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Fear of Missing Out? Higher mortgage rates can be daunting for many buyers. And here they come. The silver lining? As interest rates begin to rise, this frenzied real estate market could start to level off. But first, it looks…
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How to Work With a Lender and Win
Ready to Buy a Home? Choose a good mortgage consultant, and you’ll have support throughout your loan application journey. You’ll probably get a lot of phone calls along the way, but it’s all to help you and your real estate…
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The Cost of Owning a Home
More Than a Mortgage Imagine you’ve made it through closing. You’ve purchased a reasonably priced home. You paid around $5,000 for closing cost fees, taxes and insurance; another $2,000 for moving in and fixing up. You have a an ample…
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Six Common Reasons House Sales Fall Through
Forewarned Is Forearmed Buying a house is a major milestone for most people. After the weeks, months, or even years of preparation, a buyer wants to cross the finish line with confidence. Buyers and sellers alike need to know what…
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Airbnb Could Decide to Accept Cryptocurrency in 2022
Meanwhile, the Homesharing Platform Is Helping Homeowners in Ukraine This might just be the year Airbnb meets bitcoin. A team of Airbnb employees is currently looking at how the platform could accept cryptocurrency payments. Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky…
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What’s Best to Buy—Existing Home? New Construction?
Weighing the Environmental and Financial Factors You might be wondering if a newly built home is right for you, or if it’s better to get a lived-in home. Once upon a time, that question was a simple matter of personal…
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Taking a Co-Borrower Off a Mortgage: Three Ways
So, you’re changing from a co-owner to the sole owner of your house. And now it’s time for your spouse or co–borrower to come off your joint mortgage. Probably from your house deed, too. If the title is already in…
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Going All In: Why South Koreans Are Keen on Metaverse Real Estate
South Korea — renowned for its pop culture and a $16+ billion gaming sector — is perfectly poised to flourish in digitized worlds. K-pop singers have launched hits in the metaverse and real estate is popping up to host future…
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Know the Facts About Liens
Good Debt, Bad Debt… Nowadays, people can be divided into three classes: the haves, the have-nots, and the have-not-paid-for-what-they-haves. – Earl Wilson If you own a home, there’s probably a lien (or a few) on its title. A lien represents…
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Living Off the Grid: What It Means Now
He likes it better the old way, so he grows a little garden in the backyard by the fence;He’s consuming what he’s growing nowadays in self-defense;He gets out there in the twilight zone sometimes… – David M. Bellamy Living off…
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What Is Dodd-Frank and How Does It Regulate Home Loans?
Consumer Protection for Mortgage Borrowers The mortgage crisis of 2008-09 unfolded when lenders offering too many high-risk loans. The problem was referred to as predatory lending. Lawmakers reacted to the crisis with lending rules that kept lenders from approving loan…
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Can a Home in a Living Trust Be Refinanced?
On Trust Property In a Time of Low Mortgage Rates A living trust is a revocable trust. And a revocable trust is a trust you can change — which means you can refinance. That said, your lender must be on…
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You’re Prepared to Make an All-Cash Offer on a House. Should You?
In real estate lingo, an all-cash offer means the buyer isn’t borrowing money to finance a house purchase. The buyer is using money straight from a bank, credit union, or investment account to cover the price of the home. These…
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Waiting for a Market Cooldown? Read This First.
4 Tips to Win at Home Buying This Spring Early 2022 will be a great season for home purchases. Sellers are blessed with the perfect blend of brisk demand and a low interest rate environment. And we can see opportunity…
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Can I Sue the Homeowners’ Association?
Know Before You Buy Buying a condo is a great way to shift from renting to homeownership. Condos are popular, low-maintenance investments. But when community associations fail to function as they should, they set the stage for conflicts. If you’re…