May 11, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, NAR, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News
By Cathie Ericson May 7, 2023 (imaginima/iStock) When you lock your doors at night, you think, “Phew, I’m safe!” Locks mean safety. Locks mean security. And it turns out the same is true in the world of home loans, where you may encounter the term “mortgage...
May 8, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, NAR, Real Estate, Real Estate News, Today's Top Consumer News
By Evan Wyloge May 8, 2023 (Getty Images) Is this familiar? It’s the last day of your vacation, ocean water laps your feet, and the sound of the rhythmic waves holds you in a trance. Then, as sunset gives way to twilight, a thought swims into your mind and grabs...
May 2, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate
By Maureen Dempsey Apr 24, 2023 (Photo courtesy of popchart.co) OK, let’s get this straight: Craftsman isn’t just the brand name of the tools out in the garage, and Cape Cod isn’t just a fabulous vacation spot. We understand your confusion and feel your pain....
May 1, 2023 | EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Today's Top Consumer News
By Craig Donofrio Apr 25, 2023 (Getty Images) Having your offer accepted feels great—but for most home buyers, it’s just the beginning. There is still a lot more to be done before you’re over the threshold of your new home. Here’s a rundown of what comes next. 1....
Apr 27, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News
By Kathleen Willcox Apr 25, 2023 While a 20% down payment is a benchmark everyone would like to strive for, it certainly isn’t the norm. According to a recent report from the National Association of Realtors®, almost half of consumers think...
Apr 25, 2023 | Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Daniel Bortz Apr 20, 2023 (Travis Dove for The Washington Post via Getty Images) Simply put, a seller’s market is a market where there are more homebuyers than sellers. Based on basic laws of supply and demand, this means sellers have the upper hand: They will...
Apr 24, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Real Estate, Today's Top Consumer News, Trends
Tsh Oxenreider Sep 22, 2020 Continuing our series during this final year of AoS of the top 12 published posts of all time (measured in simple traffic numbers), this one is number four. I wrote it ages ago, early in the blog’s life, and it still gets...
Apr 20, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News, Today's Top Consumer News
By Meera Pal Apr 12, 2023 (Getty Images) Tax day—April 18—is right around the corner. And if you’re like many homeowners, you’re facing shelling out big bucks for property taxes, federal income taxes, and state income taxes. That is if you live in the...
Apr 17, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Tara Mastroeni Apr 11, 2023 (Getty Images) Selling your home isn’t as easy as it used to be. Now that the red-hot market is cooling off, sellers need to reset their expectations—and yes, even adjust their sales tactics. So we’ve asked real estate experts...
Apr 14, 2023 | EAR Local News, Rent
By Jenny Lelwica Buttaccio Mar 7, 2023 (Getty Images) Shortly after they were married, Brittany H. and her husband moved into an apartment in Chicago’s Irving Park neighborhood. With Victorian houses and vintage flats dotting the tree-lined streets,...