Also Titled - Preparing House for Extended Leave
Before you leave for an extended vacation, consider preparing your house for extended vacation with these precautions:
1. Don’t leave house keys in outside hiding places. Give a key to a friend or neighbor and be sure to leave your vacation telephone number.
2. Arrange for […]

As with other professionals, when you select a real estate agent, demand high standards. Make sure that trust and integrity are not just a spoken claim, but have been earned in the community that the agent serves. Determine if the agent has established a strong record of consistently fulfilling promises and providing customer satisfaction.
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If you could sell your home under ideal conditions, your life and that of your real estate agent would be much easier. But that’s not always possible. Even though summer is traditionally a period of high sales activity, certain conditions can make a summer home sale difficult. If you hope to add your home to […]

About 20% of the houses sold in the U.S. involve some form of owner financing. Without a lot of the technical terminology, here are some simple facts.
As the buyer:
1. You can secure a property for which you may not qualify for financing through a bank, even though from all indications you are financially able to […]

We get many questions daily about what exactly does it mean to be in a Buyers Market?
In a buyer’s market, there are more house for sale then there are serious lookers. Houses are sitting on the market and sellers often cut asking prices and even will consider assisting buyers with cut-rate financing.
When things are cold […]

On a daily basis we get the question why do we need to use a MLS alert service when I can just get the information from Realtor.com or other services.
Well, you can’t. You don’t receive all the information, and the part that you do receive isn’t the whole story.
And that’s the problem with most feeds […]

According to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, you can save money on your home insurance premiums by installing these safety features:

An approved burglar system, for a saving of up to 15 percent.
An approved indoor sprinkler system, for a saving of 8 percent.
Deadbolt locks on exterior doors, for a saving of […]

We continue are home information series.
Follow these tips from the Consumer Product Safety Commission and First Alert to make sure that every room in your house is protected against fire.

THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE:
1. Replace electrical cords at the first sign of cracks or damage.

2. Use only one extension cord at a time, and don’t […]

The National Association of Consumer Agency Administrators and the Consumer Federation of America say dissatisfaction with home improvement work is the number one consumer complaint. Consumer advocates recommend that you check out a contractor’s licenses, call the references given, and check with the local Better Business Bureau to see if any complaints have been filed. […]

We are definitely seeing this trend in our market.
Source : http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/16/AR2007041601636.html
Home Foreclosures Double
The number of U.S. homes entering foreclosure doubled in the first quarter from a year earlier as property prices stagnated and owners struggled to refinance mortgages. Owners of 168,829 homes in 2007’s first three months were notified that lenders had filed for foreclosure […]