Nov 23, 2023 | Real Estate, Real Estate Finance
By Margaret Heidenry Nov 13, 2023 (Juanmonino/iStock) In the seemingly never-ending mortgage lexicon of home buying and selling, one term in particular stands out as a source of confusion: the origination fee. What is an origination fee? It’s...
Nov 22, 2023 | Home Buying 101, Real Estate
By Lisa Marie Conklin Nov 16, 2023 Photo by Ketut Subiyanto: https://www.pexels.com/photo/focused-young-indian-couple-working-at-home-using-calculator-4308051/ Most would-be homebuyers start their journey by gathering a down payment. This money is crucial to...
Nov 21, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Larissa Runkle Nov 15, 2023 (Getty Images) Home might be where the heart is, but it’s where your precious valuables are, too. And thieves know it all too well. That simple fact makes every home a potential target for a burglary. According to the FBI’s latest...
Nov 20, 2023 | Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance
By Craig Donofrio Nov 7, 2023 (iStock) The costs of buying a home go well beyond the actual purchase price. If you’re a first-time home buyer, you might get a little queasy when the last line of your good-faith estimate comes in at several thousand...
Nov 17, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Kimberly Dawn Neumann Sep 20, 2023 (Realtor.com) Would you be willing to buy a house if you only got to see half of it? That was a question that real estate agent Jason Gelios had to weigh when he was contracted in early 2023 to help sell...
Nov 16, 2023 | Real Estate, Real Estate Finance
By Lisa Marie Conklin Nov 16, 2023 (Getty Images) Homeowners often love to humble-brag about various aspects of their abode, from the size of their primary suite to just how many cars can fit in their garage. But the latest boast has nothing to do with square...
Nov 13, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate, Trends
By Clare Trapasso Nov 13, 2023 (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) More first-time homebuyers have been successfully navigating the extremely pricey and challenging housing market. Despite the myriad obstacles in their way, first-time buyers made up...
Nov 6, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Lisa Marie Conklin Nov 2, 2023 (Getty Images) With today’s housing shortage, record-high home prices, and rising mortgage interest rates, buying a little slice of property can seem like an impossible goal to some. One budget-friendly workaround homebuyers have...
Nov 1, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, Real Estate
By Veterans United The VA loan program has backed more than 28 million loans in its nearly 80-year history. While its roots are in the original GI Bill of 1944, this mortgage benefit is in many ways more important today than ever. During a time of tight mortgage...
Oct 30, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Real Estate
By Kimberly Dawn Neumann Oct 16, 2023 (Getty Images) While buying a home has always been a challenging milestone, today’s high interest rates have made this dream even harder to achieve. Over the past two years, interest rates on home loans have nearly...