real estate: Safety for You and Your Home
- 07/15/10 07:06 AM
Prescription Drugs It's that time again to remind you not to have prescription drugs visible in medicine cabinets or other readily observed locations while showcasing your home. This has long been one of the most frequently stolen items from open houses, and it continues today.
Break-ins Reported Thieves are back again targeting homes for sale that are vacant and staged. In each case a white van was seen in the neighborhood either before or just after the theft was reported. It appears that the thieves are finding targets through attending Open Houses.
Involve the Neighbors At a staged Richmond property which had … (3 comments)
real estate: Changes That Could Affect Many Buyers
- 06/25/10 01:31 PM
Important Changes to Mortgage Underwriting Could Affect Many Buyers By Jim Dinkel and Ken Trepeta The real estate industry and especially the mortgage industry have been overwhelmed with changes, regulations and consolidations recently. In the last couple of months, many transactions nationally have experienced delayed closings or worse as a result of the application of new guidelines affecting APR, Good Faith Estimates (GFE), Truth in Lending (TILA) and condo project approvals to name a few. There is one more issue that is critical for real estate agents, loan officers, and anyone else who deals with consumers purchasing a home or obtaining … (0 comments)
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