey data that real estate brokerage Compass produced, then evaluate whether real estate agents are overly optimistic about the housing market’s near-term prospects. Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

How has COVID-19 changed housing markets around the U.S.? Should you move forward with your plans to buy or sell? What opportunities and risks do renters, buyers, and sellers now face? Each week during the coronavirus pandemic, we’ll provide updates on the latest housing data, policy changes, and personal financial considerations. This week, we start with a focus on legislation aimed at helping renters and homeowners, then review the current status of mortgage standards and application volume.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

How has COVID-19 changed housing markets around the U.S.? Should you move forward with your plans to buy or sell? What opportunities and risks do renters, buyers, and sellers now face? Each week during the coronavirus pandemic, we’ll provide updates on the latest housing data, policy changes, and personal financial considerations. This week, we discuss a few arguments for and against the housing market returning to “normal” before the overall economy has recovered.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

How has COVID-19 changed housing markets around the U.S.? Should you move forward with your plans to buy or sell? What opportunities and risks do renters, buyers, and sellers now face? Each week during the coronavirus pandemic, we’ll provide updates on the latest housing data, policy changes, and personal financial considerations. This week, we discuss mortgage and rent relief, plus the most recent listing and price statistics from D.C. and around the country.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

How tough is the current competition for rental housing in the Washington, D.C. market? Mimi Montgomery is an associate editor at Washingtonian magazine, whose work has also appeared in Outside Magazine, Washington City Paper, DCist, and PoPVille. In this episode, we discuss what Mimi uncovered while researching her recent Washingtonian article entitled, “DC Apartment Hunting Is Officially Bonkers, in the Most DC Way Possible.”

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

Should you sell your house or hold onto it for rental income? Michael Fowler, principal of the Fowler Group at Compass, is a 10-year veteran of the DC, MD, and VA real estate markets. In this episode, we’ll talk about situations in which your home has the potential to turn into an investment property, specifically when you start planning to move.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

What stats should you know about the D.C. housing market before you consider buying or selling in the area? Nena Perry-Brown is the lead reporter for UrbanTurf, an online publication covering D.C.-area real estate news. In this episode, we review the most eye-opening and helpful local housing data, particularly UrbanTurf’s recent coverage of the past year in D.C. housing trends.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

What types of preparation and strategy can help you to close on a house in an expensive, high-demand area? Connor Waldoch is a contributor to the city planning website Greater Greater Washington. In this episode, we’ll walk through an article Connor wrote entitled, “We just bought a home in Arlington, and it was really hard. Here’s how we did it.” Connor will detail for us the process that his family went through to ultimately find and close on a home in the Washington, D.C. area.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

How does mortgage lending actually work? John Downs is a certified mortgage planner and founder of The Downs Group, a full-service mortgage lending team in Washington, D.C. In this episode, we discuss the various aspects of mortgage lending to try to demystify the process for potential first-time homebuyers.

Please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions! Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected] Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]

Washington, D.C. has the third-most expensive housing market in the country. So maybe you should just continue renting. Or even move to a lower-cost city. But what if buying a home here actually makes sense for your life and financial situation? On Rent Move Buy, Kevin Mahoney, CFP® and REALTOR® Alison Scimeca will help you to understand your options and navigate this stressful decision.

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And please feel free to reach out to us with comments and questions!

Kevin Mahoney, CFP®: @bykevinmahoney or [email protected]
Realtor® Alison Scimeca: @alirun9 or [email protected]