Posts Tagged ‘Home Price’

The Huge Risk Home Buyers Take When They Waive Inspections

                          If you’re buying a home in a competitive market and your offers keep getting beat out, you may be tempted to res...

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5 Facts Home Buyers and Sellers Should Know About Credits

After months of searching for the perfect home, making some offers, and maybe even competing with other buyers, you finally have a deal on your dream home. It took some negotiations, but you and the seller have come to terms. Or have you? ...

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Update Your Home With Looks Buyers Love

When you’re putting your home on the market, you want it looking its best. You know you’ll need to clean and declutter, but what about making cosmetic updates? Investing in a new look for your home might be well worth the effort. The re...

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Home-Seller Confidence Blooms this Spring

The strong March housing market was followed by a significant boost in home-seller confidence this April. In its latest Home-Seller Sentiment Survey, Redfin surveyed nearly 900 homeowners, about 20 percent of whom either said their home was cu...

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What Home Buyers Want—and How to Give It to Them

                  Think bigger is better? Well, most of today's home shoppers don't. The homes that are in most demand by buyers in a hypercompetitive real estate environme...

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Here’s What It Typically Takes to Lock in a Home Purchase in Texas

Texas’ housing market is as hot as the state’s scorching summer heat, as the market reaches new peaks in sales and home prices, seemingly to endless heights and unending demand. A new report from the Texas Association of Mortgage Bankers...

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Sellers: Avoid The Downside of Hot Markets

Are real estate values on the rise in your neighborhood? Do you feel under siege from real estate professionals who have eager buyers interested in your property? Before you get swept away with the promise of a record sale price for your hou...

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Mortgage Applications Rise 3.1%

                    By Diana Olick Mortgage interest rates moved to the highest level since 2014 last week, as the Federal Reserve indicated it will more than li...

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SmartAsset: TX Cities Lead Housing Markets Poised for Growth

Dive Brief: Cities in Texas accounted for half of the top 10 housing markets gearing up for price jumps this year, with two metros in Colorado also making the list, according to a report from personal finance company SmartAsset. Midland...

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Find Extra Money for a Down Payment

In order to buy a home, you need to have a balance of good credit, manageable debt, stable income, and sufficient savings. Maintaining a balance between these four categories is challenging enough on its own, never mind coming up with enough ca...

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