Home Buying

May 12, 2013

Singles Delve Into Real Estate

Singles are Becoming the Top Buyers in Real Estate

Did you know that singles (especially single women) are making up more and more of the real estate market now?  As recently as 2011, statistics showed single women made up 20% of all home buyers and single men accounted for ...

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May 1, 2013

Seller Insight - Buyer Tips for Gathering Information

Gather the right Information before Buying a Home

When you're buying a home, you'll want to get as much information as you can about the property.  You will get title information from your escrow officer, and a lot of information from your agent, but there are many ...

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April 27, 2013

Return of the Homebuyer Tax Credit

Could we possibly see the return of the Home Buyer Tax Credit?

The National Mortgage Complaint Center, a consumer advocacy group, is asking Congress to introduce legislation to restore the federal tax credit for home buyers in order to “rescue the U.S. residential real estate markets” and prevent home ...

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April 21, 2013

New Home Article

Time For A New Home?

In today's market, it's a great time to be a buyer or capitalize on any equity you may have in your home.  Interest rates are at an all-time low.  The job market is starting to improve and home prices are more ...

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April 15, 2013

New Fannie Mae Guidelines

Fannie Revamps Rules on Delinquent Loans

Well, a little late if you ask me but very needed nonetheless - Fannie Mae has announced that they have new rules to require mortgage servicers to act consistently and more rapidly with helping homeowners avoid foreclosure. 

Fannie told mortgage servicers they must try ...

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April 2, 2013

March 2013 Data on US Housing Market

U.S. Housing Market shows people are ready to sell

March data on the U.S. housing market shows growing optimism and confidence among potential sellers. Market data indicates that while the national housing inventory went down 15.22% since last year, the number of listings went up 2.36 ...

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March 27, 2013

Loan Options for Self-Employed

Work for Yourself? Here's some options to help you with a Loan

In the last few years self-employed people were somewhat left out from the loan options market but that has slowly changed.

With a 20% down payment, a self-employed borrower can qualify for a mortgage with just their ...

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March 21, 2013

Loan Modifications

Loan Modification: What to do when a bank doesn’t want to work with you.

Loan modification is the primary option that the homeowners are looking forward to help them in these troubled times. American goverment is also promoting loan modification to help people facing financial hardships save their home from ...

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March 16, 2013

Investing in Multi-Family Housing

Your Real Estate strategy to Investing in Multi-Family Housing

In today's tumultuous economy, companies and individuals alike are finding real estate to be a particularly interesting investment sector. While this is not a new concept, participation in this market sector has increased significantly.

One appealing strategy is to own ...

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March 4, 2013

Homebuyer Priorities Are Changing

How are the Priorities of Home Buyers Changing?

When it comes to real estate in the past you'd always hear, "location, location, location" and that was the key to finding the right property.  Recently however, studies show that lifestyle options are now a higher priority.  Things such ...

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