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Selling Your Gulf Shores Home After Making Improvements

February 4, 2013 by Malcolm Bond

If you’re selling your Gulf Shores home after you’ve made substantial improvements, known as capital improvements, the money you spent on those improvements could help lower your tax bill when you sell. Tax rules let you add capital improvement expenses to the cost basis of your Gulf Shores home. Why is that a big deal? Because […]

Termites: Some Prevention Tips

February 2, 2013 by Malcolm Bond

Even though the calendar says we’re still entrenched in the winter season, it’s never too early in the year to take measures to prevent your home from becoming a buffet to termites. Here are some tips you should consider to keep a termite infestation away from your Gulf Shores home. If you haven’t had a […]

Gulf Shores Real Estate News – February 2013

February 1, 2013 by Malcolm Bond

In this Issue:* 2012 Home Sales – Best in 5 Years Locking In Interest Rates – Best Policies to Follow Keep Your House Free of the Flu Bug 2012 Home Sales – Best in 5 Years The National Association of Realtors reports that December sales of previously owned homes came in just slightly below […]

Gulf Shores Short Sale Deals Are History

January 31, 2013 by Malcolm Bond

The idea of finding a Gulf Shores short sale significantly less than market value should be forgotten. Those days are long gone, if they ever really existed in the first place.Lenders are just not going to absorb the loss of one dollar more than they have to. Lenders are using automated systems to verify home […]

Homeowners Insurance: How to Buy It

January 29, 2013 by Malcolm Bond

Homeowners insurance is something you’ll have to have in order to get a mortgage on any Gulf Shores area home you’re planning to buy. There are some things you need to know when buying homeowners insurance, as outlined in this video… For more tips and information about Gulf Shores homeowners insurance, just click over to […]

Housing Starts Jump in December

January 27, 2013 by Malcolm Bond

The U.S. Department of Commercer reports construction on new U.S. homes jumped in December to the highest rate in more than four years, with gains across the country, as well as in single-family homes and buildings. In the fresh data signaling a strengthening housing market, starts rose 12.1% in December to a seasonally adjusted annual […]