Should You Buy a Home Before the Holidays?

Should You Buy a Home Before the Holidays?

Whether you’re looking for your first home, downsizing, or need something larger to accommodate your growing family, you may be considering a new house. However, you may also be leery of buying that house now when the holidays are all about to hit. Depending on your...
Is Fall the Best Time for Selling a Home?

Is Fall the Best Time for Selling a Home?

You can’t help but notice, as you make your daily commute homeward, that “For Sale” signs seem to be the latest lawn ornament in your neighborhood. What’s going on that you don’t know about? Should you be selling your home this fall too? While it’s highly improbable...
How Long is the Home Buying Process?

How Long is the Home Buying Process?

Few purchases we make in a lifetime are as significant as purchasing our own home, and when it’s our first, it’s a life-changing milestone. For most, the process seems intimidating, replete with new jargon and introductions to new sectors of the business world we may...
What IS a Title, Exactly?

What IS a Title, Exactly?

You’ve in the process of buying a home, and just received a discouraging call from your realtor.  “I’m so sorry to be the one to tell you this,” the agent apologizes, “but that home you’ve made an offer on is not eligible for purchase. It appears it’s been...
Did your Realtor Disclose an ABA? Buyer Beware!

Did your Realtor Disclose an ABA? Buyer Beware!

Buying a house can be a daunting task. Agents, contracts, inspections, loan approval, title insurance, closing costs, and of course, reams of paperwork. At some point in the process of collecting documentation and scheduling yet another appointment, you’ve no doubt...
How a Realtor Can Spot Title Issues

How a Realtor Can Spot Title Issues

Little bad news can be as hard to deliver to a prospective homeowner as, “I’m sorry. The property you wanted is not eligible for purchase due to title issues of which we were previously unaware.” For the real estate agent who was counting on closing a sale, this news...