by Emma Perez | Aug 13, 2026 | guides, Homie, Market Trends, Neighborhoods, Real Estate
A contingent listing means the seller has accepted an offer, but the sale depends on certain conditions being met before it can close. Those conditions, called contingencies, protect the buyer or seller and let either side back out if they aren’t satisfied. In...
by Emma Perez | Aug 10, 2026 | Arizona, guides, Homie, Partners, Provider Marketplace, Real Estate
In a Phoenix-metro market where prices have climbed for years, the fees tied to buying and selling have quietly climbed too, and a lot of that money never had to leave your pocket. Homie was built to fix that. We are a licensed Arizona real estate brokerage with one...
by Emma Perez | Aug 10, 2026 | Arizona, Buying, guides, Infographics, Market Trends, Real Estate, Selling
Zillow’s home-value index put the typical Avondale home near $398,000 in mid-2026, down a little under 2 percent on the year, while homes newly listed for sale in July carried a median closer to $453,000. That gap between what homes are worth and what sellers...
by Emma Perez | Aug 10, 2026 | Buying, Homie, Market Trends, Real Estate, Utah
A decade ago American Fork was a quiet north Utah County town best known for its canyon and its hospital. Then Silicon Slopes arrived next door. The tech corridor built around Lehi and Thanksgiving Point pushed thousands of high-paying jobs to American Fork’s...
by Emma Perez | Aug 5, 2026 | Buying, Homie, Infographics, Real Estate, Utah
A home in one Wasatch Front city was taking about six weeks to sell in mid-2026 while a home a half-hour away was gone in under two. That spread, not the statewide average everyone quotes, is what tells a buyer where the negotiating room actually sits. The longer...
