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Boyce’s Real Estate Market Update (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace COVID-19)

Ok so maybe it’s too soon to stop worrying altogether. Although, after many weeks of uncertainty, it looks as though economists are sallying forth with fresh predictions about what a recovery will look like. After a very strong first quarter in housing, all bets are off for the next 12-18 months. Even as the various levels of government start easing distancing restrictions, consumers are likely going to be much more apprehensive about the process of shopping. This may mean an increase in available listings on the market – at least relative to the number of active buyers. The number of listings may also be influenced by forced sales. Many of the businesses most hard hit by the pandemic will...

Lawyers, A Client’s Experience

Lawyers Amiright? (insert tired lawyer joke here) After the recent experience of one of my clients purchasing their first home, I was inspired to write this note on finding good lawyers to handle the legal end of financing. Without getting into too many details,...

Financial Tune Up, Planning Your Move

The Summer 2019 Market: A Word to Vendors

A Word to Vendors, Well, the government’s objectives at dropping the housing market worked. It was a rough start to this year but with the spring market, more listings arrived along with high expectations from vendors on pricing. Most of the product available came...

Planning Your Move

Understanding your Options when Planning your Move

Friends, Remember 2015? Ah those heady days. A time before presidential hair malfunctions, Tesla cars in space and caloric contents listed next to fast food menu items (like any of us really wants that information). If the intervening years have not bleached your mind...

Improving Your Home, Planning Your Move

Put the ROI Back into RenOvatIons

Put the ROI back into Ren-Ovat-Ions. Some PMG clients bought a house not too long ago and have been slowly fixing it up with the intention of selling it and moving into a bigger place. Their house has around 800 square feet of living space and a very dated kitchen. ...

First Time Home Buyer, Planning Your Move

Running the Gamut in 2017

The real estate business has really ‘run the gamut’ this year. I love that phrase – the origin is traced back to a musical concept developed by a cool medieval monk named Guido who essentially invented the first syllable-note system (think Do, Re, Mi)....