Selling a Home

  You never know who in your network may be “in the market” or looking to live in your neighborhood. Your real estate agent is an expert at marketing the home to the general public, but you are the best (and only!) person who can let your personal connections know that you are selling your [...]

Many home sellers are faced with the dilemma of either selling or renting their home. Here are some questions that you may find helpful in determining your decision. Are you ready to become a landlord? The role of a landlord isn’t easy. Becoming a landlord involves sourcing and contracting a renter (performing a background and [...]

The real estate downturn has dramatically increased the number of sellers who need to pursue a short sale. A short sale occurs when the sale of your home does not generate enough money to pay off the loans against the home. For sellers in a difficult financial situation, a bank may agree to release their [...]

Lending requirements in today’s real estate market have tightened substantially from a few years ago. One of the options that is possible in the sale of a home is seller financing, where the seller makes a mortgage to the buyer. This bypasses traditional lenders and perhaps help put together a deal that wouldn’t normally happen. [...]

Billy Joel said it pretty well in his song, The Entertainer: But if I go cold, I won’t get sold. I’ll get put in the back in the discount rack, Like another can of beans. ZipRealty, one of the pioneers of online real estate, and still one of the most popular search sites on the [...]

You are planning to sell your home and interviewing a few potential real estate agents to help you with the process. Each agent describes their services and offers up a pricing recommendation based on their knowledge of the local market. Often agents with the highest recommended prices ooze with confidence and say “I can get [...]

Your house has not sold, and now you find yourself in a situation where you have to find a renter. In a tough real estate market, many sellers are facing this same scenario. Some sellers are underwater and owe more than they can sell their home for, or sometimes the housing inventory is just too [...]

The government tax credit for first-time and repeat home buyers officially expired yesterday. Coldwell Banker brokerages across the country are now promoting a 3-month national sales promotion called the “Buyer Bonus Event.” Their website claims that the Buyer Bonus Event “will allow participating Coldwell Banker home sellers to ‘essentially’ extend the tax credit for participating [...]

There are two main forms of mortgages that are used to purchase condos today. One type of loan is known as a Conventional Loan. Conventional Loans are issued by banks and conform to Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC) lending guidelines. The second type of loan is an FHA loan. FHA loans are also [...]

We meet with home owners almost everyday who are looking to sell their home. These prospective sellers want to learn about our services, our fees, and ultimately what we will do to help them sell their home quickly, while getting as much as possible from the sale. There are a number of factors that we [...]