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What Closing Costs to Expect when Selling a Home Closing costs are like the forgotten stepchild in the real estate transaction. Buyers concentrate on the down payment and the purchase price while sellers envision that check they'll receive at the closing table. Lots of people, however, have their hands out, expecting to be paid for their services....

How to Attract an Affluent Buyer When considering selling a home, it's important to understand the buyer pool for your particular type of home. When the home is high-end, it's even more important, as this pool is significantly smaller and those swimming in it are much more specific in their wants and needs. While the list changes f...

Types of Listing Agreements Once you've decided on an agent to list your home for sale you'll be required to sign a listing agreement. This is a legally binding contract that gives the broker the right to offer your home for sale. The typical listing agreement will set forth the amount of real estate commission you'll be requi...

Selling the VA-Financed Home When you purchased your home with a VA-backed loan you used what is undeniably one of the best loan products on the market. With no money down and a government guarantee, few loans can match it. Another benefit of the VA loan is that it's assumable, an attractive feature if you are trying to sell yo...

Energy Efficient Windows can Help you Sell your Home One of the most cost-effective renovation jobs you can perform is window replacement. In fact, according to Remodeling Magazine, you'll realize a nearly 73 percent return on the money you invest installing vinyl windows. Replacing wood windows returns nearly 79 percent of your investment. Saving Mon...

What to do About your Mortgage if you Lose your Job Americans are getting back to work after a long, bleak recession. While unemployment rates have fallen in many cities across the nation, however, in a dozen or so states they have actually gone up. Despite an increasingly healthy economy, if you work for someone else there is no guarantee that you w...

The Many Fingers in the Mortgage Pie While it's easy to imagine that the mortgage process involves only yourself and the guy or gal behind the desk that takes your application, there are many people involved, each with his or her own duties. So, just who has their finger in your mortgage pie and why? The mortgage process typically has....

Shopping for a Lender The most important step in the home buying process, if you aren't paying cash, is securing a loan. You'll need to shop for a lender, compare loan products and get that all-important loan preapproval letter. Today we'll take a look at how to go about choosing a lender. Myth number 1 The...

Financing a Mobile Home Purchase Financing the Mobile Home Purchase Not too terribly long ago finding a loan for a manufactured home was a nightmare. Many lenders simply refused to lend on them. Today, however, with the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) insuring loans for manufactured homes, financing has become a lot easier. .....

The Anatomy of a Mortgage Payment Mortgage: While the common English translation – a huge chunk of money going out the door every month –strikes fear in every American homeowner, just think how the French must feel. In French, mortgage translates to 'death contract.' That sounds even scarier until you understand that the 'death'...

Three Reasons your Mortgage Application was Denied When the only thing standing between you and that house you've fallen in love with is a 'yes' or 'no' from a lender, it's devastating when your application for a loan is rejected. There are various reasons for loan rejections and some can be remedied quickly while others may take...

You can Get a Loan for a Fixer Upper The disadvantages of buying fixer-uppers are obvious: they take time and money to make them livable. The advantages, while not as obvious, may just outweigh the disadvantages for certain buyers or in certain types of markets. With a fixer you may just be able to create the home of your dreams instea...