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What To Do When Your Home is Overvalued by Your Homeowner’s Insurance Company

What To Do When Your Home is Overvalued by Your Homeowner’s Insurance Company

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-01-18T09:09:48+00:00 January 18th, 2019|

What to do when your home is overvalued by your homeowner’s insurance company. Hint: You may want to consider changing companies. Q: Every year, I get a renewal notice from my homeowner's insurance company and it indicates the value of my home. The insurance company lists my residence value at over $700,000. I understand that [...]

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What You Need to Know About Paying Taxes on a Home Sold After a Spouse’s Death

What You Need to Know About Paying Taxes on a Home Sold After a Spouse’s Death

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-01-18T09:04:41+00:00 January 18th, 2019|

What you need to know about paying taxes on a home sold after a spouse’s death. Q: Just finished your awesome article on computing tax due on the sale of the primary home when a spouse passes. I just had a quick question. Let’s say a spouse passes on March 01, 2017. The first thought [...]

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Is Refinancing Your 30-Year Mortgage Really a Good Decision?

Is Refinancing Your 30-Year Mortgage Really a Good Decision?

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-01-10T11:27:12+00:00 January 10th, 2019|

Is refinancing your 30-year, or 15-year, mortgage really a good decision? Depending on the market and refinancing fees, this change may save you a bundle! Q: If you have a fixed rate mortgage why would you ever want to refinance if you plan to stay in the home for the duration of the mortgage? [...]

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What Resolutions Should Home Sellers Make in 2019?

What Resolutions Should Home Sellers Make in 2019?

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-01-10T11:21:40+00:00 January 10th, 2019|

What resolutions should home sellers make this year? If they want to get the most out of their investment, starting with these four resolutions can help. As 2019 gets going, it’s worth looking back at another year in which home sellers did well, but often at the expense of home buyers. First, in much of [...]

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What Happens to Real Estate When the Government Is Shut Down?

What Happens to Real Estate When the Government Is Shut Down?

By Liz Stevens| 2019-01-14T06:36:36+00:00 January 9th, 2019|

What happens to real estate when the government is shut down? Fannie Mae released temporary guidelines for loan processors to assist federal workers and contractors during the government shutdown. Homebuyers, lenders and real estate agents might experience closing delays as the U.S. partial government shutdown continues. And, there’s nothing that increases personal and financial stress [...]

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Do You Need to Renovate an Old Inherited Home Before Selling?

Do You Need to Renovate an Old Inherited Home Before Selling?

By Ilyce Glink| 2018-12-24T11:43:00+00:00 January 4th, 2019|

Do you need to renovate an old inherited home before selling? The first step to deciding involves speaking with a local real estate broker to lay down the numbers. Q: Our sister recently passed away leaving the family home that mom left her six years ago. She had no will and left outstanding debts as [...]

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What You Need to Know About Using an Installment Contract for Deed

What You Need to Know About Using an Installment Contract for Deed

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-01-03T09:29:56+00:00 January 3rd, 2019|

What you need to know about using an installment contract for deed. From closing on the sale to monthly interest payments, here’s what you can expect. Q: I am selling a commercial building and giving the buyer financing through a contract for deed. In the purchase agreement, the buyer asked about a prepayment penalty, but [...]

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What You Need to Know About Buying a Home in 2019

What You Need to Know About Buying a Home in 2019

By Ilyce Glink| 2019-01-02T10:38:05+00:00 December 28th, 2018|

What you need to know about buying a home in 2019. From low housing inventory to mortgage rate hikes, let these four tips be your guide. In the twenty-five years or so that we’ve been writing this column, we’ve started each new year with a look back at the year that was (in this case, [...]

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Housing Forecast Highlights You Need to Know for 2019

Housing Forecast Highlights You Need to Know for 2019

By Liz Stevens| 2018-12-20T15:27:29+00:00 December 20th, 2018|

Housing forecast highlights you need to know. Whether you’re buying a home, selling a home, or investing in real estate here’s what you need to know about the housing market in 2019. It’s that time of year again. In addition to unwrapping packages and stuffing yourself with sweets, real estate industry observers have been at [...]

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Real Estate Challenges and Opportunities for 2019

Real Estate Challenges and Opportunities for 2019

By Liz Stevens| 2018-12-20T15:30:24+00:00 December 20th, 2018|

Real estate challenges and opportunities in the New Year. Whether you’re buying a home, selling a home, or investing in real estate here’s what you need to know about the housing market in 2019. As we start 2019, there are some important changes that you need to know about, starting with the increased loan limits [...]

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