--- title: "on knwa: 2019 homebuying trends" description: Is your New Year's Resolution to become more financially independent? Stop paying rent to your landlord and pave your path to home ownership in 2019. image: https://blog.blrmortgage.com/hubfs/KNWA%2012242018%20pic.jpg --- ![blrm_logo-166x45.png](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mortgage_Site/images/blrm_logo-166x45.png?width=166&name=blrm_logo-166x45.png "blrm_logo-166x45.png") ![logo-rock-mortgage.png](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mortgage_Site/images/logo-rock-mortgage.png?width=180&name=logo-rock-mortgage.png "logo-rock-mortgage.png") ![blog-bg.jpg](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Mortgage_Site/images/blog-bg.jpg?width=1600&name=blog-bg.jpg "blog-bg.jpg") # NEWS # on knwa: 2019 homebuying trends Posted by [Blake Montgomery](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/author/blake-montgomery) on Jan 8, 2019 2:49:02 PM ![Blake Montgomery](https://app.hubspot.com/settings/avatar/0d0a314baa0a411b65de2e97005b52d9) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Is your New Year's Resolution to become more financially independent? Pave your path to home ownership in 2019. Watch Cody, Tina and Chris to learn more. ![](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/hubfs/KNWA%2012242018%20pic.jpg)  From December KNWA interview with Tina Sewell and Cody Bookout No headphones? No problem! Read the transcript below   Chris: "Tamra now 6:13 it's New   Year's is your new year's resolution to become more financially independent stop pain went to your landlord and pave your own path to homeownership in 2019 well he'll tell us more about that Tina Sewell and Cody book out with ROCk mortgage just thank you for joining us this morning we"   Tina: "thank you for having us"   Chris: "let's talk about the whole mortgage outlook for 2019 it fluctuates monthly it seems maybe even daily but what does it look like one of the prospects for 2019"   Tina: "you know 2018 was a great year for mortgage financing you know 2019 looks to be just as promising and you know now's a great time if you're looking at possibly buying a house for the new year come in meet with us let us get you pre-approved so you'll know what price range you're available to buy in"   Chris: "are there any major factors in 2018 that could be impacted in 2019?"   Tina: "there are the feds raised their primary rate four times in 2018"   Chris: "is that common"   Tina: "sometimes you know and so they have said that they are forecasting that they'll raise those rates gradually in 2019 even though you know mortgage rates aren't tied to that rate it does bring some change for us also so"   Chris: "there you go Cody up where does Arkansas stack up nationally with with all of the rates and the just the the prospects of 2019 being a good year for buyers"   Cody: "well our metro areas are continuing to grow and then with that are are the the average actually our prices remain much lower in Northwest Arkansas than the national average which makes it a great opportunity for people to come in and get into that market whether it be a primary home or an investment property even looking into maybe a larger city or mid-sized city it might also help as well"   Chris: "I'm just curious because Northwest Arkansas is always on the list of best places to live in the country beating out places like Dallas and Kansas City where does Northwest Arkansas really stack up with those places like Overland Park Kansas or Plano Texas some desirable areas in the region for people to live because it really seems Northwest Arkansas does have that niche when it comes to affordability and buying a home"   Cody: "right and that's just it I think that a lot of it has to do with the rates the cost of living a lot of people prefer to live here taxes are primarily lower and as you can see there's a ton of areas that are being built up look they're everywhere you look there's a new new subdivision coming up and rates are coming up as our rates are are lower this is simply because of that because of the cost of living"   Chris: "It's amazing the growth of things in this area we will have more information about Rock Mortgage and this interview on our website later this morning on knwahomepage.com English (auto-generated)     Topics: [How to buy a home](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/how-to-buy-a-home) [mortgage](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/mortgage) [first-time home buyer](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/first-time-home-buyer) [Rent vs. Buy](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/rent-vs-buy) [home ownership](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/home-ownership) [Local Community](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/local-community) [On Time Closing](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/on-time-closing) [Home Loans](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/home-loans) [Mortgage Loans](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/mortgage-loans) [Rent or Buy](https://blog.blrmortgage.com/mortgage-newblog/topic/rent-or-buy) ### Subscribe to Email ### Recent Posts ### Posts by Topic - 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