Michael Sinton's Real Estate Blog

Sure, it's a legitimate question: Can you sell your home without the representation of a professional real estate agent? The legitimate answer is, Of course you can - but that begs the next question of whether it makes sense to do so. One assumes that sellers want to obtain the highest price poss...

You know that it takes planning and preparation to sell your home, and the same applies to making a purchase. But whether buying or selling, you'll also have to put a lot of thought into Moving Day. After you've gotten three in-home estimates from professional moving companies and made your choic...

Lenders are an increasingly difficult crowd to please, so if you're looking for the best deal on a mortgage, you need a couple of strategies to improve your credit score. Lenders use that number to determine your risk of default, and it may be the single most important factor in your application....

The painful truth: Sellers who do not price their property competitively are the most likely targets of lowball offers. In soft markets, buyers are more prone to make low offers on listings seen to be priced too high. Listings that don't sell usually require price reductions, which in turn often ...

When you buy a home, or just make an offer, you will encounter the term "escrow account." Like making a friendly bet and asking a third party to hold the wager money, the "escrow agent" is the neutral party that holds funds in the interest of the mortgage lender and the borrower. When the terms o...