Residential and Investment Properties in Dallas - Fort Worth
by Elena Garrett, March 2, 2024 One of our long-standing partners, Supreme Lending, announced a groundbreaking new program that would allow home buyers with low credit scores or insufficient job history to be eligible for a home purchase. Here is the video of the interview with Karla Parra from Supreme Read more…
In our latest video, “US Home Loan Options for Non-Citizens (EAD) and Foreign Nationals,” we dive deep into the intricacies of securing a home loan in the U.S. as a non-citizen
By Elena Garrett, December 22, 2023 1. Dallas-Fort Worth Market Health The Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) housing market in 2024 is showing promising signs for home buyers. Emerging from a period of high interest rates and surging prices, the market is stabilizing, offering a more balanced environment for buyers. This is Read more…
Here are some important update that I wanted to send out to everyone who may be thinking about buying a house in 2023. The real estate market has shifted significantly after August 2022: which lead to the following changes. 1. Home prices tumbled (in some areas, by over $50,000-$100,000 per Read more…
March 2033, by Elena Garrett Many home shoppers experience sticker shock at the cost of home mortgages in 2023. Elena and Melissa Condensa from Guild Mortgage go over a few recent changes to home loans that may help home buyers to stay within their budget while everyone else scrambles. A Read more…
By Elena Garrett Starting in April 2023, it may cost many home loan borrowers even more money to use conventional loans. Elena and Melissa Condensa from Guild Mortgage discuss the changes and what they mean for people’s home-buying plans in 2023. A short overview of the discussion: For borrowers with Read more…
Any rent vs. own calculator can show you the obvious short-term costs of renting that are easy to see and calculate. There are also a number of hidden and delayed costs that are much harder to estimate in a spreadsheet, but that over time can compound to become very noticeable and detrimental to the family’s financial growth.
Elena’s home buying forecast for 2022 In a word: the forecast is difficult. The buyers planning to buy in the DFW area in 2022 need to be prepared for intense competition for homes, which means that they need to either 1) find ways to find the extra cash to win Read more…
Renting has many disadvantages: increasing rents, difficulty having repairs done right, lack of privacy and control over your own living space. The most important disadvantage, however, is the fact that none of the money you spend on rent every year is generating any return on investment for your family. Many Read more…
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Hi, my name is Elena Garrett, and I am a real estate agent with Keller Williams Central 75 brokerage in Dallas – Fort Worth. I work with both residential and commercial real estate transactions.
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