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Article By: Esther Cho Under a new guideline, military members with Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac loans will now have an easier time with short sales. Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco announced in a release Thursday that military homeowners who receive Permanen...

As the tulips and daffodils poke their pretty little faces up towards the Spring sunshine and robins are once again seen in yards there’s another feature that seems to appear in many yards: the for sale sign. Spring time is without question the busiest time of year for home sales. People are gear...

It’s called “The American Dream”; the desire to own a home of your own. The reality is while many may dream; many more feel it’s an unobtainable dream to have.   They’ve been hit by hard economic times, lost their job, seen their credit rating drop and their income drop even more.   It’s not unus...

Even if you never hold an Open House to sell your home you have to realize that you are opening your home to complete strangers to walk through. Generally, the agent is with the buyers but some agents also like to give the buyers’ a little privacy and simply stay within hearings reach.           ...

Spring and summer are the biggest times of the year for holding open houses, basically due to the nicer weather and people wanting to get out and about. While your real estate agent should help you prepare for the open house by giving you suggestions and helpful information, you can always use a ...

Once you’ve found the home you think you want to buy there are many options as to how you let the seller know that you’re interested in their home. In some states, especially on the east coast, it is not uncommon to write something called An Intent To Purchase. Other states have standard contract...

For many first time home buyers or younger real estate buyers purchasing a multi-family home can be a very smart move. There are a lot of benefits to buying a multi-family home that can help you start your path to becoming a real estate investor or even just make your own ability to make house pa...

I am proud of this Realtor for donating her hard work and effort to help out two military families. Many Realtors have sacrificed their time and effort to work for FREE for their clients (including me) and done so with a servants heart to help their clients fulfill their dream of homeownership. I...

The number of people who are homeowners is at an all time low since 1997. With only 65% of Americans actually owning their own home, we have seen a 1% decrease of home owners in just this past year alone.   Most attribute these new lows to a number of problems including homes lost to foreclosures...

REO stands for Real Estate Owned. These are homes in which the lender ends up actually owning the property because the house did not sell for the price required by the bank at a public auction.   Generally the lender will set the minimum bid at the amount owed on the property, which may be more t...