Archive for December, 2008
Staging plays a key role in the best house, best price formula
Selling your home in today’s market usually comes down to your home meeting a basic formula of “best house, best price”. As a seller you can help yourself become the “best house” by staging your home. Staging your home presents the home in the best possible light to potential buyers. You can attempt to stage your home [...]
Selling your home during the winter months
Photo by powi Sellers facing a tough real estate market may find the market even tougher for selling their home during the winter months when temperatures drop and snow and ice slow everything and everybody down a notch or two. What steps can a seller take that will help you attract buyers with the goal [...]
You could cross your fingers or you could get a home inspection
Buying a home is a huge investment. I would suggest against crossing your fingers, hoping that there is nothing wrong with the home. For your safety and peace of mind you should definitely get a inspection of the home you are thinking of buying. Home inspections are inexpensive when compared to the thousands of dollars you [...]
Consult with a professional when buying or selling a home
Your professional real estate agent can help guide you through the home selling or home buying process. Choosing a full time real estate agent who lives works and knows the area in which you live and fully understands the conditions of the area’s real estate market will save you time and money. In order to [...]
This may be the largest loan you ever receive, choose wisely.
Photo by wwworks The loan you obtain to buy a home may very well be the largest loan you take out in your lifetime. You need to choose your loan program, rate and terms wisely. It would be in your best interest to interview several lenders before selecting the mortgage professional you feel comfortable with and are [...]
Receive a personalized list of homes for sale
The days of searching the classified section of a newspaper looking for a home to buy are long gone. In those days anyone interested in buying a home would have to read through hundreds of small print ads, over the top advertisement descriptions and unrecognizable abbreviations, (remember frpl?), just to reach a point where they [...]
Make sure you can afford the payment
One thing is for certain, many people who own a home in this country are now realizing that they cannot afford the mortgage payment. Record foreclosures throughout the country are partially a result of payments being too high initially or the mortgage payment increasing significantly at some point during the mortgage term. Before you ever step foot [...]
Good Faith Estimate helps buyers understand their mortgage
Mortgage lenders and brokers are required by law to provide a buyer with a good faith estimate when the buyer is applying for a home loan. HUD is requiring that this estimate be easy for the buyer to read and provide clear answers to the questions the borrower may have regarding the mortgage. The good [...]
Kansas City buyers should look at foreclosures
Buying and selling a home
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