finance: Can We Write a Contingent Offer? - 03/08/19 10:59 AM
The short answer is yes.  The long answer is how to do it.
By the time any homeowner has decided to sell, they have an idea of what they want and where they want their next step to be. That decision was arrived at over months or maybe even years of evaluating alternatives. Within that one decision were a million small decisions about finances, how to live, where live, what do we do with all our stuff?
Usually a homeowner thinks they have the big questions answered before launching a hunt for a new home. But, most are working from past experience and … (2 comments)

finance: Financing a New Construction Home - 11/03/17 08:01 AM
How are you going to pay for this baby?
New construction is different than buying a traditional home. Before you get too excited shopping for a home you want interview a lender. You might not know that you have options, or how far your hard earned dollars go.
If you go through a national builder who has a preferred lender and title company, they’ll urge you to use that lender, and include some perks. With a new construction loan you give the builder an initial down payment towards construction when you sign contracts, and another one or two payments that total about 20% … (1 comments)