home: What Are Buyers Waiting for? - 10/27/11 08:37 AM
With low home prices and ultra-low interest rates, the housing market is offering perhaps thebest deals of this generation.Since the housing boom of 2006, home prices have fallen about 31 percent. Also, mortgage rateshave been hovering at record lows for the past few weeks (4 percent range or even lower on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages).It’s hard to see the possibility of losing on a home purchase right now with these mortgage rates.Prices may go lower, but not by much.Here is a good scenario that shows that waiting to buy is probably not a good idea. Buying a$300,000 home with a 4 percent … (1 comments)

home: Make this home a move-in ready home! - 03/08/11 07:48 AM
I recently read an article written by one of my real estate colleagues I’ve known for a long time. He wrote about helping senior citizens get ready to sell the home that they have lived in for over 30 years or more. Many of the seniors lived during the great depression and know how to save and be conservative. They normally have the attitude of “don’t fix it unless it’s broken.” So when it comes to explaining to them that the younger generation doesn’t know what sweat equity is or they don’t know how to fix things or desire to fix … (0 comments)