Should You Buy a Home or Keep Renting? How To Decide in 7 Steps marchmeena29/Getty Images It’s a big question with no easy answer: Should you keep renting, or is it time to think about buying a home? One of the major benefits of being a homeowner is building equity with each mortgage […]
What Rising Home Prices? Where You Can Find the Most Homes Priced at $100K or Less valentinrussanov/Getty Images Owning a home is a lifelong dream for many Americans. But in many parts of the country, the dream can seem hazy and all too distant these days. Prices have zoomed to new heights over the past […]
Ty Pennington Designs a Whole New Kind of Kitchen That Takes the Cake HGTV Ty Pennington has designed many a chef’s kitchen, but in the latest episode of “Ty Breaker,” he tackles a whole new beast: a baker’s kitchen. In the episode titled “A Baker’s Perfect Kitchen,” Pennington and guest designer Sabrina Soto […]
What Is a Micromortgage? The Loan That Can Help You Buy a Home With Zero Down Payment valentinrussanov/Getty Images For many hopeful first-time home buyers, the barriers to purchasing a house are high. If you’re a potential home buyer and you qualify for a conventional loan, you still need thousands of dollars in cash for […]
What Is Title Insurance, and How Much Does Title Insurance Cost? barisonal/iStock.com Buying a home often entails also buying various types of insurance to protect your property, and one type you might need to get is called title insurance. When you buy a home, you “take title” to it and establish legal ownership. A title insurance policy protects […]
Gallup: Only 50% of Americans Believe It’s a Good Time to Buy a Home, an All-Time Low roc8jas/Getty Images Americans have quickly soured on the prospects of the nation’s real-estate market as the coronavirus pandemic has swept the country. Only 50% of Americans said that now is a good time to buy a home, according […]
Northern Virginia Virtual Realtor Services These are unusual times, no doubt, but people are still in need of real estate services throughout Northern Virginia. With these changing times, I am proud to announce that I am offering virtual home buying and selling services for my clients. The need to sell homes and buy homes in […]
Should You Buy a Home If a Recession Is Imminent? Answers Ahead Updated March 20, 2020 Between the coronavirus pandemic, the shutdown of nonessential businesses in outbreak areas and a plummeting stock market, many may wonder: Are we headed for a recession? Anyone hoping to buy a home anytime soon would probably like to know […]
6 ‘Dream Home’ Hopes That Are Completely Delusional erng99/iStock; realtor.com Many home buyers start out starry-eyed when they first embark on shopping for a house, with visions of a big backyard, a home office, a cute coffee shop down the block—and much, much more. The problem? If budgets are tight (as they usually are), then […]
What Is a Right of First Refusal in Real Estate? Getting First Dibs on Making an Offer BernardaSv/iStock; realtor.com Imagine being able to make an offer on a house before any other interested home shoppers can even have a look-see. If you have a right of first refusal negotiated into a lease or other housing agreement, […]
