Angela Peters

REALTOR
License#: NE - 20110578, IA - S73434000

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Forty Years of Interest Rates: What the Headlines Will Not Tell You

By Angela Peters - November 11, 2026
Nearly a quarter century in real estate has taught me that the rate on the screen is never the whole story. Here is the whole story. Part One — Wednesday, November 11, 2026 Pull up a chair. We are going to talk about interest rates, and we are going to do it like adults. Last Thursday Freddie Mac reported the thirty-year fixed at 7.18 percent, the third weekly decline in a row. When it stood

Is Your House Ready for Winter, or Is It Hiding a Few Skeletons in the Closet?

By Angela Peters - October 29, 2026
Is Your House Ready for Winter, or Is It Hiding a Few Skeletons in the Closet? Cats and kittens, moms and dads, boys and girls, Halloween is practically knocking at the door, so let me ask you something a little spooky: what is lurking around your house just waiting to haunt you this winter? And no, I do not mean the ghost in the attic. That one pays no rent, but at least it is quiet. I

Your Home Girl Has Pulled Up a Chair at the Table

By Angela Peters - October 27, 2026
Your Home Girl Has Pulled Up a Chair at the Table Cats and kittens, moms and dads, boys and girls, it has been a minute since I last wrote to you, and I promise the silence was not for lack of news. In fact, I have been sitting on something rather momentous, and this time it has nothing to do with square footage or curb appeal. I have been appointed a Nebraska REALTORS® Political Action Com

Nebraska’s First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account Starts January 1 — So Why Aren’t Banks Talking About It Yet?

By Angela Peters - September 24, 2026
WHERE DO I OPEN THE ACCOUNT? I recently wrote about Nebraska's new First-Time Home Buyer Savings Account, which becomes available January 1, 2027. Then I had what seemed like a fairly obvious question: Where exactly do you go to open one? So I started looking at Nebraska banks. And looking. Here is where it gets interesting. Your Bank May Not Have a Special Account With That Name Under Ne

Omaha Is Building More Apartments Than HOUSES

By Angela Peters - September 22, 2026
Omaha does not need more APARTMENTS Drive around Omaha right now and you’ll see it everywhere: Apartments. Lots of them. For the past four years, more multifamily housing units have been built in the Omaha metro than single-family homes. A decade ago, Omaha was building about twice as many houses as apartments. Two decades ago, the ratio was closer to five houses for every multifamily unit. O

Is Wall Street Buying Up Omaha

By Angela Peters - September 03, 2026
Is Wall Street Buying Up Omaha Is Wall Street Actually Buying Up Omaha? By Angela Peters, The Home Girl, Keeping It... Real Estate! I hear this one weekly from frustrated buyers. Wall Street is buying up all the houses, and that is why you cannot compete. So I checked the numbers, and it is not quite the villain people think. Large institutional investors, the ones that own 100 or more ho

Which Nebraska Banks Are Actually Ready for the First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account?

By Angela Peters - September 01, 2026
Find Me a Bank! Angela Peters, The Home Girl, Keeping It... Real Estate! It has been all about buying a home these past few post and here is the WRAP of that whirlwind tour! I walked through Nebraska's new First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account, created under LB 803, and how it will let Nebraskans save toward a first home while receiving a state income-tax benefit starting January 1, 2027. Sev

What Exactly Is a First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account?

By Angela Peters - August 27, 2026
Nebraska Created a First-Time Homebuyer Savings Account... Angela Peters, The Home Girl, Keeping It... Real Estate! On Tuesday, I talked about Nebraska's housing problem, and why we need to spend far more time talking about homeownership, not just the number of housing units we can build. Today, one of the new tools Nebraska is putting on the buyer side of that equation. Beginning January

Nebraska Does Not Just Need More Housing. Nebraska Needs More Homes People Can Own.

By Angela Peters - August 25, 2026
Nebraska Does Not Just Need More Housing. Nebraska Needs More Homes People Can Own. Angela Peters, The Home Girl, Keeping it...real estate! ​​​​​ For generations, Nebraska has sold something valuable: The Good Life. A stable place to raise a family. Good schools. Good jobs. Communities where ordinary people could work hard, buy a home, build equity and create something to pass on to the next

Why Are Nebraska Property Taxes So Da#n High?

By Angela Peters - August 20, 2026
What the hell am I buying...Buckingham Palace YES THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG READ If you’ve ever looked at the payment on an Omaha Douglas or Sarpy County in particular house and thought: “Wait. What the hell happened?” There is a decent chance the answer was Nebraska property taxes. And this week’s graphic pretty much nails real estate: The seller sees a showstopper. The buyer sees a nic

Relocating to Omaha? Here’s Why You May Love It Here

By Angela Peters - August 18, 2026
Relocating to Omaha? Here’s Why You May Love It Here I Know Relocation Because I’ve Done It I relocated here from Richmond, Virginia in 2005 after living coast to coast, packed up my family, moved with a 14-month-old, and started figuring out an entirely new city from scratch....and I’m still here. I remember what it feels like to move somewhere and not know which side of town makes sense, h

Nebraska Doesn’t Just Need More Houses. We Need the Right Houses.

By - July 30, 2026
But we also need more housing choices—not just apartments on one end and oversized single-family homes on the other. That space in between is called missing-middle housing. Think duplexes, townhomes, cottage communities, accessory dwelling units and small apartment buildings that can fit naturally into established neighborhoods. These homes can make sense for first-time buyers, retirees, do

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