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Homeownership: The American Dream (Part 2)
A major benefit to homeownership is community. There is a greater sense of community among homeowners than there is with renters. Studies have shown that homeowners have a higher participation in...
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How the Serenity Prayer Applies to Real Estate
You may be wary of either buying or selling a home in today’s market. You may feel powerless to the process. How could YOU possibly know whether the current good news about housing will continue?...
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Thinking of a Vacation or Retirement Home? Buy It Now
When the economy was exploding in the early 2000s, many of us began to dream about purchasing that vacation home on the lake or securing a home in a more appropriate location for our retirement...
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Consumers More Positive on the Economy
Consumers are beginning to feel better about the U.S. economy. The Reuters/University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index rose to 83.1 in September – the highest level since September 2007 – from...
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Housing: The Reasons It Is Coming Back
Monday, we told you that many experts are beginning to call a bottom in house prices. Why? Writing in the Financial Times, Roger Altman, former deputy Treasury secretary, explained why he is so bullish...
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Homeownership as an Investment
In Real Estate: Today’s Golden Opportunity we compared the current housing market to the market for gold about a decade ago. Some commented on the fact that you can’t compare gold to real estate as...
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Was 2012 a Better Year for Real Estate Than 2011?
There are still those questioning whether the housing market is truly making a comeback. We have decided to graph home sales over the last two years based on the National Association of Realtor‘s...
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What the Case Shiller Report is Actually Telling Us
Case Shiller released their latest Home Price Index yesterday. The headlines that followed were true but, in our opinion, a little misleading. Here are some of the highlights of the report that have...
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Is Homeownership a Good FINANCIAL Decision?
Many have reported on Robert Shiller’s recent comments on the investment aspect of homeownership. Shiller, a Yale professor and co-founder of the Case-Shiller Home Price Index, is famous for making...
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Myths: The Earth Is Flat and Newspapers Sell Houses
With the housing market beginning to heat up, we are afraid some sellers may consider trying to sell their house as a For Sale By Owner (FSBO). This week we will be posting on the reasons that we...
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House Prices Projected to Increase
Experts have projected that U.S. home prices will appreciate by 5.4% in 2013. If we assume that prices will rise about the same 5% over the next twelve months, here is the difference a buyer will pay...
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What Really Influences Your Credit Score?
Your credit report is essentially your financial report card. It serves as a way for banks, insurance and lending companies to gauge your credit-worthiness and whether you’re likely to miss payments or...
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June Concludes Best Spring Home Shopping Season in Almost a Decade
As the weather warmed up this spring, so did the national housing market, shaking off a relatively sluggish start to the year to register the highest annual rate of home value appreciation in any...
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Top 10 Reasons To Hire A Real Estate Agent [INFOGRAPHIC]
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Home Buyer Seminar
Purchasing a home can leave you asking a lot of questions. To find out the answers to all of these questions and how you can own a home of your own, join Scott D. McFadden, of MortgageBanc; Kimberly...
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Home Buyer Seminar
Whether you are a first time home buyer, current homeowner interested in purchasing a new home, or just considering buying in the future, you will learn the steps to owning a home smooth and...
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What About the Cost of Delaying Your Dreams?
Whether a family is thinking of buying or selling a home, price seems to have become all important. I’m not sure why that has occurred. I realize, whenever anyone sells or buys anything, making sure...
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DIY: Upping Your Home’s Curb Appeal
The saying “don’t judge a book by its cover” certainly applies to real estate because the first thing we do when we pull up in front of a house is judge. Maybe we like what we see, or maybe we don’t...
View ArticleBuying? Use This Checklist to Avoid Surprises
You are ready to make the largest financial decision of your life by buying a home or rental property. But, you are concerned because of all the issues that people who bought in recent years have...
View Article5 Things a Realtor Looks for When Listing a Home for Sale
After having toured thousands of homes over 10 years of selling real estate, there are certain things I look for immediately when assessing a property. In general, I’m looking for qualities that will...
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