Category: Real Estate

With all of the time spent at home recently, many have discovered that if they have to be quarantined, they might as well do it in their dream home….

Private mortgage insurance, or PMI, is required when you buy a house using a conventional loan and make a downpayment that’s less than 20 percent of the…

Millennials are buying homes, and it’s probably fair to say, they would like that deal delivered. Those people born between 1980 and 1999, made up the…

No! Paying a loan in half the time does NOT mean making double payments. Not even close. In fact, many homeowners are surprised at how little they need to…

Baby Boomers (aged 54 to 74) are holding on to their beloved homes, but selling and downsizing now could not only save a lot of headaches, it could also…

I’m considering a condo, but I hear they are difficult to finance. Is that true? No, for the buyer, the same rules that apply to any mortgage apply to a…

When an agent wants to show your place on Tuesday at 4 p.m. or Wednesday at 8, you’ve got a convenient choice to make. But what if the agent is showing…

After an unexpected late-year jump in single family housing starts in 2019, the Fannie Mae Economic and Strategic Research (ESR) Group has predicted…

A lease-to-own, also commonly referred to as a rent-to-own or a lease option, is an arrangement between a buyer and a seller in which the seller leases a…

Is buying a lower mortgage interest rate worth it? Buyers can actually buy a lower interest rate by buying points, essentially putting more money in the…