buyers: Seller Paid Points? - 02/27/08 05:50 PM
In shopping for home mortgage financing, home buyers must consider two important factors--the interest rate and the points. Each point is equal to one percent of the mortgage amount. If you are selling a home, the buyers may ask you to share the points with them. The buyer usually pays the points. But
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buyers: Staging Your Home to Sell Fast! - 01/25/08 08:02 PM
Often, sellers are not familiar with a little trick to the trade of selling your home called "Staging". Staging your home for sale creates many unique advantages. Most noteable of these advantages is shortening the time your home is on the market as well as increasing the potential sales price of
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buyers: Mortgage Opinion - 01/05/08 01:02 AM
An analysis of todays Mortgage market finds the following information. The employment situation reading of new jobs created completely fell short of even the worst expectations. There couldn't be any better news for mortgage rates. As a result, look for the best rates you've seen in over 2 years this morning. Some lenders will
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buyers: Selling your home fast in this Buyers market - 01/05/08 12:47 AM
Selling your home fast in this Buyers market (edit/delete) One of the most important things to consider is price. You may want to reduce the price of your home or, at the very beginning, set it at a low price that will generate more buyer interest. If within 14 days of
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buyers: Vacation Properties in the Shenandoah Valley - 01/05/08 12:44 AM
Vacation home sales are enjoying a moderate growth. Average buyers age is 44 and one third of those buyers are making plans to eventually make their vacation home their full time residence. Here are some great reasons to consider buying a vacation home in the Shenandoah Valley. 1) It is a buyers market
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buyers: State of the Real Estate Market - 01/05/08 12:32 AM
The National Association of Realtors chief economist (Lawrence Yun), is expecting a modest recovery for existing home sales in 2008. The housing market will improve by a steady unleashing of pent up demand as well as from a diverse abundance of safe mortgage products. The Real Estate market remains a strong buyers
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buyers: Real Estate Negotiating Tips - 12/28/07 09:27 PM
Be patientKnow your home's worthAdopt a positive attitudeDo not let emotions-anger, pride, greed, or prejudice-get in the way of negotiating the best deal.Your home obviously means a lot to you, but you have already made the decision to move on, so begin to think of your home as "the house" or
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buyers: Buy Now - Buyers Market in the Shenandoah Valley - 12/28/07 09:21 PM
Although much of the housing market is in a slump, this is still a good time for most to buy a home. Even though many economists are predicting further drops in home values in most areas, today is still an excellent time for most of us to buy a home. The
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buyers: Real Estate Deal Killers - 12/28/07 09:16 PM
No one will contest that it is currently a Buyers Market, and with that being so, buyers are being pickier than ever. Work that needs to be done on a home is a hard negotiating tool for present buyers. If the seller is unwilling to make repairs or lower the price, buyers are
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buyers: Your Credit Score - 12/27/07 10:15 AM
If you are looking to buy a home now, it pays to take a closer look at your credit score. It is sometimes called a FICO score. It is based on the data in your credit file which shows your payment patterns with regards to loans. The higher the score, the
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buyers: Buy Now - Buyers Market in the Shenandoah County - 12/21/07 09:11 PM
Now is a great time to buy but that doesn't mean Sellers are giving away their property, they are just becoming more real on the price in order to meet the demands of a buyer's market. Sellers are keenly aware that the supply has overturned the demand and we are seeing everything
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buyers: Buy A HOME.......IT's A WONDERFUL BUYERS MARKET - 11/27/07 11:15 PM
It is a great time to buy a home. And most consumers tend to agree as discussed at the National Association of Realtors convention in Las Vegas this past week Nine out of 10 consumers say buying a home in today's housing market remains a good deal. The real estate association's National
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buyers: Put it in Perspective - 11/27/07 10:55 PM
My fellow Realtors, a word of wisdom as taught by Mr. Brian Buffini, ...always put things in "Perspective". The recent sub-prime lender woes we are hearing need to be put in perspective. The present total mortgage market is roughly 9.9 trillion dollars and of that market only about 75 billion dollars of it can
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buyers: Realtors and customer loyalty - 11/12/07 10:11 PM
The purchase or sale of real estate is a unique and detailed oriented transaction in which numerous obstacles can arise that can be utterly disconcerting to the typical homebuyer or seller. Professional real estate agents are trained to handle the many details of buying or selling a home. A good Realtor in an invaluable asset
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