Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Smith Mountain Lake Real Estate agents and their guests gathered on Thursday at the elegant Waterfront Country Club to celebrate our 2025 Network Awards Dinner. The evening brought together our team for a well-earned celebration of the past year’s accomplishments and the relationships that make our work meaningful. Guests enjoyed a lively cocktail hour, catching up with colleagues and setting an upbeat tone for the night ahead.
For a lot of people, the math on buying a home just doesn’t really work right now. Maybe that’s how it feels for you too. You look at the cost of buying. Then you look at the cost of childcare. And it starts to feel like you have to choose one or the other.
But some families are finding a way to make both work by doing something a little different: teaming up to purchase a multi-generational home.
If you’ve been looking for a home lately, you’ve probably felt how tough affordability still is. And that's exactly why more buyers are opting for adjustable-rate mortgages, or ARMs.
Here's what you need to understand about how they work, and whether they make sense for you.
When your house sits on the market longer than expected, it can get frustrating fast.
You start asking: what now? And for a growing number of homeowners, that turns into: should I just rent it instead?
Buying a waterfront property at Smith Mountain Lake feels like you’ve found a slice of lakeside paradise, but what actually controls your access starts at an invisible line: the 800-foot contour.
Be honest. Have you started looking at homes online yet? If you have, it’s already time to get pre-approved. Because here’s what not enough people know.
If buying a home is on your radar – even if it’s more of a someday plan than a right now plan – you don’t want to wait until later on in the process to tackle this step.
Spend about 5 minutes online searching for news about the housing market, and odds are you’ll see something pop up about home prices. You may even stumble onto social media influencers saying we’re headed for a crash. Let’s get you the context you need.
The truth is prices are going to vary depending on where you live. But they're not crashing.
Here’s what you need to know.
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