Home Buying Tips

• Home seller credit could save real estate deal
  No one likes to give money away, but a monetary credit from the seller to the buyer can solve a problem that might otherwise derail a home-sale transaction. Here's a typical scenario where a seller credit could save the deal. Continue article...
• How To Save Money On Your New Home
  Do you clip food coupons from your Sunday newspaper? Or do you take advantage of sales at your favorite department store? Then you will certainly appreciate BIG savings on the purchase of a new home! Continue article...
• Do You Know The Real Price Of Your ARM?
  Adjustable-rate mortgages are complicated instruments. No one characteristic fully describes one. Continue article...
• How to avoid buying bad real estate
  Ask any experienced residential real estate attorney about his or her most difficult case. The answer will probably involve a "bad house." While not exactly a legal term, a bad house is one where the buyer alleges the seller knew about a serious structural defect, but failed to disclose it to the buyer before purchase. Continue article...
• Realtor VS. "For Sale By Owner"
  "Why do we need a real estate agent? After all, an agent will charge thousands of dollars to sell even an average home, and that commission comes right off the top! Heck, with the Internet and all, we can do practically everything that an agent would do, so why should we pay out all that money?" Continue article...
• Plan Ahead for Real Estate Market Shifts
  If an economic disaster turns your local housing market into mush, will you be poised to capitalize on the new opportunities? Continue article...