Pre-Approval Benefits You’ve heard about FHA loans and you are interested, but how do you get them? Once you know that this is the type of loan for you, you’ll need to go through the pre-approval process. This process is similar to that of a conventional loan (a non FHA insured loan.) The process is… Continue reading How to Get a FHA Loan
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Home Inspection Needed
By Penny Shreve Have you ever bought a vehicle? Chances are you spent time checking it out looking under the hood, cranking it up and driving before you put down the cash. “Why then, would you not have a home inspection done before buying a house?” asks Kevin Shreve of Shreve Home Inspection in Fairfield,… Continue reading Home Inspection Needed
Deep Discounts Offered on New Homes
By David Wilkening One of the most common phrases you hear goes like this: “Its a great time to buy:” (a) a new paved driveway for your house; (b) a new car; (c) a new home. You will certainly be skeptical of the first two answers and also the third. If you hear (c) from… Continue reading Deep Discounts Offered on New Homes
Finding a Lifesaver in Foreclosure
By Tony Evans Fasten your seat belts folks, its going to be a “white-knuckle” flight for a couple paragraphs, then some blues skies and green lights. Chicken Little may be right. H & R Block is unloading Option One Mortgage and its $53 billion sub-prime garbage. Insiders are lamenting that after Bear Stearns cut the… Continue reading Finding a Lifesaver in Foreclosure
Make Money on Investment Property
Bust or Boom How to Make Money on Investment Property By J .M. Buck Here’s a scenario that most of us have encountered: You are in your car miles from nowhere. Driving across an endless rural landscape pocked by random truck stops and the occasional ramshackle trailer court, you catch out of the corner of… Continue reading Make Money on Investment Property
2019 Utah Housing Market and Real Estate Predictions
States in the West are expecting some of the strongest 2019 Housing Market activity in the country. The Utah housing market is near the head of the pack. The government-backed mortgage loan company Freddie Mack has named Northern Utah one of the top housing markets in their year-end Multi-indicator Market Index. “Housing markets such as… Continue reading 2019 Utah Housing Market and Real Estate Predictions
When Is The Best Time To Sell A House? Aim For This Particular Time Of Year
Selling a house can be daunting. Following the 2007 housing bubble, a major factor in the 2008 financial crisis, it is understandable that homeowners think carefully about when they should put their house on the market. So, when is the best time to sell a house? When Is the Best Time to Sell a House?… Continue reading When Is The Best Time To Sell A House? Aim For This Particular Time Of Year
Use the Craigslist Boston Apartments Page to Score the Perfect Property
If you plan on investing in the Boston housing market, 2015 seems like the perfect year to do so. You probably know this if you read our report on the top 25 housing market predictions for 2015. Boston (and the greater Massachusetts real estate market) are poised for greatness in terms of real estate investment this year.… Continue reading Use the Craigslist Boston Apartments Page to Score the Perfect Property
2016 North Dakota Real Estate Market Predictions
North Dakota is the 39th state added to the United States in 1889. The state is 70,698 square miles, 19th largest in the country, and located along the United States and Canadian border. North Dakota’s nicknames include the Peace Garden State, the Roughrider State, and the Flickertail State. The landscape is a diverse mixture of… Continue reading 2016 North Dakota Real Estate Market Predictions
2016 Louisiana Real Estate Market Predictions
Louisiana is known by many names: The Pelican State (official), The Bayou State, Child of the Mississippi, The Creole State, Sportsman’s Paradise, The Sugar State, and The Boot. It became the 18th state in 1812. The state’s area is 51,843 square miles, making it the 31st in the nation by size. The eastern border is… Continue reading 2016 Louisiana Real Estate Market Predictions