Compass Real Estate
Coverage of Compass Real Estate in the Nexus archive.
- Your housing market may be very different from your neighbor’s
The Washington D.C. housing market varies significantly across neighborhoods, price ranges, and property types, with some submarkets favoring buyers and others favoring sellers. Eldad Moraru, a Compass Real Estate agent, highlights that buyers and sellers may misjudge their specific market conditions by relying on broad regional headlines.
- How mom and dad are helping the DC area’s first-time buyers
First-time homebuyers in the D.C. region are increasingly relying on parental assistance for down payments and homebuying costs, with parents offering inheritance as gifts or charging rent to help children save. Real estate agent Eldad Moraru notes that 20% down payments can eliminate mortgage insurance, improving affordability, but cautions against pushing children into unaffordable homes.