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What You Need to Know About Buying a Foreclosed Home
Home foreclosures continue to impact local housing markets, with some areas of the country still recovering from deep losses and repossessions dating back to the late 2000s.
7 Tips for a Successful Open House
You’re getting ready to list your home for sale and you’ve talked with your real estate agent about holding an open house. Not all agents hold these events, as they believe potential buyers will find your home through other means.
Must-Do Maintenance and Repairs for First-Time Homeowners
Tweet It’s easy for first-time buyers to overlook certain aspects of routine maintenance, as most renters have a landlord to call when major systems break, pests appear or the roof
Walk This Way: How to Effectively Complete Your Final Walk Through
Tweet It is important to do a final walk through on your future home with unbiased eyes. Take in everything and make sure all of the agreed upon repairs and
Striking out on Your Own: Life After Living with Mom and Dad
Tweet Moving from the nest is no easy feat considering the harsh economic terrain. Recession-stricken young adults are often “last hired, first fired” in the words of Zhenchao Qian, Ohio
5 Home Improvements That Can Lower Your Home Insurance
Tweet By making small improvements to your home that reduces the risk that your insurance policy providers take on and therefore will lower the cost to you. Many of these
How to Win the Short Sales Game
Tweet To obtain a short sale home you need to possess knowledge, patience and fortitude, attributes that can help you win the short sales game. Knowledge Quite easily, you can
How to Install Built-In Shelving
Tweet That place can be shelving, but unless you are using built-in shelving, you may be concerned that a free standing bookcase or other shelving is too dangerous to place
Real Estate Contract Expiration: Now What?
Tweet Assuming that your home is in excellent shape, is priced correctly and is in a stable market, receiving a strong offer within the first month or two is normal.
Don’t Make These Costly House Hunting Mistakes
Tweet Patience and research can save you money when shopping for a home. As a first-time or transitional home buyer, you stand to come away with a deal that can
Advantages Of Opting For An Ideal Storage Service
Tweet They are particularly useful for those who are planning to relocate their office or homes, or for people planning to go for vacations. They help to save a good
What You Need to Know About Short Sale Homes
Tweet How to increase your chances of buying a distressed property. When the seller lists the home for less than what is owed on the mortgage, that “shortage” represents a
7 Tips for Saving for Your New Home Downpayment
Tweet You’ll most likely need at least three percent (and sometimes up to twenty percent) of the home’s selling price in order to get into a home. That puts you
What Are REO Properties?
Tweet Failure by homeowners to make scheduled mortgage payments triggers the foreclosure process which leads to a home eventually becoming an REO property. REO Defined Not all homes in foreclosure
Surprise: Home Prices Rise in July
Tweet Home prices statistics have been released for July 2011 and that news is surprisingly good. In its monthly report released on September 27, 2011, S&P Indices has seen its
