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You just fell in love with that house – but does it have a cheap kitchen flip? How can you tell? Here are some important things to look at as you are touring that dream home!

After a long two years, people wonder has the market shifted in favor of buyers? – at least in the DC area. All during COVID, finding a home has been challenging as bidding wars pushed offerss well over the asking price. It’s been hard for buyers but every market eventually rights itself and then swings in the other direction. Now, it appears that in certain areas, the market pendulum might slowly but surely be swinging back in a buyer’s market direction. It is not a buyer’s market yet, but the momentum has shifted.

In order to discern a shift, however small, from a seller’s to a buyer’s market in your area, let’s first take a look at what defines those buying/selling environments.

Choose a home with good bones! It’s great advice to a buyer but how do you know that a home has good bones? “Good bones” might be one of the most overused phrases in real estate. Prospective home buyers and sellers, and their real estate agents, are constantly talking about homes’ “good bones.” But what does it even mean when a home is said to have good bones? What should you be looking for as you try to find your dream home? You can figure out how many bedrooms or parking spaces you need but how do you determine whether the home you are looking for will stand the test of time. Here are some helpful hints for what to put on your search list.