Closing Costs for Sellers: Common Fees Associated With Selling Your Home
By Michele Lerner Dec 27, 2023 (Realtor.com / Getty Images) If you’re monitoring the value of your home so you can sell it and reap a worthwhile profit, don’t forget [...]
When To Sell Your House: 6 Surefire Signs Now Is the Time
By Angela Colley Dec 26, 2023 (Getty Images) When to sell your house is not always the easiest question to answer. Most people don’t plan on living in their first(or second [...]
9 Things Real Estate Agents Wish You Knew About Selling Your Home
By Julie Ryan Evans Dec 20, 2023 (turgaygundogdu/Shutterstock) When it comes time to sell your house, having a great listing agent is one of the keys to making it happen. And yet, the agent can’t do it all—your [...]
How To Buy a Home With No Money Down (You Really Can!)
By Daniel Bortz Dec 21, 2023 (Getty Images) Drumming up money for a down payment on a home can feel like a lost cause: After you’ve shelled out money for rent, gas, groceries, and [...]
What Is a Tax Basis? A Number Every Savvy Homeowner Needs To Know
By Jillian Pretzel Dec 19, 2023 (Realtor.com/Getty Images) Something about the word “tax” makes even the most ardent financial wizard’s eyes glaze over. We get it: It’s no fun to [...]
5 Things Your Mortgage Broker Wishes You Knew
By Jamie Wiebe Dec 19, 2023 (Getty Images) The financial side of home buying can sometimes feel like a nightmare in which you’re stuck in a calculus final that never ends—and [...]
The Top Home-Selling Advice From 2023 To Help Your Property Fly Off the Market in 2024
By Margaret Heidenry Dec 7, 2023 (Realtor.com/Getty Images) Were you one of the many sellers sidelined in 2023, sitting out the entire housing market? Maybe you felt “locked in” by [...]
Is ‘Just Right’ Sizing the Key to Buying a Home These Days?
By Lisa Marie Conklin Dec 11, 2023 (Realtor.com/Getty Images) If you’re trying to buy a home these days, you know how challenging—if not downright impossible—it can be. Rising interest rates, sky-high [...]
What Is an Underwriter: The Unseen Approver of Your Mortgage
By Angela Colley Dec 12, 2023 (iStock/UberImages) Once you have found a house you like, made an offer and been pre-approved for a mortgage, you might think you are home free. [...]
Seller Disclosure: Learn These Basic Rules of What You Need to Disclose So You Don’t Get Sued
By Warren Christopher Freiberg Dec 5, 2023 (Realtor.com/Getty Images) Seller disclosure is a tricky maze to navigate. If you’ve recently decided to put your home on the market, you might feel hesitant [...]
