How To Choose A Mortgage Lender In 8 Steps
Buying a house is something that you do just a handful of times in your life if you're like most people -- but paying a mortgage will be an event that happens every month, most likely for more than a decade...
How To Calculate What You Can Afford On A Home
Whether you've already started saving for a down payment on a house, or you're just starting to toy with the idea of what it would be like to rent instead of buy, there's one question you have to answer before...
2019 Real Estate Outlook
Most experts predict that closed sales will decline while prices will continue to rise through and beyond 2019, but at a slower rate.
Everything Buyers (And Sellers) Need To Know About Closing Costs
If you've never bought a house before, then you might not be familiar with closing costs -- and if you've never sold a house before, then you may be unaware that sellers have to shoulder some closing costs of...
10 Things To Know About Home Value Estimates
There's a reason why estimating a home's value is a specialized process that's typically executed by a licensed professional (also known as an appraiser) -- it's not easy to determine the fair-market value of...
Don’t Delay – Prices and Interest Rates Rising
A shortage of affordable listings combined with rising interest rates will continue to give mid and entry-level buyers a heavy one-two punch that will worsen as the market moves through 2019. While the...
17 Questions For Choosing A Plumber
Finding and choosing a reliable plumber is one of those things that most homeowners know they should do at some point ... and they usually wait until there's an emergency to find someone, prioritizing...
25 Steps To Putting Your Home On Airbnb
Anyone who owns a home in 2018 has wondered whether it's worth the time and effort (and upfront expenses) to list all or part of their home on Airbnb -- and no wonder. The short-term rental platform has...