5 tips on how to negotiate a house price
You’ve reached the house-hunting phase and found “the one,” but you aren’t crazy about the price tag. The good news: You might be able to change it.
When you make an offer on a home, l...
Is 2021 the year you become a homeowner? Or make that long-overdue trade up to a larger home that fits your growing family?
Buying a home is the largest financial transaction and the largest asset most Americans ever own. It’s usually...
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Buying a home—especially if it’s your first—can be a lot like losing weight in the sense that people end up doing, well, some pretty dumb stuff in the process. But while desperate dieters might waste...
Think you need to come up with 20% for a down payment in order to buy a house? It might surprise you to know that the median down payment for first-time buyers last year was just 7%, per the National Association of Realtors...
How much should you offer on a house? The not-so-simple answer: It depends on the market you're in, the list price, what kind of mortgage you, as the potential home buyer, are comfortable with, and many other factors that you should weigh ...
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Congratulations on buying your new home! You survived the hardest parts: making an offer, mortgage approval, the home inspection, and closing. Whew! Go ahead and take a moment to pat yourself on the back. You earned it.
But...
The old saying, "Location, location, location" is more like a mantra when it comes to real estate. Buy in the wrong one and you could be setting yourself up for financial ruin. Or at least an unhappy experience. Right?
In some cases, ye...
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Buying and selling a home simultaneously is a stressful juggling act at any point. So what's it like to simultaneously buy and sell real estate during the coronavirus pandemic?
In April, my...
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The housing market is back—and then some.
Despite the crippling and ongoing coronavirus pandemic, millions out of work, a recession, a national reckoning over systemic racism, and a highly contentious presidential...