Tag: Real Estate Tips

  • Divorced and Looking (For a House)

    Divorced and Looking (For a House)

    If you’re newly separated or divorced, you could be shopping for a home. Letting go of the home you shared with your former partner leads to a series of steps: from the deed you shared, to a new deed. A deed to a home of your own. Here, we spot the issues for the newly…

  • What Makes a Good Real Estate Agent and How Do I Find One?

    What Makes a Good Real Estate Agent and How Do I Find One?

    Industry pros think home prices could easily rise 2%-5% this year, judging by the Spring 2024 home buying rush already underway. If you want to take the best advantage of a promising market, you might be thinking of hiring an agent. Anyone selling or buying a home can benefit from a good agent’s support. The right…

  • Does the TikTok Mortgage Hack Work?

    Unless they’re lucky enough to assume someone else’s mortgage, current buyers are paying interest rates near 8%. The media will report on this in all kinds of ways, because people want information and they want workarounds. But sometimes, in this click-driven media world, what’s packaged as news is really a distraction. Let’s take a look…

  • Quitclaim Deeds and Continuation of Title Insurance

    Quitclaim Deeds and Continuation of Title Insurance

    Provided by Matthew A. Quick, Esq., an attorney licensed in the state of Illinois. Title insurance coverage is dictated by the terms of the policy issued by the title insurance company. In most, if not all, policies for title insurance there is a provision for “Continuation of Coverage” or “Continuation of Insurance.” Typically, this provision…