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More than 44 percent of home buyers who plan to buy a home within the next two years said they would be willing to go over their budget by up to 10 percent in order to buy in their preferred school boundaries, according to a new survey by Realtor.com®.  Three out of five home buyers surveyed said...

Housing demand from move-up buyers — or existing homeowners selling their current properties to replace them with a more expensive home — is on the rise as home equity levels improve. As home prices continue to increase, so does demand from move-up buyers, who are now able to provide a substantia...

Many consumers do not understand the term “mortgage insurance” — both what mortgage insurance represents and what mortgage insurance options are available to them to help finance their homes.  First, mortgage insurance exists to help lessen the risk to a lender when a consumer puts less than twen...

It has been five years since the collapse of the financial markets. Five years ago, the world financial systems were on the brink of collapse. For five years we have been crawling out of a deep hole. You can’t get very far by crawling, but if one moves forward a little-by-little for five years, h...

Housing demand from move-up buyers — or existing homeowners selling their current properties to replace them with a more expensive home — is on the rise as home equity levels improve. As home prices continue to increase, so does demand from move-up buyers, who are now able to provide a substantia...

We know that as energy prices rise, it saps strength from the economy because consumers have to use more of their income to pay for the cost of energy. In the past few months oil prices have risen to over $105.00 per barrel–and that was before Syrian crisis hit the headlines last week. The price ...

The rules have changed in the financial arena and financing your home is not what it used to be.  Presented in this article are key tips that homeowners and potential homeowners should be aware of regarding the home finance process.  Do not pay collections until your mortgage lender has a chance ...

Home sellers are more than twice as likely to get their homes sold if they use a Realtor®, rather than trying to sell their home on their own, according to a new survey conducted by HomeGain of 400 home owners nationwide from July 31 to Aug. 10. Seventy-three percent of the home owners surveyed s...

As the real estate market heats up, prospective home buyers are finding that competition for desirable listings is heating up as well. Multiple contract presentations have again become the norm in many areas of the country. In order to have the best chance to purchase a home, it makes sense to pr...