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At Advanta Real Estate, we try and work with our buyer's and seller's for the long haul. There are so many steps in the real estate process that we try to counsel our clients all the way through. Below I've listed some of the biggest do's and don't's of real estate. The 10 Do's: (1) Do shop f...
12/06/2011
Shorter Term Home Loans Become More Popular With Record Low Interest Rates As has been documented by the media in recent weeks, we are once again at or near historical lows when it comes to home loan interest rates. Of course, as we have addressed in other articles, the balances of their current ...
11/22/2011
Just took a great Continueing Education class on FAIR Isaac Credit Scores, what it means, how they are measured and general information about how lender's use credit scores to determine lendability. One of the best things that came up was that everyone should probably "freeze" their credit re...
09/23/2011
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Representing my clients to the fullest I recently closed a short sale on one of my listings in Chandler, AZ – 2800 East Jade Place, Chandler, AZ. Wow, did it take a long time to close this deal – listed the home in October 2010, delayed the foreclosure auction 4 times and had the 1st buyer bac...
09/16/2011
At Advanta Real Estate, we focus a substantial amount of time and money at MARKETING OUR LISTINGS. And, the best part for our clients is that it's absolutely free! I say this because on one of my most recent listing presentation, I told my clients that as part of my listing, we... Hire a profes...
09/13/2011
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As you may of heard, we sell many short sale homes. A short sale is a sale of real estate in which the sale proceeds fall short of the balance owed on the property's loan. It often occurs when a borrower cannot pay the mortgage loan on their property, but the lender decides that selling the prope...
09/13/2011
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Top Reasons to Own a Home There's good reason that over half of all Americans are homeowners. Social and financial benefits are key factors when it comes to deciding to buy. Homeownership allows people to grow wealth slowly over time, to hold assets that build equity, and to bring stability into...
09/09/2011
A few weeks back, I got a call from a friend / client of mine. I'm listing his home for sale and he called on the phone to talk about the listing and the sales process. I could also tell that something else was on his mind and he really needed to talk. After discussing the sale of his house, h...
09/09/2011
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Wow – what a busy weekend it was for us. I helped two people find a home to rent (yes, we do work with tenants looking to rent homes) on Saturday, held one open house in Paradise Valley on Sunday and wrote an offer on a home for another buyer. Long, stressful but enjoyable weekend. To celebrat...
09/09/2011
At ADVANTA REAL ESTATE, we review the monthly sales number's to determine how the REAL ESTATE MARKET is performing as a whole and then we focus on specific REAL ESTATE SUB MARKETS. PARADISE VALLEY is a sub market for ADVANTA REAL ESTATE. We work with both, buyers and sellers. We try to stay on...
08/31/2011