Question a real estate agent:
Sarah McDaniel, proprietor and operator of Greenbelt Realty, shared some of her recommendations for buyers and sellers in the recent New Braunfels housing current market.
What are some of your best tips for homebuyers ideal now?
“Have superior have faith in in the [real estate agent] that you’re performing with. Two, I imagine anything that is functional is really do not automatically shy absent from some of these lending programs like homeward.com. … This time previous yr 65% of every deal that most property finance loan brokers did was refinances. And of course with desire premiums likely up that is not the scenario. So loan companies are hurting, too. … Now’s not the time to mess close to with part-time brokers, and do not shy away from nontraditional methods for financing.”
What are your top tips for residence sellers correct now?
“Because stock carries on to climb throughout this time of year, a person massive offer is often making your home the greatest it can maybe seem. … Our approach is generally list it inside of sight of in which the household could moderately appraise … it offers your agent a improved shot at negotiating much better appraisal language. … Even while the marketplace is so scorching, still listing your house in a reasonable total that it could in fact appraise for, like, do not go outrageous.”
Sarah McDaniel, Proprietor and broker, Greenbelt Realty
147 S. Academy Ave., New Braunfels • 979-308-1385 • www.sarah.greenbeltrealty.com
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Talk to a roofer:
Ami Feller, proprietor of Roofer Chicks, shared some suggestions to retain in intellect about the ailment of a roof when paying for a dwelling.
What are your prime recommendations to homebuyers, equally new builds and more mature houses, to search for?
“I typically explain to people today it would behoove them to have a roofing contractor actually look at the roof a ton of dwelling inspectors, they are not experts they are generalists. So a large amount of instances when they’re hunting at the roof, they really don’t truly know what they are searching at. Honestly, 50% of them really do not even get on the roof. They just variety of either acquire shots from the floor or set their ladder up and get pics from a ladder. So I would get a roofing contractor [to] occur out and choose a search at the roof like we demand $185 for a serious estate inspection, and it is very well value it for the peace of intellect. The big factor is to make sure that it doesn’t have hail hurt, due to the fact if it has hail harm it requires to be replaced, and the seller’s insurance policies would additional than very likely include most of the fees of alternative. So which is a true very good matter to figure out in advance of you purchase the house.”
If any individual was wanting into new roofing or purchasing a recently constructed home, what are some recommendations you could have?
“For most builders the roof is a person area the place they help you save income. We really don’t do new construction due to the fact the charges are so very low. The high-quality of the roof is quickly fairly lower. Even on million-greenback properties. They go out and they glimpse for crews, and the crews are not essentially roofers. They know how to nail shingles but they are not authentic very good at all the facts. And so yet again, I would really encourage people to have the roof inspected at least ahead of you indicator off and take that.”
Ami Feller, proprietor, Roofer Chicks
808 W. County Line Street, New Braunfels • 830-783-1328 • www.rooferchicks.com
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