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It's easy to get lost in the headlines of the media & the fear of the interest rates increasing stops you but I think it's important to keep an overall bigger perspective in mind here 🏡🏡

👉🏼interest rates have increased 4.25% since last year

👉🏼prices have dropped anywhere from 20-30% some areas even closer to 40%

So regardless of the 4.25% increase in rates it still isn't nearly as much as the DROP in home prices so even though you're qualifying higher now you're also purchasing WAY lower then you wound have been last year at a lower interest rate

If you're an agent wanting to grow your business through social media here are the 3 things I personally focus on 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

1.Posting videos more then photos- this allows the chance for new people to find your page and more eyes on your content

2.Engaging - engaging with people who follow you and also post content that other people are going to want to engage with! The engagement is NOT one sided.

3.Authenticity - if you've been following me for a while you know I let people in with a lot of my life, personal and professional. This allows people to fee connected to each other and build relationships with others easier and more natural.

It doesn't matter if you're posting consistently or engaging with your audience, you need to show up on video and stories so people see YOU & be authentic so people get to know who you are 💫

Last year was an incredibly transformative year for me. If you've been following me on social for a while you've been following along my own personal growth journey. From the @5am_wakeupcall to changing brokerages, to starting my journey with practicing gratitude & everything in between 💫

All the work I was doing on myself personally translated into the energy I was putting out into my work which opened up different opportunities, relationships, friendships etc to have one of my personally best years so far & the exciting part is I feel like I'm just getting started ♥️🙌🏻

⚡️Make sure all decision makers such as parents are involved in the whole process from the start ⚡️

I've worked with many buyers who have parents come and go throughout the process, come to some showings then aren't there for others and I've found that it becomes extremely difficult for buyers to make a decision on which property to offer on.

The best thing to do is to have all decision makers involved in the process from start to finish to make the home buying process as seamless as possible! 🏡

If you're worried about purchasing right now because of all these unknowns in the market - it's important to keep in mind what vour personal goals are with home ownership 🏡

If you're looking to buy with the intention of living there for at least a few years - it doesn't matter if the prices potentially drop more because in the grand scheme in 3-5 years you're still ahead anyway with all the equity and appreciation gained

Always remember, you don't know when the bottom is still we're on the other side of it. Prices have dropped anvwhere from 30-40% so its safe to say we're pretty much at the bottom if not very close to it

Day 11 is hereee!🎁

Ahh can’t believe we are almost at the very end!!

Today is a $150 gift card to the incredible @adamoestatewinery here in Mono- if you haven’t been it’s a MUST🍷🍷

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DAY 9 IS HERE🍻

Todays giveaway features an assortment of locally brewed (Caledon & Hockley) craft beers and ciders + $50 Beer Store gift card

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DAY 7 IS HERE!🧀

Todays giveaway features a custom grazing box curated by @charcuterieboutique and a bottle of wine! Calls for the perfect night in with your partner or bestie this holiday season🤩

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DAY 5 IS HERE🎁

Todays giveaway features $100 to Orangeville’s hottest spot @greystonesrestaurant & @greystonescafe🍴🤩

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DAY THREE IS HERE🎁

Features a $200 gift card and a teeth whitening kit (to keep your teeth extra pearly white this holiday season!) for @flawlessstudio.orangeville a local boutique that specializes in laser hair removal, teeth whitening and botox & fillers and also carries a variety of different beauty products as well which the gift card can also be used on! 

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DAY ONE IS HERE🖤

Small biz feature with the incredibleeee @marketcandlecompany and this basket has so many amazing goodies valued at over $100 (!!!) that includes the following:

⚡️Log Cabin Candle

⚡️Log Cabin Reed Diffuser

⚡️Tree Farm Candle

⚡️Tree Farm Fine Fragrance Oil

⚡️Apothecary matches

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For all you buyers looking to buy in 2022, please keep this in mind!

There’s a lot that goes into buying a home so let’s break down some major things to avoid👇🏼

1. Before you start looking at homes, get clear about exactly what you’re looking for! Of course we’re humans and sometimes our minds change throughout the process of home searching.  Our criteria may change but it’s important to get clear about certain non negotiable things that you must have and what’s important to you so you and your Realtor can look at homes that are the most relevant to what you’re looking for. 

2. Please remember you chose your Realtor for a REASON. Sure anyone can look online at listings & get a sense of general prices in an area but your agent is the professional who STUDIES the markets; this is not something we occasionally look at online for fun (although maybe sometimes🙊) we study the local numbers & trends, have negotiation tactics etc. Trust them. 

3. Stretching yourself too thin is this market has become very common since home buyers now have to basically bid for a home. Keep in mind that there is still LIFE after this purchase. You don’t want to stretch yourself too thin and be house poor & not be able to still enjoy your life. There is way more then just the monthly mortgage to take into consideration, utility cost, insurance, groceries, furnishing the home etc all go into the bucket of owning a home.