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- Tips for Buying a Home Even When Your Credit Profile Isn’t Ideal
- Lowest Mortgage Rates in History: What It Means for Homeowners and Buyers
- Should I Make My Mortgage Payment During the COVID-19 Pandemic? [VIDEO]
- How Will the Fed Slashing Interest Rates Affect Mortgage Rates?
- Home Equity – How to Leverage Home Equity to Build Wealth
- Mortgage Rates Lowest Since 2016
- Everything You Need to Know about VA Home Loans
- How Credit Cards Affect Your Mortgage Application
- Your Credit Score – More Important Than Just For Mortgages
- First-Time Home Buyers Tend To Finance
- Housing Benefits for Our Nation’s Veterans
- Know and Understand Your Credit Score and Report [Infographic]
- Knock, Knock, Your HELOC is Coming Due Soon
- 6 Myths About Credit Scores You Need to Know [Infographic]
- Mortgage Lenders Ease Rules For Home Buyers
- Home Buyers
- Multigenerational Home Buying: How to Find a Home That Fits Your Whole Family
- 7 Common Homebuyer Regrets (And How To Avoid Them)
- How to Become a Homeowner on a First-Time Buyer’s Budget
- 5 Questions to Ask Before Purchasing Your First Home
- New Build or Existing Home: Which One Is Right for You?
- Finding a New Home for Your Next Stage of Life
- Buy vs Rent a House: How to Decide What’s Right for You
- Should I Change the Locks on My New Home? [VIDEO]
- 3 OTHER Frequently Asked Questions From Home Buyers
- Questions to Ask Your Mortgage Lender [VIDEO]
- Buying a Brand New Construction Home [VIDEO]
- What NOT to Say When Buying a Home 🏡 [VIDEO]
- Things That Could Go Wrong When Buying a House [VIDEO]
- How to Avoid the Top 8 Home Inspection Mistakes
- Out of Pocket Costs💲for Home Buyers [Video]
- First-Time Home Buyer Tips
- First-Time Home Buyer Myths That Just Aren’t True
- Do’s and Don’ts of Home Viewing
- 3 Home Buying Mistakes You Might Be Making
- Explaining the Home Buying Timeline
- 3 Questions to Ask Before Starting the Home Buying Process
- 5 Little Known Hacks to Boost Your Credit Score
- Home Buyers Beware! The Walls May Be Listening
- 23 Costly Mistakes to Avoid When Buying a Home
- Help for Condo Buyers Is Half Way There
- Hire A Mover or Do It Yourself?
- Single Women Home Buyers May Be on the Rise in California
- The 20 Hottest Real Estate Markets in the U.S.
- “How To Pick Your Dream Home” or Is This Just a Real Estate Crush?
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- Create a Home Office You’ll Love with These 3 Ideas
- How to Add Value To Your Home With 9 DIY Improvements
- Tips for Cutting Household Expenses [VIDEO]
- Top 5 Home Design Trends for a New Decade
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- Will Your Remodel Pay Off?
- Top 6 Home Organization Upgrades that “Spark Joy” for Buyers
- Top 8 Home Design and Remodeling Trends for 2019
- Homeowners’ Biggest Home Remodeling Regrets
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- Avoid These Expensive Mistakes When Selecting Trees for Your Landscape
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- Having the Right Landscape Goes Beyond Curb Appeal
- Victory Declared in Crabgrass War
- The Strange Language of Energy Efficient Homes
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- Clean Energy Loan Warning
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- Home Fire Sprinkler Systems – What You Need to Know
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- How To Repair Almost Any Type of Window Blinds
- Top 10 Home Projects that Recoup Costs at Resale
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- Very Important Info for Homeowners Thinking Solar Energy!
- No More Missing Vertical Blind Vanes!
- Spring Gardening and What New Homeowners Do with Their Yard
- Watch Those Watts!
- Is Your Garage a Pathway For Burglars?
- Save Water and Money with a Hot Water Recirculating Pump
- 1 in 5 New Homeowners Do Home Improvement Projects Their First Year
- Water Conservation Tips for California Homeowners [Infographic]
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- Staging Your Home to Sell: 7 Proven Steps to Attract Buyers and Boost Offers
- My Home Didn’t Sell! Now What?
- 7 Tips to Maximize Your Home’s Sale Price
- 7 Costly Mistakes Home Sellers Make (And How to Avoid Them)
- Home Seller’s Checklist: A Timeline to Prep Your Home for Sale
- 5 Reasons to Sell Your Home During the Holidays
- Selling a Home in a Trust or with a Power of Attorney [VIDEO]
- Selling Your Home with a Pet (or Pets) 🐶 😾 [VIDEO]
- When a Neighbor Has a Buyer for Your Home [VIDEO]
- Selling Your Home During a Divorce 😔 [VIDEO]
- What NOT to Say When Selling Your Home [VIDEO]
- Preparing your home for an Open House [Infographic]
- The Two Most Important Things to Homebuyers [Video]
- 5 Steps to Making Your Home the Best on the Block
- 5 Reasons Why Winter is a Great Time to Buy or Sell a Home
- Top 3 Tips to Remember When Selling Your Home [Video]
- 5 Fast Tips for Selling Your Home this Summer
- 44 Effortless Ways to Make Your Home Sell Faster
- Tip Top Tips for Selling Your Home Over the Holidays
- Ken and Libby Guthrie’s Home Moving Experience
- Who’s Buying Homes Right Now? Not The Pepsi Generation!
- The Impact of Home Staging on Selling Your Home
- California Home Buyers Offer More for a Staged Home
- Safety First When It Comes to Selling Your Home
- Homeowners
- 6 Strategies to Save on Home Insurance Premiums
- Downsize Your Home, Rightsize Your Life: How to Choose the Ideal Smaller Home
- 35 Tips to Furnish Your New Home for Less
- Renovate or Relocate? 3 Questions To Help You Decide
- 8 Popular Home Design Features in 2022
- Shut Down Home Intruders With These 7 Safety Strategies
- Comparative Market Analysis vs. Zestimate
- Should You Move Up or Buy a Second Home?
- The Real Estate Market Takes a Sudden Turn
- Will Mortgage Interest Rates Drop (Because of the Pandemic)? [VIDEO]
- Will BART Add $100k in Value to Your Home in Antioch? [Video]
- Emergency Earthquake Gas Meter Shut Off Tool [The Seismic Wrench]
- FEMA and the Flood Insurance Fiasco
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- After This is Over…
- Veterans Benefits You Might Not Know About in 2018
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- Ken and Libby’s Big Lake Shasta Adventure – The Movie
- Ken and Libby Guthrie’s Big Lake Shasta Adventure
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- Ken and Libby Guthrie’s Big Boat Adventure
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- Mid-Year Real Estate Market Update for 2024: What Buyers and Sellers Need to Know
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- Real Estate Market Forecast: Opportunities for Home Buyers and Sellers in 2024
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- National Real Estate Market Update for 2023
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- Higher Rates and Short Supply – The State of Real Estate in 2022
- 5 Ways to Write a Winning Offer in Today’s Real Estate Market
- Hedge Against Inflation With These 3 Real Estate Investment Types
- A Return to ‘Normal’? The State of Real Estate in 2022
- Is the Housing Market Cooling? It Could Be Good News for Buyers!
- 9 Tips for Buying and Selling Your Home at the Same Time
- Where is the Real Estate Market Really Headed? 5 Factors That Reveal All
- Watch out! Home Sellers May Be Secretly Recording You!
- How to Bridge the Appraisal Gap in Today’s Real Estate Market
- The Great (New) Real Estate Migration
- How Rising Home Values Affect Your Net Worth
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- Is the Real Estate Market Going to Crash?
- We Moved to Knoxville Tennessee
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- Buying a Retirement Home – Things to Consider If You Want to Pursue a Homesteading Hobby
- New Year, New Home?
- How Californians Feel About the Real Estate Market (January 2021)
- 2020 Real Estate Market Recap
- The New Normal: A Strong Housing Market Expected to Continue into 2021
- Meet Our New Team Member – Brittany Armenta Perez
- California Real Estate Sales and Price Report – September 2020
- 5 Secrets Buyers and Sellers Must Know About Virtual Home Tours
- How Californians Feel About the Real Estate Market (September 2020)
- Mortgage Wire Fraud and Other Cautionary Tales
- Real Estate Home Rental Scammers [VIDEO]
- Is Now a Good Time to Buy or Sell Real Estate?
- Is the Real Estate Market Going to Crash? (2020) [VIDEO]
- Obtaining a Salesperson’s or Broker’s Real Estate License
- Yes! We Are OPEN! 😀
- Trilogy at Rio Vista Over 55 Community
- 2019 Real Estate Market Report for East Contra Costa County
- The 2020 National Real Estate Market Forecast
- 5 Simple Steps to Finding Your Next Home
- iBuyers – Everything You Need to Know About iBuyers and the “Instant Cash Offer”
- Buying a Home During the Holidays [VIDEO]
- Selling Your Home During the Holidays [VIDEO]
- Third Quarter 2019 Real Estate Market Report for East Contra Costa County
- How to Buy a Home with a Homeowners Association (HOA) [VIDEO]
- Purchasing Rental Properties Outside of California [VIDEO]
- Antioch Real Estate Stats for September 2019 [VIDEO]
- You Just Listed Your Home, Now What?
- How’s the National Real Estate Market?
- How to Buy a Foreclosed Home in California [Video]
- Do the Buyer and Seller Need to Be Present at (a House) Closing? [Video]
- Deeding Your Ownership Interest in a Property in California [Video]
- 5 Step Strategy for Downsizing Your Home
- What Does “Pre-Foreclosure” Mean? [Video]
- Second Quarter 2019 Real Estate Market Report for East Contra Costa County
- Buying Foreclosures and Short Sales – Buying Distressed Homes 🏚 [Video]
- First Quarter 2019 Real Estate Market Report – Changes Continue!
- A Homeowners Guide to Home Insurance
- How Much is Your Home Actually Worth?
- 2018 Real Estate Market Report – More Changes!
- What’s Ahead for Real Estate in 2019?
- What’s Ahead for the Real Estate Market in 2018
- Real Estate Market Change Report for October 2018
- What a Half Million Dollar House in Hayward CA Looks Like 🤯
- What $500,000 Will Buy You In Brentwood, CA vs. San Jose, CA
- How To Search for Homes on GuthrieGroupHomes.com Real Estate Website
- 5 Real Estate Myths You Need to Stop Believing Immediately
- Understanding the Roles in Your Real Estate Transaction
- Real Estate Market Update for 2016
- The Worst Mistake You Can Make with a Grant Deed
- The California Real Estate Investor Shift [Infographic]
- Are Home Prices Back to Where They Were in 2005?
- The Old Rules of Real Estate Don’t Apply
- Is Technology Alienating You From Your Community?
- Foreign Buyers Impact California Real Estate Market
- Are We There Yet? A Report on Home Prices in East Contra Costa County
- Real Estate Contingencies – How We Protect You!
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- Tech the Halls: Smart Home Gadgets for a Stress-Free Holiday Season
- Our Top 10 Christmas Movies of All Time
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- The Guthrie Christmas Tree Farm and Holiday Wreaths
- 5 Ideas for an Eco-Friendly Holiday at Home
- How To Stretch Your Budget in a Season of Inflation
- 5 Top Holiday Real Estate Tips Roundup
- FIRE! 🔥 – Your Guide to Wildfire Preparedness in California
- 10 Ways to Give Back to Our Local Community This Holiday Season
- Holiday Gifts and Gadgets for Every Room in the House
- The Ghost of Lyle and The Groveland Hotel
- 9 Ways to Share the Spirit of the Season
- An Insiders Look at Creating Christmas Wreaths
- 5 Things to Do Before the End of 2018
- Visiting U-Pick Farms for Locals
- 4 Ways to Celebrate Earth Day 2018
- 2017 Year in Review * Guthrie Group Homes, Realtors
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