Robert Blake's (homes777) Blog

What does mean for you?If you are thinking about buying a home in Las Vegas, this could be what you have been waiting for!With this higher loan limit from the FHA can be the difference of being able to qualify for bigger home if conventional loan criteria are not right for your situation. The FHA...

The price of a home is only one factor to consider when deciding on and when to purchase. Although price is a important factor to consider when deciding on which home to purchase, it is not the only important factor to consider. The other important factors one should look at to make your purchasi...

Have you heard all the media coverage about Foreclosure Tours?Due to the recent high rate of foreclosures in some areas of the country, some real estate companies have bought or leased big tour buses to give people tours of foreclosure homes and charge their future clients a fee for the tour.My c...

Real Estate is Cyclical in its patterns if you look at the history of real estate prices.No one has a crystal ball to predict the future so we look to the past performance of real estate to best predict what will happen in the future.Real Estate goes up and down based on current supply and demand...

Did you know the window of opportunity is wide open right now to buy a beautiful home in Las Vegas at a tremendous value?The key to buying anything is to buy low and sell high, and homes are no exception! Why would you want to wait until prices go back up to buy? Do you want to pay more? Do you w...

There are some basic and simple things you can do to help protect yourself from falling victim to Identity Theft.As with anything it is earier to prevent something of happening before it happen than it is to try and fix something after it already happens.That said! Let's talk about some things on...

Did you know that owning a home could have great advantages when it comes to taxes?When you buy a home and live in it as your primary residence for 2 years or longer you could sell it and pay NO Capital Gains tax on all the profit you made during that time up to $250,000 for single filers and up ...

Would you like to control and build equity in something of great value with very little of your own money?Have you ever wondered how you can leverage your money and make it into a huge amount?The answer is Real Estate!Unlike stocks where you have to buy a little piece of a company and only make m...

As of now the plan involves six major lenders Bank of America, Countrywide, Chase, Citigroup, WuMu, and Wells Fargo who will work with serious delinquent mortgage borrowers that are 90 days or more past due.Under the plan these lenders will suspend foreclosures for 30 days allowing these borrower...

Las Vegas is listed #7 on a list of 10 Best Places for House Bargains published by Forbes on 2/7/08.Las Vegas made the list because the market was hit with a high level of foreclosures, but Las Vegas is still a better place to buy a home right now than other places in the country because of the h...