How to Use Your Home Equity Line of Credit

by Ashby & Graff Real Estate | Oct 12, 2020 | Uncategorized

One of the advantages of building up equity in your home is having the opportunity to access it if you need it. A home equity line of credit, or HELOC, is kind of like a credit card. It’s a line of credit with a maximum limit you can access that uses your house...

Ashby & Graff Publishes 2020 Diversity Report

by Ashby & Graff Real Estate | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorized

Today, we released our 2020 diversity report. The report is being shared publicly in hopes that other real estate brokerages around the country adopt all or parts of the ambitious 10-point plan for wider diversity and inclusion in our industry and beyond.   In an...

The American Dream Down Payment Act Will Help Prospective Homeowners Save

by Ashby & Graff Real Estate | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized

On August 4, 2020, Senators Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Doug Jones (D-AL) introduced the American Dream Down Payment Act of 2020. This bipartisan legislation will help prospective home buyers save for a down payment. The down payment is one of the biggest obstacles that...

Before You Buy: 4 Tips for Finding a Home

by Ashby & Graff Real Estate | Jul 15, 2020 | Advice, Real Estate & Mortgage, Top Stories, Uncategorized

Let’s face it: investing in a home can be a frightening and intimidating process. Whether it is your first time buying or your fifteenth, the anxiety that comes along with signing the papers is sometimes hard to face. Luckily, you are not alone during the process. The...

Learn About Fair Housing

by Ashby & Graff Real Estate | Jun 6, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion in Real Estate, Real Estate & Mortgage, Uncategorized

The history of fair housing in America has mostly been anything but fair to anyone not in the majority. To better understand the role that the real estate industry has played in the establishment and enforcement of racist systems, we are promoting a collection of...

Black Lives Matter

by Ashby & Graff Real Estate | Jun 1, 2020 | Diversity & Inclusion in Real Estate, Uncategorized

Ashby & Graff®, along with the rest of the world, are grieving the loss of life and the consistent devaluation of Black lives in America. The videotaped murder of George Floyd at the hands of those sworn to protect us is the reality of what Black Americans have...