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2026 | 17 Posts
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- 2025 | 14 Posts
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Buying a Home Together: What Unmarried Couples Need to Know
If wedding bells aren't in your near future, but a home purchase is, you're not alone. Last year, an average of 15 percent of young homebuyers were unmarried couples. While there's no reason you have to wait for the nuptials to buy a home together, there are some potential complications of which you need to be aware. Understanding the big picture will help ensure smooth-sailing once you've found your dream home.
Here are five things unmarried couples need to know before buying a house together:
- Discuss Your Finances
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7 Tips for Millennials Buying Their First Home
If you were born somewhere between 1980 and 1998, you are a part of the Millennial generation. Since you were born with the Internet practically at your fingertips, it only makes sense to say you live in a research-driven world.
Today, Millennials make up the largest group of home buyers and are powering the modern housing market. If homeownership is a part of your American dream, here are seven tips to help you have a better idea of what it takes to buy your first home.
- Educate yourself.
When you're ready to make the plunge into buying...
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6 Tips for Attending Your First Open House
When you are in the market for a new home, there's nothing better than seeing those homes in person. Open houses are one of the best ways to do it.
Here are six tips to remember when visiting an open house:
- Dress appropriately. Arrive looking like a serious potential buyer. Think "business casual." You don't want to make a bad impression.
- Arrive on time. The homeowner and the hosting agent have set a windo...
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Market Update for Greater Omaha Metro Area - February 2026
Real Estate Market Update for February 2026
Despite improving affordability conditions, U.S. existing-home sales declined 8.4% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million, a 4.4% drop from one year earlier, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR). The slowdown followed a 5.1% increase the previous month and modest gains throughout the fall. Sales retreated month-over month and year-over-year in all four regions.
New Listings decreased 8.0 percent for New Construction but increased 7.5 percent for Existing Homes. Pendin...
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Tips for Newlyweds Buying Their First Home
After the "I Dos" are said and thank you notes are written, what comes next? Buying your first home, of course! Since it is one of the biggest purchases you and your spouse will make, the more you talk about and plan for buying your home, the happier you'll be when crossing that threshold.
Here are my five tips for newlywed couples buying their first home.
- Assess Your Financial Situation
Before you even start shopping for a home, it makes sense to first look into your financial situation. Co-mingling may be something new to you but you'll have to sit down with your spouse and make an assessment of your savings and debts. This will help you create a budget and an understanding of how much house you can afford...