It’s finally closing day and you cannot wait to make the deal official and move in! While closing day can be an exciting time, there are some common closing day surprises that can make the day a lot more stressful. Check out this realtor.com article that breaks down these 5 closing day surprises and how you both deal and close on your property.

Is Home Insurance Required When You Buy a House?

No one likes pests in their home. This realtor.com article shares pest control experts 5 unwanted visitors most likely to camp in your attic this winter, the telltale signs of common infestations, and how to mitigate them.

Back 9 Oxford, fondly known as “The Country Club on The Square,” offers a different kind of sports bar experience for all ages. Looking for great food, multi-sport game simulators and a great bar menu? Back 9 Oxford is the place and we are happy to highlight them this month!

If you’ve decided to sell your home this year, then it’s high time to make sure you’re in the right mindset to make it happen. Because let’s face it: Even in the best market conditions, selling a home can be a complex and stressful process. To help, this realtor.com article asked real estate agents what outdated habits home sellers should give up for good.

Oxford is host to some wonderful non-profit organizations that provide for our community in so many ways. We want to provide a glimpse of these organizations each month. The Pantry of Oxford & Lafayette County has helped thousands of Oxford and Lafayette County citizens each year since 1982 by providing food to low-income families and the elderly living on a fixed income. The Pantry recently underwent a much needed renovation and expansion project to provide storage and access for refrigerated and frozen food. They “re-opened” on September 6, 2023 in their updated space. Since opening back, they have served 590 – 750 clients monthly.

For most of 2023, homebuyers were faced with a tough market of high interest rates and steep home prices. We are hopeful for a better buying season and realtor.com offers some “old rules” that should no longer apply to homebuyers in 2024.

The housing market was not a level playing field in 2023. Some sellers felt “locked-in” to their low mortgage interest rates and some sellers felt they could sell their home for a high price, but would not be able to afford to buy another home. 2024 is predicted to offer a better market for both buyers and sellers. This realtor.com article shares the 6 best articles of advice and tips for sellers in 2023 that could help sellers in 2024.

2023 was a tough year for homebuyers. Mortgage rates hit highs not seen in 22 years, home prices remained high and inventory was low. 2024 is looking to be the year for the homebuyer. This realtor.com article shares 6 of their most popular advice pieces, tips and takeaways for homebuyers in 2024.

Oxford is host to some wonderful non-profit organizations that provide for our community in so many ways. We want to provide a glimpse of these organizations each month. According to the U.S. Department of Justice-Bureau of Justice Statistics, Mississippi has an incarceration rate at or above 650 per 100,000 residents. Mississippi is second only to Louisiana in incarceration rates. LOU Mercy Re-Entry Ministries was created to help the newly released (6 months or less) Lafayette county ex-offenders gradually rebuild their ties to the community, secure housing and transition to becoming productive citizens.

Homestead Exemption gives home owners a tax break in the state of Mississippi. You can only file homestead on one property, your main residence, and you must file January 2-April 1 in the Lafayette county Chancery building (the Assessor/Tax Collector’s Office).

We all love a clean vehicle. Many of us enjoy driving our cars through the carwash, but what if the carwash came to you? LaTasha Gillard wanted to bring a more personal touch to car washing and detailing, so she opened BossLady Detailing in September of 2022.

During the height of the Covid pandemic, everyone was looking for more space (a larger home with more land, a home office, a home gym and more outdoor spaces to hang with friends). Many of those trends are still going strong. Let’s take a look at this realtor.com article that shares the pandemic trends that are here to stay and those that are over.

Happy New Year!! We look forward to serving you in 2024 and cannot thank you enough for helping to make 2023 such a wonderful year. Cheers to 2024!

Today’s high interest rates have many home buyers pressing pause on their home search. Let’s look at this realtor.com article and its 5 reasons to buy a home now despite the high interest rates.

What a wonderful year for us at Neighborhood Realty. We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday Season!

Every season creates specific concerns when it comes to home maintenance. Thanks to this Southern Living article, let’s discuss the winter season and what you should do to prepare your home for the cold temperatures.

The Oliver Hotel, formerly The Chancellor’s House, decided to rebrand and rejuvenate with a beautiful renovation this past summer. Over the past decade, the management company, Oliver Hospitality, has grown rapidly across the country. From the Sierras in South Lake, Tahoe to Atlanta, Georgia to Knoxville, Tennessee and now Oxford, the brand represents a culture of great service and a wide range of food and beverage options. The Oliver Hotel is host to Oxford’s newest restaurant, Kingswood.

The holidays are still in full swing in Oxford! Neighborhood Realty is happy to provide a list of what's going on this Holiday Season in the Oxford area.

With colder temperatures here and Christmas around the corner, we look to this realtor.com article about the three mishaps that COULD happen and how to avoid them from happening!