Archive for the ‘Real Estate 101’ Category

Using the Internet to Aid Your Search for a Home

The Internet has made just about everything easier in the past decade. Cooking? No problem, there are millions of available recipes online. Home improvement projects? Just watch one of the many tutorial videos on Youtube. Need to find an obscure vintage item from the ’70s that you can’t find in stores? There’s eBay for that. Booking a [...]

Home Prices Fall for 6th Consecutive Month

I’ve already mentioned the continuously falling prices of homes in this space several times over the last few months, as well as the fact that there has never been a better time to buy a home in the United States than right now. The falling home prices, combined with record-low mortgage rates have created a sort of perfect storm [...]

Beware of the Short Sale

With the precarious footing that the real estate and housing market has held for the past few years, short sales are becoming more and more common as an alternative to bankruptcy and foreclosures. They might seem like a better idea when you’re in the middle of a financial hardship and you’re in danger of defaulting on [...]