As you approach the closing of a home purchase, one of the critical elements you need to do is properly manage and transfer your funds required for closing. You have already made an earnest money deposit, but you need to transfer the remaining funds which includes the rest of your down payment and any closing [...]

Some buyers may assume that bidding wars for houses are a thing of the past, relegated to the annals of the real estate bubble. If our recent experience is any indicator, competitive bidding is still alive and well. In fact, even in the depths of the real estate downturn, competitive bids never actually went away. [...]

Home buyers, sellers and real estate agents like to banter about price per square foot when comparing homes and estimating their value. It is an easy number to calculate and an easy concept to grasp. But how valuable is the figure when valuing a single, unique property? The short answer is that it is only [...]