While spring and summer are generally considered prime seasons for buying a home, sometimes you can’t decide exactly when you need to look for a new place to live. If you find yourself…
Category: Buying
The U.S. housing market has seen a lot of changes over the last 30 years, when the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies first started publishing its State of the Nation’s Housing…
The term “settling down” might mean different things for different generations; in years prior, if someone was “settling down” they were getting married, taking on more…
According to Zillow and HotPads, it takes renters with an annual income of $56,784 an average of 77 months to save enough for a 20 percent down payment for a median value home ($216,000)….
If you’ve ever bought or sold a house while having kids at home, then you probably know how much they can influence decisions. Families with children often have very specific needs and…
Perhaps you’re about to pay off your mortgage — congratulations! But maybe you’ve also been trying to decide what’s next. If getting into real estate investing is on your bucket…
As a prospective homeowner, you know you’re looking for the best interest rate possible on your mortgage. But there are other factors to consider, too. While fixed rate mortgages…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before — real estate is a great investment. Experts extol the tax advantages, the rate of return, and the ability to build wealth. But before you…