Real Estate & Mortgage Insights

• Take Advantage of Homeowner Programs to Avoid ForeclosureNew
• Sell Your House in This MarketNew
• Offset Your Mortgage Costs by Saving on Homeowners Insurance
• Home Buyers Guide - The Appraisal
• Foreclosure Rescue Bill Explained
• Is It Time to Renovate or Repair Your Home?
• Foreclosures and the Housing Crisis
• How to Sell Your Home in a Slow Market
• Should You Start with a High Sales Price?
• Tips for First Time Home Buyers
• Ten Concerns Every Home Seller Should Pay Attention To
• Buying or Selling a Home? Get the Facts about Radon
• 5 Common Home Buying Mistakes
• The Facts about Mortgage Buy Downs
• Understanding Adjustable Rate Mortgages
• What the Heck Is a Short Sale?
• It's a Buyer's Market - Seek Incentives!
• Should You Try to Sell by Owner?
• When Your Home's Value is Less Than the Mortgage
• Moving Advice & Articles
• Should You Buy a Home in Today's Market?
• The End of Irrational Exuberance
• The Housing Bubble
• Doom & Gloom (with a twist)
• This Consumer for Sale?
• If Automobiles were like Houses
• Emotion vs. Reason in Real Estate
• The "Home Wealth" Effect
• Why Buying a Home is a Good Idea
• Why FSBOs Fail - the Real Story
• If Only You Had Bought A Home Back Then...
• Looking at Homes for Sale
• Location, Location, Location -- What Does That Mean?
• Accessibility and the Lockbox
• When Market Value Outpaces Appraised Value
• The Multiple Listing Service
• Why the MLS is Truly Important
• Flowers Add Quick Curb Appeal and Value
• Should You Start Out with a HIGH Listing Price?
• An Appraisal to Determine Your Home's Price?
• Comparable Sales and Market Value
• When Do You Change Your Listing Price?
• Adding Value - Upgrade Your Fireplace?
• Time to Move up to a Bigger Home?
• Pros & Cons of Gated Communities
• What makes an agent truly valuable?
• The "Real" Role of a Listing Agent
• The Real Estate Agent is Your Friend (Really)
• Legal Advice, Decisions, and "Butting in" -- a Story
• Asking the Seller to Pay Closing Costs
• The Mysterious APR (Annual Percentage Rate)
• If You Think You Need a Bridge Loan
• What is the Interest Rate Today?
• The Earnest Money Deposit
• Mortgage Ads on Television
• Why close at the end of the Month?
• Income, Ratios, and Home Loans
• Undeserved Late Charges on Your Mortgage
• Contingencies & Negotiations in Real Estate Contracts
• The Home Inspection
• the Basics on Black Mold
• Real Property vs. Personal Property
• Preventing Lawsuits - Homeowners Warranty
• Who Can Deduct Moving Expenses with the IRS?

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