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Buying A Home: Research Neighborhoods First

By | October 10th, 2005|

Before deciding to buy a house, start by researching the neighborhoods and locations where you'd be happy living. Wondering how to research neighborhoods when buying a house? HomePages.com, a new site, makes it easy to learn about neighborhoods before you buy a home.

Breach Of Contract Puts Earnest Money At Risk

By | October 3rd, 2005|

What are your options when you're selling a home and the buyer puts down earnest money and later delays the closing? Can the seller keep the buyer's earnest money if the buyer has not met his or her contract obligations by delaying closing? Yes, but getting the earnest money requires keeping a good paper trail!

Selling Half A Home

By | October 3rd, 2005|

If a home is in two owner's names, either one could sell their half of the home to anyone. But it is unlikely that anyone would want to buy a half of a home. Either owner of the home can bid to purchase the home from the other or the some can be sold to the highest bidder with the proceeds from the sale being split between the owners of the home.

Paying Off The Cost Of Refinancing

By | October 3rd, 2005|

Being smart about refinancing isn't about picking an arbitrary time in which you'll pay off the loan. It's about breaking even before you sell the home or refinance your loan again. If you can save money starting tomorrow through financing, refinancing is a no-brainer. But once you get to the point where it takes 12 to 24 months to pay off a refinance, you risk losing money on the deal.

Paying Points When Refinancing

By | October 3rd, 2005|

When taking out a first mortgage or refinancing, you may want to consider paying "points." A "point" is one percent of the loan amount, typically paid in cash to the lender as a fee. There are several different kinds of points. There are "discount points," where every point you pay lowers your interest rate by a certain amount. The lender may charge you a point or two as a flat fee as well.

Next Hot Housing Market

By | October 3rd, 2005|

If you're looking for the next hot housing market, you may not have to look past the edge of the current hot neighborhood in your own community. Real estate neighborhoods tend to develop block-by-block, and the hottest opportunity might be around the corner from where you live.

Seller Financing May Work To Transfer Real Estate

By | October 3rd, 2005|

When you're buying property from a family member and don't want to incur a lot of taxes, what can you do? Should the property be put into a trust or should the deed be transferred into the new owners' names? One option is to do a seller financing deal, where you pay your family member as if he or she were a mortgage lender.

Buy New Construction With Real Estate Agent

By | September 26th, 2005|

When you're buying a new construction home it helps to have a real estate agent to assist in the transaction. While you may think you don't need a real estate agent to help with a new construction purchase, the builder or developer has likely already included the cost for an agent in the selling price. The seller may not change his price just because you want to buy without a real estate agent.

Reverse Mortgage Can Provide Retirement Money

By | September 26th, 2005|

A reverse mortgage can allow you to tap the equity in your home without having to sell it or take on another loan. Reverse mortgages or HECMs are commonly used by older Americans in retirement. A reverse mortgage can supplement other retirement income from investments and Social Security.

Reverse Mortgage Loan Provides Extra Income

By | September 26th, 2005|

A reverse mortgage may be a way to obtain some extra income, especially if you're elderly or retired. A reverse mortgage lets you get the equity out of your home without having to sell it or take on another loan such as a home equity loan. Learn who might be a good candidate for a reverse mortgage, or HECM.

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