Instead of posting different blog entries, I bring you everything empassing financing in one complete guide. I hope you enjoy. Please don’t hesistate to contact me if you have any questions. – Toni 5 Tips for Deciphering Your Home Loan’s Good-faith Estimate Knowing how to read your good-faith estimate can help you save money on [...]
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Bring Out the Best in Basements
Basements can adopt a split personality. On the one hand, it’s a sweet storage space with minimal décor and a high tolerance for accumulating dust. Yet when it’s time to sell — especially in a competitive real estate market — or expand the home’s livable square footage, the basement needs a little dressing up. That’s [...]
Real Estate Q&A: Should Sellers Wait Out a Slow Market?
As we know, market price of a home is what someone will pay for it. When selling, it is crucial to price it right. This might be counter-intuitive, but lower prices even generate more excitment, attracting more prospective buyers to the table. Here’s an interesting perspective on the near future of the Real Estate market, [...]
New Home Sales Climb in June
The housing slump caused by the end of the tax credits may be over, with sales of new homes rising 24 percent in June compared to May to an annual rate of 330,000, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday. Nevertheless, sales were at their second-lowest rate since 1963 – May’s were the lowest. “The future [...]
5 Real Estate Scams You Need to Know About
Mortgage fraud is pervasive: An estimated $4 billion to $6 billion in annual losses result from mortgage fraud, according to FBI reports. “An entire community can be damaged by mortgage fraud,” says Rachel Dollar, a lawyer from Santa Rosa, Calif., and editor of the Mortgage Fraud Blog. Mortgage fraud can lead to a spike in [...]
“Global Interest in U.S. Homeownership Gains”
International home buyers are increasingly attracted to property in the U.S., according to the National Association of REALTORS®’ 2010 Profile of International Home Buying Activity. Several factors, including the strength of the dollar, the value and desirability of U.S. real estate, and the emerging economic recovery, continue to drive international interest in owning a home [...]
Closing deadline extended for federal tax credit
President Obama signed a bill Friday extending the closing deadline for the federal home buyer tax credit to Sept. 30, 2010. The bill is retroactive and covers from June 30, 2010 to the date of enactment of the extension. To qualify for the extension, home buyers must have entered into a contract prior to May [...]
Road to recovery: Local housing market showing signs of strength
Both the CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (C.A.R.) and the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) released monthly housing reports this week. However, each report told a different story about the housing market. Nationally, home sales declined but in California home sales rose 14.1 percent in May compared with April and 1.2 percent compared with April 2009. [...]
