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December 26, 2022
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What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023

What To Expect From the Housing Market in 2023 Guest Author:  Keeping Current Matters The 2022 housing market has been defined by two key things: inflation and rapidly rising mortgage rates. And in many ways, it’s put the market into a […]
November 17, 2022
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What’s Ahead for Mortgage Rates and Home Prices?

What’s Ahead for Mortgage Rates and Home Prices? Now that the end of 2022 is within sight, you may be wondering what’s going to happen in the housing market next year and what that may mean if you’re thinking about buying […]
November 4, 2022
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Do You Believe Homeownership Is Out of Reach? Maybe It Doesn’t Have To Be.

Do You Believe Homeownership Is Out of Reach? Maybe It Doesn’t Have To Be. Keeping Current Matters: It turns out, millennials aren’t the renter generation after all. The 2022 Consumer Insights Report from Mynd says there’s a portion of millennial and Gen Z buyers who are pursuing homeownership […]
March 25, 2022
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Yes! Mortgage Rates Went Up

Yes, mortgage rates went up! No, the world hasn’t ended for buyers on a tight budget. Higher interest rates will have some impact on home sales.  Actually, the impact began earlier this year as buyers rushed to buy before the […]
February 21, 2022

Real Estate Highs and Lows

Real estate highs and lows are normal. All we’ve experienced lately is a gigantic high.  Maybe it’s time to take a closer look at the highs and lows of local real estate.  One thing is for sure, Cincinnati real estate […]
April 21, 2021
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Mortgage Rates and Buying a Home

The #1 driver in today’s real estate market continues to record low interest rates. According to Freddie Mac “While overall economic growth will be impacted by the pandemic and subsequent vaccine, we expect the housing market to stay the course […]
March 26, 2021

The Impact of BC, PC and DC on Cincinnati Home Sales

The impact of BC -before COVID, PC -pre-COVID, and DC- during COVID- on single-family home sales in Cincinnati. The best way to measure the impact of COVID on the local real estate market is to compare sales.  2019 was a […]
March 18, 2020

Do You Know the Home Buying Lingo?

Buying a Home: Do You Know the Lingo? Stuck at home with the kids.   Keeping Current Matters teaches potential buyers the terms of the trade. Highlights: Buying a home can be intimidating if you’re not familiar with the terms used […]
August 16, 2019
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15 Years of Cincinnati Real Estate

Cincinnati real estate retrospective where prices recouped losses in 2015 continues to climb through July 2019. The average sale price for single-family homes in Greater Cincinnati is back to pre-bust levels.  The average sale price for through the end of […]