October is the honest month around here. The leaves come off, the light changes angle, the first real rain of the season runs through everybody's yard, and suddenly you can see things about a street that were invisible in July. Buyers touring homes this time of year with an Irongate Inc., REALTORS® agent get a look at the Miami Valley that summer buyers do not get, and most of them do not real...
There is one number in the local market reports that almost nobody outside the business notices, and it might be the most useful one for anyone about to write an offer or set a price. Across the Miami Valley, homes have been selling at an average of 100 percent of list price, month after month, for a long stretch now. Clients ask Irongate Inc., REALTORS® agents whether they should come in unde...
Let's talk about the thing you've probably told yourself: "I'll never be able to afford a house."
I get why you think that. Social media makes homebuying look like it requires a 20% down payment, a six-figure salary, and a decade of saving. For most first-time buyers, that's just not true. ?
Here's what I actually want you to know.
If you've got orders to Wright-Patterson, welcome. ? PCS season is a lot — new town, new house hunt, new everything. So let's talk about what you're actually moving into, because Dayton has a lot going for it.
This is usually the first question I get: "What will my BAH actually buy me?"
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The first cool morning always arrives sooner than you expect around here. One week you are running the air conditioning in Centerville, and the next you are looking for a jacket before you walk out to the car. That shift is your cue, because the work you do to a Miami Valley home in September and October is worth far more than the same work done in January. Homeowners who call Irongate Inc., RE...
