Episode 24 (Well and Septic: What Homebuyers and Sellers Should Know):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we're joined by a special guest - Tim Shotzberger of Homeland Environmental. We discuss the ins and outs of buying, selling, and owning a property with well and septic. It's a deep subject, but ..read more

Episode 23 (Insuring Your Home: Top Insider Tips):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we're joined by a special guest and insurance broker - Jeff Nengel of Baystate Insurance Group. We discuss the importance of having the proper coverage when buying a home, and some tips on what to consider when cho ..read more

Episode 22 (Behind the Curtain: The Role of Title Companies in Homebuying):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we're joined by a special guest and title attorney - Tom Drechsler of Sage Title Group. We discuss the work title companies do to ensure buyers can legally buy and sellers can legally sell ..read more

Episode 21 (Dollars and Sense: Financial Planning for Homebuying):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we're joined by a special guest and financial planner - Jason Piebes of Edward Jones. We discuss common sense financial planning to get ready for homebuying and for setting yourself up for financial ..read more

Episode 20 (VA Benefits: Homebuying for Our Service Members):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we talk about the benefits afforded to our armed forces members and veterans through the VA loan program.    In this week's The Unreal, we talk about a recent home price appreciation outlo ..read more

Episode 19 (How to Make Your Offer Stand Out from the Crowd):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we talk about the challenges of the current market and the necessity for buyers to find ways to make their offers stand out from the crowd.   In this week's The Unreal, we talk about an article ..read more

Episode 18 (Renting versus Buying a Home):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we talk about the decision facing all first-time homebuyers - should you buy or rent? We go over the pros and cons of both owning and renting and help explain when it may make sense to go one way or the other based on your ..read more

Episode 16 (How 'bout dem O's!):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. Brad reviews the March year-over-year plus the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we talk about the concerns and strategies for buying and selling a home at the same time.   In this week's The Unreal, we talk about the extraordinary flight of deposits from the regional banks.   In The Spotligh ..read more

Episode 10 (our new every-once-in-a-while series idea - Homeowner 101):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. So far he's batting around .850! Brad reviews the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we welcome another special guest - Shawn Fiedler, cleaner to the stars and owner of Pride and Joy Cleaning in Maryland. Shawn shared her insider secret tips and tricks to help you keep your ..read more

Episode 9 (Some people call us brilliant - and we married them...):   In The Rundown, Michael and Brad highlight the latest mortgage news and real estate market stats. Michael makes his next prediction for where interest rates are headed. So far batting a thousand! Brad reviews the last 7 days of real estate market activity and how the market is trending.    In The Scoop, we talk about the steps you can and probably should take to prepare your home for sale. In the first half we talk about general concepts, and in the second half we get into room-by-room advice. If you ..read more