How to Hire the Right Real Estate Agent and Not Get Burned

September 24, 2012 by


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Despite the incredible amounts of money at stake, most real estate buyers and sellers make decisions about hiring real estate agents in a vacuum. They don’t know what to ask and how to recognize good and bad signs of service before hiring someone. The consequences can be disastrous.

Save Money By Focusing On Three Aspects Of Home Buying

July 19, 2012 by


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When looking to purchase a home, it is important to make sure that you are doing as much research as possible. By becoming an educated buyer, you are able to make the transaction go as smoothly as possible.

The Good Side of A Down Market – Are You Renting When You Could Be Buying?

June 12, 2012 by


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In their efforts to make the dream of home ownership possible for more individuals, government officials may have unwittingly created something better than “forced” home affordability… real market conditions which are making homes more affordable for the average family.

And They Say There’s Nothing On TV Anymore!

May 15, 2012 by


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On the hunt for a new home? Now you have yet another tool at your disposal. In an interesting twist, at least in my opinion, an internet website has gone “old school” to reach even more households – they now have a television “show”!

Mobile Devices Become Standard for Housing Consumers

April 10, 2012 by


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Home shopping is no longer confined to desktops or laptops and real estate agents who don’t get the mobile movement will be thumb-typed right out of business. Instead, today’s unwired home shoppers are using mobile devices to do everything from browsing for housing via GPS to streaming videos of homes for sale.

What Is Your Home Really Worth?

February 28, 2012 by


All those blown-out birthday candles and childhood pranks, all the games of hide and seek in the backyard and all the laughs and love shared over a holiday feast – these things mean the world to you. But they won’t mean a thing to a buyer who’s looking for a place to make memories of their own. So how can you determine the value of your home in dollars and cents?

How To Make Sure That Your Next Home Purchase IS A Smart Investment

February 24, 2012 by


With the housing crisis dragging on, we’re seeing a lot of recent media attention on renting as the new “normal”. There have been quite a few articles out there about why buying a home is not a good investment, and renting is better. But even so, we are seeing more evidence that sooner or later most tenants grow tired of renting for a variety of reasons.

Home Ownership – A Losing Proposition?

February 20, 2012 by


Should home ownership be billed as an “investment”? I suppose that depends upon whom you ask. Take for instance Rich Arzaga. As the founder and CEO of Cornerstone Wealth Management, and adjunct professor in personal finance at Berkeley, you would think that Arzaga, like every other finance guru, touts home ownership as being a fantastic way to grow your wealth. If you were to bet that he did, you would lose that bet…

Protect your Home Investment; Determine The Right Offer Price

January 17, 2012 by


Many buyers are worried that if they buy a home today, that home might go down in value tomorrow. But there is a way for any home buyer to protect themselves from the dangers of eroding home values.

The Advantages of Living in a Planned Housing Estate

December 22, 2011 by


Once upon a time, it was believed that just the rich could afford to buy a home in a planned housing estate. However, this has changed in the last few years, with even families from middle class looking towards planned housing estates as an answer to their housing needs.

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