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Title Insurance: Protect Your Biggest Investment
As thousands of Americans participate in the spring buying season, it’s important to remember that a new sofa isn’t the only purchase that should accompany your new house. Title insurance is one of the most important things you can do to safeguard your new residence, and protect what might be the biggest investment you will ever make. “Problems with the title of your new home...
Selling Your Home? Make It More Appealing to Buyers
(BPT) - You've made the decision to sell your home - now you want to position yourself for a quick and successful sale. What's the most important thing you can do to entice buyers? "The most important thing you can do is to make your home look welcoming when people drive by," says Kimber Powell, Realtor and sales manager for Coldwell...
Tips for Buying a House in the Spring Market
By Lillian Montalto Spring is officially here; the real estate market bustling with new listings and open houses. If you are planning on buying a home, here are some tips that will make your house-hunting experience positive and productive. Finding the right real estate agent that will work with you is an important first step in the home buying process. This is...
Sellers Becoming Confident in the Housing Market, Providing an Optimistic Outlook for the Housing recovery
Realtor.com®, a leader in online real estate operated by Move, Inc., has released its March data on the U.S. housing market that shows growing optimism and confidence among potential sellers. Realtor.com®’s March 2013 data indicates that while national housing inventory decreased 15.22 percent since last year, the number of listings increased 2.36 percent since February 2013. This month-over-month increase indicates...
Before Buying a Home: Insurance Questions Everyone Should Ask
Insurance Information Institute says insurance is often the last thing people think about when buying a home, but it should be a key factor When it comes time to buy that dream home, the cost to insure it is often overlooked. The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) says there are two questions every potential homeowner should ask before they buy: How much...
Tips to Simplify Your New Home Purchase
Buying a home is a huge step. Learning to maintain and improve it is a long series of baby steps, sometimes painful and sometimes rewarding. To help get new homeowners off on the right foot, the editors at The Family Handyman –some of the sharpest DIY Veterans around—offer their best tips for choosing, maintaining and improving a home. These hints include: 1. Scout...
Consumer Reports Index: Americans’ Financial Woes Lessen Dramatically
The Consumer Reports Index, an overall measure of Americans' personal financial health, revealed a major decline in the financial difficulties faced by Americans, and a rise in consumer sentiment prior to the U.S. presidential election and winter holidays. "There is reason for optimism this month, with financial difficulties in decline and sentiment moving upward. These are very heartening signs for retailers,...
Survey Says, More People Ready to Participate in Housing
Americans are feeling less discouraged about the housing market, according to a new national survey by FindLaw.com, a popular legal information website. The percentage of Americans who say they are sitting on the sidelines rather than considering buying a house has dropped by more than half. In 2010, 63 percent of Americans said they were less likely to buy a house...
MBA Data Suggest Mortgage Demand for Home Purchase Is in Early Stages of Recovery
According to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA), the seasonally adjusted total mortgage applications index, a measure of mortgage demand, declined by 4.2 percent in the week ending on October 12, 2012. The reported decline in the weekly total mortgage applications index reflected a 5.3 percent decrease in MBA’s total refinance application index. Applications for refinancing represent 81.7 percent of total applications. While...
Increasing Home Equity Revolving Credit Reaches Three Year High
Signaling growing confidence in housing, new home equity revolving lines of credit totaled more than $44 billion year-to-date through July 2012, a three-year high — according to Equifax's October National Consumer Credit Trends Report. Revolving home equity credit experienced a 9 percent increase from the recession low for the same period set in 2010 of $40.6 billion. In addition, write-off rates...
