Home insurance rates have increased by almost 20% nationally between 2021 and 2023 and even more in some states like…
In the 1980s, home buyers faced significantly higher mortgage rates compared to today’s market. Despite this challenge, many people successfully…
Online estimates like Zillow, realtor.com, Redfin, & Homes.com are convenient, but typically lack accuracy and may have a significant margin…
Americans have seen the equity in their homes increase by 29.3% year over year in the fourth quarter of 2021…
Appreciation and amortization are key factors in building equity for homeowners with mortgages. As the home goes up in value due…
While updating and remodeling certainly makes a home more enjoyable and livable, and increases the value, homeowners should not expect…
Existing FHA and VA mortgages are assumable at the note rate to owner-occupied buyers who qualify. This can be an alternative…
Adjustable-rate mortgages are not the right choice for many homeowners especially, if they plan to own the home for a…
Mortgage rates have been kept artificially low by the Federal Reserve since the Great Recession in 2010. There is a whole…
Real estate has been described as the basis of all wealth. Without considering income or investment property, buying a home to…
Two commonly known ways to lower your mortgage payments are to make a larger down payment especially if it eliminates…
We have all heard this expression that implies that had a person known earlier in life what they know now,…
The concern about inflation is the sustained upward movement in the overall price of goods and services while the purchasing…
Annual percentage rate is a calculation to accurately reflect the cost of the mortgage considering the note rate of interest,…
There is more to selling a home than you might think. Superficially, a person might think that it will sell…