About this Event
🌮 Tacos are on us.
🍺 Beer and other refreshments will be available.
🎉 And every attendee will be entered to win a FREE sewer scope + radon inspection from Details Home Inspections — a $450 value.
Mortgage Rates Jumped. GOOD! is not a generic “How to Buy a House” seminar.
We’re going to talk about how prepared buyers can use today’s market to their advantage — even while everyone else is focused on rates.
We’ll break down:
- Why higher rates can sometimes create more buyer leverage
- How to recognize a motivated seller
- What buyers can negotiate besides price
- Seller-paid closing costs
- Rate buydowns
- Repairs and credits
- Possession and other terms
- Why a lower interest rate does not automatically mean a better deal
- How to determine your personal Buy Number
- How to recognize the kind of deal that would actually make buying make sense for you
Because the real question isn’t only:
“What’s the rate?” It’s:
“What’s the entire deal?”
You do not need to be pre-approved.
You do not need to be ready to buy.
And we are definitely not going to spend 90 minutes telling you that everyone needs to buy a house right now.
Our goal is to help you understand where buyers may have power in this market — and what would have to be true for you to want to use it.
Come hungry.
Come curious.
Bring your questions — including the ones you think you “should” already know the answers to.
Don’t just shop the rate. Shop the deal.
Agenda
🕑: 06:00 PM
Welcome + Tacos
Info: Welcome + Tacos. Grab some food, settle in, and meet the team.
🕑: 06:10 PM
Mortgage Rates Jumped- Now What?!
Info: No pressure to buy, get pre-approved, or make a decision that night. Why the same thing hurting affordability may also be changing buyer competition and seller motivation.
🕑: 06:20 PM
Where Buyer Leverage Comes From
Info: How competition, days on market, seller motivation, and market timing can create negotiating opportunities.
🕑: 06:40 PM
Don’t Just Shop the Rate. Shop the Deal.
Info: We’ll break down what buyers can negotiate besides price, including concessions, closing costs, repairs, credits, terms, and rate buydowns.
🕑: 06:50 PM
What Makes a Seller More Negotiable?
Info: How to recognize the homes and situations where buyers may have more leverage.
🕑: 07:00 PM
Find Your Buy Number
Info: Work through the payment, cash-to-close, purchase range, and terms that would make buying actually make sense for you.
🕑: 07:15 PM - 07:30 PM
Q &A + Giveaway
Event venue & nearby stays
919 NE 19th Ave ste 100, Portland, OR, USA, United States
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