What Is Escrow?
If you’re buying a home, you are going to come across this word many times during the process – escrow. If you’re a first time homebuyer, you may… Read more ⇢
Buying
Should You Buy an “Almost Perfect” Home?
Buying a home is one of the biggest purchases you will ever make in your life (if not the biggest). It’s understandable and normal to feel worry and… Read more ⇢
5 Tips for Multigenerational Living
Multigenerational living has been on the rise in America in the last few years. According to the Pew Research Center, analysis of the most… Read more ⇢
Make Your New House Feel Like Home
Your house isn’t just a financial investment or the place where you keep your stuff – it’s where you live your life. And moving into a new house can… Read more ⇢
Saving for Your Down Payment
If buying a home is in your future, one of the realities you’ll need to face is the need to save for a down payment. Depending on the type… Read more ⇢
How to Make an Offer a Seller Can’t Refuse
It’s finally happened – you found the perfect house. It has exactly what you are looking for, it’s in the right neighborhood, and it’s actually in your price… Read more ⇢
4 Tips for Finding the Perfect Home
Close your eyes and imagine: a perfectly manicured lawn spreading out in front of a stately Colonial in the suburbs. A pool in the back with a backyard… Read more ⇢
How to Reduce Home Buying Stress
There’s no two ways about it – buying a home is stressful. Whether you’re doing it for the first time, or have several purchases under your belt, it’s… Read more ⇢
Is an FHA Loan Right for You?
One of the most daunting challenges of buying a home is choosing and getting approved for a mortgage loan. There are many types of… Read more ⇢
Buying with Reselling in Mind
If you know that the home you are buying my have to be sold within a few years, you have a few extra items you need to pay… Read more ⇢
Take Advantage of January Appliance Deals
Now that you’ve done all the hard work of qualifying for the loan, securing the mortgage and putting the deal in motion…you can start to shop for the… Read more ⇢
How do Fed Rate Hikes Affect Mortgages?
Eeeeek! Rates are going up … or are they? Last week, for the first time after years of historically low rates, the Federal Reserve decided to… Read more ⇢
When Interest Rates Go Up
The Feds have been pretty indecisive about moving interest rates up, but the down-low is that they plan to make the move upwards in December. Read more ⇢
Spooky or Spectacular?
Sometimes, a neighborhood appears awesome…but might be hiding some spooky, ghostly elements! You can’t know, for instance, how welcoming some neighborhoods are to families with small children… Read more ⇢
Keeping It In Balance: Knowing Your Credit-to-Debt Ratio
Many potential new homebuyers find themselves unable to secure a loan, confined to a smaller home ? or at least to a smaller loan ? because they don’t understand… Read more ⇢
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