Buying a Vacation Home? A Quick Guide to Renting Out Your Second Home to Generate Income Are you thinking about buying a second home to spend some time in when you’re on vacation? Whether you’re picking up a small house near the beach or you’re looking at a ski-in/ski-out condo at your favorite s...

10/30/2014

Case-Shiller 20 City Home Price Index And FOMC QE Update

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Case-Shiller 20 City Home Price Index And FOMC QE Update According to the S&P Case-Shiller 20 City Home Price Index, Home prices rose by 0.20 percent in August. Three of the 20 cities tracked saw home prices drop, while Detroit, Michigan posted the highest price growth. The seasonally adjusted gr...

10/30/2014

Four Ways You Can Enhance Your Home’s Value Before You List It for Sale

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Four Ways You Can Enhance Your Home’s Value Before You List It for Sale Whether you’ve decided it’s time for an upgrade or you’re moving on to a new city, if you’re selling your home you may be wondering how you can boost its value before listing it up for sale. In today’s blog post we’ll share f...

10/29/2014

Buying a Home? 4 Steps You Can Take to Ensure You Start out with a Low Monthly Mortgage Payment

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Buying a Home? 4 Steps You Can Take to Ensure You Start out with a Low Monthly Mortgage Payment Are you thinking about buying a new house or condo? If so, you’ve likely given some thought to your mortgage and as to how you can pay as little as possible in order to own your new home. Below we’ll s...

10/28/2014

Good News! Existing Home Sales Up And FHFA Home Prices Rise

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Good News! Existing Home Sales Up And FHFA Home Prices Rise After months of reports of slowing home price momentum and forecasts of a lagging housing market, we are pleased to report an increased volume of existing home sales as reported by the National Association of REALTORS®. The Federal Housi...

10/23/2014

Did You Know: Five Factors That Lenders Won’t Even Consider When Assessing You For a Mortgage

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Did You Know: Five Factors That Lenders Won’t Even Consider When Assessing You For a Mortgage Are you thinking about buying a new home? If you’re going to apply for mortgage financing, you can rest assured that your lender will be checking in to your credit history, income and other items in orde...

10/23/2014

Moving to a New City? Tips for Finding a Family-friendly Community to Buy Your New Home In

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Moving to a New City? Tips for Finding a Family-friendly Community to Buy Your New Home In If you’re moving to a new city with children, one of your likely considerations is finding a family-friendly community where you can settle in and call home. In this post we’ll share a handful of tips that ...

10/22/2014

First-time Home Buyer? Don’t Miss These Tips to Ensure Your Mortgage Application is Approved

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First-time Home Buyer? Don’t Miss These Tips to Ensure Your Mortgage Application is Approved Are you buying a home for the first time? Congratulations! Buying your own home is an excellent way to build your net worth while living in a space that you can renovate and truly make your own. If you’re...

10/20/2014

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – October 20, 2014

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What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – October 20, 2014 Last week’s economic highlights included the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Housing Market Index for October. The Commerce Department also released Housing Starts for September. Freddie Mac reported that the average rate f...

10/19/2014

NAHB Reports: Home Builder Confidence Drops in October

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NAHB Reports: Home Builder Confidence Drops in October The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) reported that home builder sentiment lost its momentum in October and posted a seasonally adjusted reading of 54 in its Home Builder Market Index. This reading was five points lower than expect...

10/17/2014

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