Consumers Spend Too Little Time Mortgage Shopping
For most home buyers, purchasing a home is the largest expenditure of a lifetime. Yet most home buyers spend more time sourcing the best price on a new flat panel TV than on a home loan…
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Save At Settlement By Cutting Your Closing Costs
Title Insurance 101: How it works and why you need it, so you can ensure you’re adequately protecting your real estate investment…
Negotiate Closing Costs On A Newly Constructed House
Today, many builders offer incentives to the buyer in the form of either upgrades to the house or credits given at settlement that help reduce the closing costs…
Renting Out Home Has Tax Benefits For Underwater Owner
“Functionally” underwater is when the property is worth the mortgage amount, but the homeowner has to bring a check to the closing due to the costs of closing…
FHA Launches Historic Homebuyer ‘Care Package’ For 2015
Reductions in annual premiums signal savings for consumers…
Overvalued RE Won’t Qualify For Charitable Tax Deduction
Run afoul of the rules and you can lose your entire deduction…
Riding The Loan Modification Merry-Go-Round
What it takes to climb out of a credit mess…
Peak Times For Loan Closings
What’s the Best Day to Close on Your Mortgage?
Homeowners Tax Breaks Seem Safe As Congress Aims At Reforms
Benefit from tax breaks such as mortgage interest, property tax deductions, nd tax-free Capital Gain write-offs of up to $250,000 or $500,000…
FSBO May Not Mean More Money For The Seller
Selling a home is hard work and listing the home is just the beginning…