Renting Vs. Buying Historically, the choice between renting or buying a home has been a tough decision. Looking at the percentage of income needed to rent a median-priced home today (28.9%) vs. the percentage needed to buy a median-priced home (15.7%), the choice becomes obvious. Every market is different. Before you renew your lease again, find out if you can put your housing...
Testimonial Ana is an excellent real estate agent. Ana guided us through the process of what was expected in the selling of our two homes within the last eight years. She is very trustworthy and involved in the selling of your home. My wife and I were very pleased that the process was smooth from start to finish. We would highly recommend Ana to...
Saturday 3/24/18 San Manual Stadium | Noon - 9 p.m. San Manuel Stadium Art Festival. Please join us for great art exhibits, performing arts, local and regional bands, activities and food! Want to see a sample of the art featured at SB Arts Fest? Watch this episode of WeCreate featuring local photographer and SB Arts Fest exhibitor, Alycia Bromar....
Are you Aware of How Much Equity You Have In Your Home? You May Be Surprised The latest Equity Report from CoreLogic's revealed that 675,000 US homeowners regained positive equity in their homes in 2017. This is great news for the country, as 95.1% of all mortgaged properties are now in a positive equity situation. “U.S homeowners with mortgages (roughly 63% of all the properties) have seen...
Down Payment Programs Remain Well Funded Our Fourth Quarter 2017 Homeownership Program Index (HPI) reports a new record high number of homebuyer programs — now 2,507 — available for today’s homebuyers. In addition, the programs remained well funded during 2017. More than 87 percent (87.4%) of programs currently have funds available for eligible homebuyers. While individual...
"The first thing I loved about Ana Thigpen was she wanted to get know my family,our wants and needs before showing us homes. Even after a few mind changes on our end she always kept positive and always smiling. She's friendly and has a great sense of humor. Ana Thigpen became a real good family friend. I would definitely recommend and use her again....
Testimonial I enjoyed working with Ana Thigpen and appreciated her time, attention, and dedication. She was always available to answer my questions and cared about me and my experience with this...
Congratulations to Robert & Cassandra for the purchase of their new home. They are first time home-buyers who just achieved their goal. I am so proud of you guys!. It was an honor to serve...