Times are tough for homebuyers with not enough homes on the market to absorb all of the folks who want to buy one. If you’re doing battle with the competition, and getting sick of it, have you considered buying a...

Have you noticed that since you put the word out that you’re thinking of selling your home, everyone becomes a real estate expert? From your aunt Martha (who last sold a home in 1973) to your next-door neighbor, everyone has...

This is a question we hear frequently and the answer is: it depends. On what? On whether or not the appliance is considered personal property or a fixture. What’s the difference between personal property and a fixtures? The former includes...

If money wasn’t a part of the equation, what’s the one feature you absolutely have to have in your new home? What is the one feature of your current home that you can’t wait to dump? Finding the answers to...

The national average time that a home spends on the market (as of January 2022) is 19 days, according to Anna Bahney at CNN.com. Since no two homes and no two real estate markets are identical, the speed at which...

When Americans consider whether to rent or buy a home, affordability is top-of-mind. Perceptions of affordability, however, don’t meet reality, according to a recent survey by Freddie Mac. “More than 80% of renters now view renting as more affordable than...

In a perfect world, we could walk into a mortgage lender’s office and tell the folks there how much we think we can afford to pay for a home each month and they’d hand over the money to buy the...

Whether you are buying or selling a home, the appraisal is the most critical aspect of the process. No matter how carefully the seller’s agent researched the current market, no matter how much the buyer is willing to spend on...