Depending on where you live, housing prices are lower than they’ve been in decades. Time to buy, or is renting better? Have questions or comments? Use the comment link below to contact us. Your email address will NEVER be shared with any third-parties, and will not be published along with your comment or question.
Buying a House: Mortgage Shopping
You wouldn’t think of paying an extra 50 grand for that new house. But if you’re not careful, you might waste that much on the mortgage… Have questions about mortgage shopping? We’d love to hear from you. Just click the comment link below and ask away. We’ll get back to you here with answers.
Selling a Home in a Buyer’s Market
Selling a home in today’s buyer’s market is a challenge. Here are some tips for making your home more attractive to sellers to help you close the deal quickly… Have questions or comments about selling a home in a buyer’s market? Use the comment link below to ask!
Real Estate News – April 2011
In this Issue:* 6 Tips For Buying a Home in a Down Market The Real Value of Home MaintenanceBuying a Home? Don’t Be Too Picky (Please leave us a comment at the bottom of the newsletter.) 6 Tips For Buying a Home In a Down Market Prospective buyers have an edge in a down […]
Rents Could Be On The Rise
Renters Beware: Double-digit rent hikes may be coming soon. Already, rental vacancy rates have dipped below the 10% mark, where they had been lodged for most of the past three years. By 2012, some are predicting the vacancy rate will hover at a mere 5%. And with fewer units on the market, rental rates will […]
5 Tips for Choosing Homeowners’ Insurance
Finding the right homeowner’s insurance is a tough job. Here are some basic tips to make choosing homeowners’ insurance an easier task: Get past the advertising fluff. When selling your home and buying a new one, your mailbox can fill with solicitations—and one of the front-line offenders are homeowners’ insurance companies. Our quick scan of […]
New News about Foreclosures and Short Sales
The news continues to pour in from around the country on banks foreclosing on more and more homes, and short sales becoming more of a common thing… Questions or comments? Use the comment link below to sound off. Your email address, although needed to post, is NEVER published on this website.
Where Will Mortgage Rates Go This Year?
While the housing market has been a drag on the economy for years now, falling prices and low rates have been great for buyers. But will that trend continue into 2011? Questions or comments about mortgage rates? Just use the comment link below to ask.
Home Sales Post Another Gain
Sales of previously owned homes edged up in November, the third increase in four months after a dismal summer for home-buying. According to the National Association of Realtors (NAR), buyers bought homes at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.68 million. Even with the rise, this year is shaping up to be the worst for […]
First-Time Buyers Returning to the Market
With interest rates slowly rising, a new report says that many first-time homebuyers aren’t taking any chances, and are looking to buy a home as soon as possible. According to the Housing Pulse survey from Inside Mortgage Finance and Campbell Surveys, the percentage of first-time buyers grew from 34.4 percent in October to 37.2 percent […]