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First-time homebuyers often feel unprepared for ownership

First-time homebuyers often feel unprepared for ownership

First-time Homebuyer, Home Tips

When you think about it, those in the industry often don’t do a great job in explaining aspects of homeownership not in their purview For some it seems like a no-brainer. Renting a home feels like throwing money away, offering no sense of ownership whatsoever....
Why housing is even better than it looks

Why housing is even better than it looks

Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Home Tips, Investment Property, Purchase Process

The 10-year is back to 2.39%, mortgages essentially unchanged for the last three weeks. Today’s rate “drop” — down by 0.035% — began first thing this morning, entirely in place by the release of the Fed’s meeting minutes. The minutes themselves caused a...
New tech developed to fight real estate wire fraud

New tech developed to fight real estate wire fraud

Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Home Tips

In the news is the announcement of Modus, a Seattle-based real estate technology start-up that applies the latest in software to title and escrow operations announces the launch of its unique Digital Earnest Money Deposit feature.  This is especially important to...
Take the emotion out of buying a home using good business sense

Take the emotion out of buying a home using good business sense

Credit, First-time Homebuyer, Purchase Process

Look at this as a business proposition first and foremost by scrutinizing the proximity and access to basic services regarding health, supply, security, and transport. There is a good deal of emotion wrapped up in buying a home. Determining where we will spend the...
Observing the rules of using gift money toward a down payment

Observing the rules of using gift money toward a down payment

FHA/VA, First-time Homebuyer

A gift letter is not about how much your mom wants to help provide a home for her future grandchildren Down payments are a bugger for first-time homebuyers. It seems that the initial financial stab at home ownership is among the greatest roadblocks of owning a home,...
First-time homebuyer revelations and reality checks

First-time homebuyer revelations and reality checks

First-time Homebuyer

There are few people you can learn better from than the ones who have been there/done that. In her Forbes article outlining her first time home buying experience, Julia Delitt names a few things she did not expect from it. Dellitt and her family were living in an...
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