Holly Pinkerton, Comey & Shepherd Realtors

04/13/2026

Facts! Well said Chris Smith!

Your agent walked into that listing appointment with actual data.

Closed sales. Same street. Same square footage. Same condition. Sold within the last 90 days.

You walked in with a Zestimate screenshot and a renovation receipt.

Here's the thing sellers never want to hear: the appraiser doesn't care about your receipts.

The buyer doesn't care about your neighbor.

And the market hasn't cared about 2021 prices since 2021.

A comp is a closed transaction. Similar home. Similar location. Recent sale.

That's it. That's the whole definition.

Not what an algorithm estimated.
Not what you need to break even.
Not what someone "across town" got in a different school district, different condition, different everything.

Your agent isn't lowballing you. They are literally incentivized to sell your home for as much as humanly possible.

They're protecting you from the worst outcome in real estate, sitting on the market so long that buyers assume something's wrong, then selling for less than you would have if you'd just listened on day one.

The comps don't lie. They just tell you things you don't want to hear.

04/03/2026

How does consumer confidence impact real estate? 🤔🏡 Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, breaks down what it means for buyers, sellers and the housing market right now.

04/02/2026

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Mortgage rates climbed to 6.46% for the week ending April 2, a seven-month high and the fifth straight weekly increase, as the Iran war fuels market instability and drives up oil prices, according to Freddie Mac. In his primetime address to the nation Wednesday night, President Donald Trump warned of escalating military action against Iran in the "next two to three weeks" while providing no concrete exit strategy. Following his remarks, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate jumped 10%, hitting $110 a barrel for the first time in over three weeks.

03/20/2026

Note > this is with $80,000 down 📈.
✅Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz dropped by roughly 95%
✅ Severe bottleneck for global energy
✅Oil prices have spiked
⛽️Growing fears of a global energy crisis threaten to derail the crucial spring housing season as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran sends oil prices soaring, with the path to a resolution unclear.

Mortgage rates rose to 6.22% for the week ending March 19, up from 6.11% the prior week and well above the brief dip into the 5% range just three weeks ago. For a buyer purchasing the median-priced home of $403,450 with 20% down, the monthly payment is now roughly $1,981, up $23 from last week. The silver lining: that's still $96 less per month than buyers paid a year ago, when rates averaged 6.67%.

03/19/2026

How do oil prices impact real estate? Rates surged to 6.22% today 📈Economist, Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, breaks it down.

03/17/2026

🧐This milestone is especially striking given that women still earn 85 cents for every dollar men make, and couldn't legally obtain a mortgage on their own until 1974. https://www.facebook.com/share/1C9FoFxC8P/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Single women are outpacing single men in homebuying and are second only to married couples in the housing market, helping push female homeownership to an all-time high of 20 million, according to First American Financial Corp. "They truly are this tremendous force," said NAR deputy chief economist Jessica Lautz. The milestone is especially striking given that women still earn 85 cents for every dollar men make, and couldn't legally obtain a mortgage on their own until 1974.

02/20/2026

The lowest mortgage rate in over 3 years.
Buyers however are not yet responding.

The lowest mortgage rate in over 3 years. Buyers however are not yet responding. https://lnkd.in/eSuzAJtA | 11 comments on LinkedIn

02/19/2026

Housing now makes up about one-third of retirees’ wealth, according to the National Institute on Retirement Security.

Baby boomers are sitting on a record $19T in home equity, often far more than they’ve saved for retirement.

Median retirement savings: $40K.
Median home equity: $130K.

Housing now makes up about one-third of retirees’ wealth, according to the National Institute on Retirement Security.

02/06/2026

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1AE2aBX11y/?mibextid=wwXIfr #

02/04/2026

Looking ahead, while the post-2016 market made entry harder, 2026 is set to be a turning point for the housing market, with improving supply and better options for homebuyers to enter the market.

There’s a trend going around right now where people talk about “post-2016.” Let's look at what the housing market actually looked like in 2016, and how different it looks today.

01/10/2026

Mortgage rates ticked up slightly this week, with the 30-year fixed rising to 6.16% from 6.15%—still the lowest level in more than a year.

So how does this affect your monthly mortgage payment? And what does it mean for homebuyers?
Here’s the monthly cost of purchasing a typical home today.

Mortgage rates ticked up this week, but only slightly, remaining at a yearly low. Where does that leave homebuyers ready to lock in the rate?