Jul 6, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance
By Daniel Bortz Jul 5, 2023 (Getty Images) FHA versus conventional loan: If you need a mortgage to buy a house, you may find yourself weighing these two options. What’s the difference, and which one is right for you? While the majority of...
Jun 27, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate News
By Kimberly Dawn Neumann Jun 19, 2023 (Getty Images) While buying most things in life is a fairly simple process of adding to cart and ponying up a credit card, buying a home is understandably a bit more involved. And if the home you’re hoping to buy is...
Jun 20, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, NAR, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance
By Lisa Johnson Mandell Jun 14, 2023 (Getty Images) “Down payment”: Ask most people what is an acceptable down payment on a house, and nine times out 10, they’ll tell you it’s 20% of a home’s selling price. So you do the math, and realize you’d have to put down...
Jun 15, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Today's Top Consumer News
By Daniel Bortz Jun 15, 2023 (Getty Images) A seller’s worst nightmare is, of course, not being able to sell their home. But also scoring very high on the would-be disaster list is getting a lowball offer—as much as 10% to 30% below list price—from a...
Jun 6, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, NAR, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News
By Kathleen Willcox Jun 1, 2023 (Getty Images) Savvy homebuyers always look at the sale history of a property before making an offer. Why? Aside from seeing how the home’s value has held up over the years, they want to learn how many times the house has changed...
Jun 1, 2023 | Consumer News and Advice, EAR Local News, Home Buying 101, Real Estate, Real Estate Finance, Real Estate News
By Lisa Marie Conklin May 11, 2023 Photo by Thgusstavo Santana: https://www.pexels.com/photo/yellow-concrete-house-2102587/ Saving up for a down payment is usually the biggest hurdle for first-time homebuyers, especially when you’re feeding a healthy chunk of...