Even as rates were on the rise last week, mortgage application volume still managed to squeeze out a 0.6 percent increase on a seasonally adjusted basis, the Mortgage Bankers Association reports Wednesday. Total mortgage applications include those for refinancings and home purchases.
You may want to dust off your marketing outreach and get ready to target first-time home buyers once again. The 2017 housing market is looking bright, fueled by a big wave of first-time home buyers emerging. First-time home buyers are predicted to make up more than half of home buyers next year – up to […]
I have represented Landlords for most of my career, primarily in the commercial/industrial sector. Although it is hard to stop someone from not paying last months rent and thinking that the deposit will be applied as last month’s rent. If someone tries to apply the security deposit to last month’s rent, I advise my clients […]
I really like some of these ideas to dress up a blank wall. Being partial to photography, I like the gallery wall concept but the other ideas suggested also work well. Big, blank walls can be boring and blah. Thankfully, there are quite a few ways you can jazz them up and bring in some […]
Via DSNews, From the beginning of the housing market recovery in 2009, REO rehabilitation and flipping or renting has provided to be a strong source of profitability among career property investors and beginners in the industry alike. Despite recent data showing a decrease in foreclosed properties, RealtyTrac still showed that 6.6 percent (43,740) of all single family […]
It’s about to get harder for some luxury all-cash home buyers to hide their identity from the U.S. government In January, the Treasury Department announced a temporary initiative that requires title insurance companies to identify all-cash buyers of certain high-end real estate in Manhattan and Miami. Now, it’s expanding the order into other markets in […]
Americans with money to set aside that they do not plan on using for the next 10 years would rather invest in real estate than any other type of investment, according to a recent national survey from Bankrate. According to Bankrate’s latest Financial Security Index poll, exactly one-quarter of Americans surveyed said they would rather […]
