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Why Pre-Approval Is Even More Important This Year
On the road to becoming a homeowner? If so, you may have heard the term pre-approval get tossed around. Let’s break down what it is and why it’s important if you’re looking to buy a home in 2024. What Pre-Approval Is As part of the home buying process, your lender...
It’s Time To Prepare Your House for a Spring Listing
If you're thinking of selling your house this spring, now is the perfect time to start getting it ready. With the market gearing up for its busiest time of year, it'll be important to make sure your house shines bright among the competition. Here are some valuable...
Don’t Wait Until Spring To Sell Your House
As you think about the year ahead, one of your big goals may be moving. But, how do you know when to make your move? While spring is usually the peak homebuying season, you don’t actually need to wait until spring to sell. Here's why. 1. Take Advantage of Lower...
Houses are Still Selling Fast
Have you been thinking about selling your house? If so, here’s some good news. While the housing market isn't as frenzied as it was during the ‘unicorn’ years when houses were selling quicker than ever, they’re still selling faster than normal. The graph below...
Housing Market Update
The housing market can be overwhelming to say the very least. If the combination of the rising value of homes and increasing mortgage interest rates make you uneasy, you’re not alone. That’s why we talked with Julie Symes of Premium Mortgage Corporation: to get some...
5 Tips To Maximize Your Home’s Value
The housing market is currently as competitive as it’s ever been. It’s important to get every leg up on other homes that you can if you want to sell your property quickly, and for the best value. Those who go the for-sale-by-owner route won’t have the luxury of...
Buying your first home isn’t as scary as it seems
Purchasing your first home can seem like a daunting task. That’s why the Gatas Team hopes to make every step an easy process. “A lot of times people will continue to pay rent for years and years, not realizing that rent payment could be going towards a mortgage....
Community News
WNY Neighborhood Highlight – Hamburg
Hamburg, NY’s location in Western New York is truly something to behold. The waterfront town is just a short 20 minute drive to Downtown Buffalo and the Buffalo Niagara International Airport, and Hamburg has so much to offer that you’ll hardly ever see yourself...
Join us for ‘Open Houses for a Cause’ and support WNY nonprofits
Open houses. People come in, people go out. They serve a purpose of selling a home to potential buyers, but what if that space could be used to give back to the community? Well, it can and John Gatas of the Gatas Team at Keller Williams Realty is making sure...
Those who donate blood and platelets are unsung heroes of the world
Have you ever received blood in the hospital? Do you remember the overwhelming sense of relief you felt when the blood made its way into your body, fixing what it wasn’t able to on its own? You were able receive that gift thanks to an unsung hero who donated their...