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Should a Buyer Consider a House on a Corner Lot? A Look at the Upside and Downside
Choosing a new home is an exciting and significant decision in one’s life. One of the many choices you’ll encounter when searching for the perfect home is whether to buy a house on a corner lot. Corner lots are unique in many ways, offering various advantages and disadvantages. Examining the pros and cons of corner… […]
Home Enhancements Owners Should Avoid Before Selling
When you are preparing to sell your home, there are many improvements you can make. While you’ll get many suggestions for things you can do to make your home easier to sell, people rarely suggest things you don’t need to fix. Fixing up your home can be costly, and you might not get the return… […]
4 Topics Agents Should Be Educating Consumers on Consistently
There is a lot to learn and understand about the housing market, especially amid shifting conditions and economic uncertainty in the U.S. As if navigating the market wasn’t complicated enough for consumers, the start of a new year filled with projections of supply shortages, higher mortgage rates and elevated inflation adds further complexity that agents… […]
Wait, What? 18 Unforeseen Things New REALTORS® Should Know
“But dad…whattaya MEAN you won’t hire me to sell your house? So WHAT if I only got my real estate license three months ago and have no listings yet. You chose your real estate agent friend over ME? Over FAMILY?” You likely aren’t laughing if you’re reading this and in the business. Because in real… […]
Pros and Cons of an FHA 203k Loan: What You Should Know
Have you heard people talk about an FHA 203K loan and wondered what it was and how it worked? Buying a home is far more challenging when you are not familiar with common mortgage lingo. You may have heard about an FHA loan but what do the extra numbers and letters mean? When you are… […]
Why Mortgage Rates Should Care About Bond Market Warning
After spiking in early January, interest rates returned to near-all-time-low levels by the middle of the week. By the end, however, the market began to flash a warning about more volatility ahead. The warning is fairly simple. It has to do with a pattern that’s been repeating in the bond market (the key ingredient in […]
Forbearances Keep Climbing; Should You Wait For Lower Rates?
Mortgage rates have fallen more aggressively than ever and they’ve been remarkably willing to set record after record. So is there any reason you shouldn’t wait for them to go even lower? This is an age old question any time rates fall to long-term lows. In the past, the answer has been pretty easy . […]