There are many ways to research what properties are for sale. Most buyers understand that one of the first steps in purchasing property is finding properties that are for sale. Many states, including Massachusetts, have the vast majority of properties listed on Multiple …
View MoreThe economy may be on the mend, but on the mend is a long way from fixed. Bottom line, it's tough out there for a lot folks, who are saddled with debt, out of work, or dealing with large reductions in at home income. Those issues, combined with the vast drop …
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Most of us understand the basic job of an appraiser. An appraiser is hired by the lender as an INDEPENDENT third party to assist in determining fair market value for a property. The lender uses this information to make sure that the …
View MoreThis is an update of an earlier post.
Earlier post:
Well, the tax credit has ended. There are basically two schools of thought on this:
A) The tax credit got "buyers off the fence" and began to gobble up inventory, setting the stage for, or inducing, price …
A 203K Mortgage is a more complicated loan product, designed to help homeowners purchase property that needs immediate work in order for the home to be ready to live in. It is an FHA loan, which means that is government backed, which is …
View MoreA Deed in Lieu of Foreclosure is more fully written as a "Deed taken in lieu of Foreclosure" or "Deed taken instead of foreclosure." It's occasionally misspelled (but phonetically correct) as "Deed in Lou of foreclosure" Basically,
Foreclosure …
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OK. Been wanting to do this for a while, but hadn't worked out the Methodology and data sets yet. But, I'm close enough*, so wanted to get it out to …
View MoreThis is a continuation in my series Macro Economics and Real Estate (It's not that tough), listed at the bottom of the linked page.
Many of us have heard that Housing is a Hedge against inflation. But what exactly does that mean? In this article, we’ll …
Here's a post for a not-so-common question. But I bet it's secretly asked by many.
Do I Need to Use the Same agent to Buy and Sell?
Well, the short answer is NO, you don't. But let's talk about some reasons why you might …
View MoreGenerally, in order to look at a real estate market, there have been a couple of statistics that are relatively easy to gather, and that can tell you either about the direction or the market or the status (current state) of the market.
Here I explain the ones I …
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