Tracy's Tidbits

The hardest part of saving for a new home for many people is putting away the money for the down payment. If you have less than 25% of the purchase price to put down you will likely need to purchase mortgage insurance from whatever lender you have chosen.  The reason for this is simple.  It's pro...

Ask anyone who owns their own home about the obvious advantages and they'll more than likely tell you that there's an immense amount of pride in being able to say that they've got their own space. But there are many other pluses as well, and some of these are good tax advantages. For instance, mo...

If you think that you are paying an arm and a leg at the pump then take a look at gas prices in other parts of the world at the end of May: Gas Prices Around the World  Country Gas Price Germany $11.49 Turkey $11.49 France $9.66 Britain $8.31 Japan $5.77 Brazil $5.67 India $4.16 United States $3....

Those of us who own their homes know that we've got it, but we don't always understand what it means or why it's so important. The term equity has many of us confused but really there's no need for that. Simply put, equity is the difference between the value of your home and what you still own on...

At one time or another almost all home owners have dwelled on the possibility of paying down the mortgage early, if only because they are disgusted with paying so much interest over such a long period of time. Remember that in the early years of the mortgage, roughly 90% of each payment goes towa...

One of the first things to do with an investment property is to calculate out the costs of the improvements that will be necessary to finish the project off and then decide if you want to hire the project out or do it yourself. Generally, the person that's done the investing usually always does t...

Being new to the ActiveRain community I am very honored to have become a featured member.  I would like to thank everyone in this community who read my blogs -  In the beginning I know that they were much but I hope with time and experience they will continue to evolve and get better and better!!...

The advantage of real estate websites is that they can provide a useful overview of the housing market in any particular area with a great number of houses listed across the country. As on overview, the Internet is a highly useful tool for getting some kinds of listing information, but the web do...

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 Although there have always been historic fluctuations in the market values, real estate is still one of the best investments. Over the long term, there is more stability in this kind of investing than many other kinds, but the breakdown of the benefits are often alien to many consumers. First of...