Tag: Real Estate

Top 5 Kitchen Staging Mistakes to Avoid When Selling Your Home

Kitchen staging is a crucial aspect of home selling as it creates a lasting impression on potential buyers. A well-staged kitchen can highlight its best features and make it feel…

Buyer Tip: Avoiding Common Mistakes in this Housing Market

The housing market has been one of the bright spots of the economy in recent years, with record-low mortgage rates and high demand for homes driving prices up and creating…

Switching from a Fixed-Rate Mortgage to an Adjustable-Rate Mortgage: Pros and Cons

A fixed-rate mortgage is a type of loan where the interest rate stays the same for the entire term of the loan, typically 15 or 30 years. An adjustable-rate mortgage…

What Is an Interest-Only Mortgage? An Affordable Home Loan, at Least at First

By Daniel Bortz (Getty Images) An interest-only mortgage is a type of home loan where you start off paying only the interest for a certain time period, followed by a time…

What Happens If I Have a Lien on My House?

Many sellers may already be aware of liens filed on their property, but some may come as a surprise, says Barbara Carrollo-Loeffler, director of consumer and residential lending at Provident Bank in Jersey City, NJ.

New Year, New Home? 9 Myths About Buying a New-Construction House That Actually Aren’t True

Many first-time homebuyers might shy away from the prospect of buying a brand-new home, assuming: It will cost too much. It will take too long.

Buying Your Home: A Step-by-Step Guide

Buying Your Home: A Step-by-Step Guide For a first-time home buyer, the buying process may seem overwhelming. With lots of documents and requirements to review and submit, people to talk…

How to Qualify for a Mortgage?

How to Qualify for a Mortgage? Aside from bank statements to pay stubs to tax returns and W-2s. that you need to gather, here are the essentials you need to…

Buyer Beware: House Buying Deal Ploys That Can Backfire

There’s no denying that purchasing a house is an expensive endeavor; it’s likely the most lavish purchase you’ll ever make. So, it makes sense to try to bargain where you…

How to Bargain an Offer and Win It in the Age of Coronavirus

The real estate market and periodic life have been completely tangled in just a snap. Yet maybe despite it all, you have handled the search for a house you want…