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A Major part of selling is the presentation of your home. Many Arizona real estate agents will tell you it’s a seller’s market, but what about all those low value deals you are hearing about? How can you compete? Presentation, pricing and giving options to the buyers. Plus you need to be especially conscientious of [...]
What the newest trend in the Metro Phoenix Housing community? Many real estate investors are buying homes to lease option to otherwise unqualified buyers. It’s really a win-win program as long as you are getting a home that you love and want to live in while you are getting your credit in line for purchasing the Arizona Lease Option [...]
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For the first time home buyer, buying your first home is one of the most exciting things you will ever do. If you have spent years living in apartments, there is nothing more satisfying than owning your own property. The process can be a little lengthy and you might hit a few bumps in the road to home ownership. [...]
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I’ve always been interested in property, having completed studies in interior design and have had a few lucky purchases when it comes to houses. I picked up a bargain with my first house, an ex-local authority end terraced place that I purchased for an absolute snip. After the usual updates eg. new kitchen, bathroom and [...]
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The cost of maintaining a real estate property is indeed treated an expense that must be spread over the asset’s useful life even if it depreciates. In real estate, when you shed a sum for maintenance, repairs, and other property necessities to be used to generate sales, you treat the item as an expense. Let’s [...]
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Real estate investment is perhaps one of the most lucrative forms of investment today. But it is also equally risk bound especially when one is not well versed with the trends and nuances of the real estate market. So if you are contemplating on investing in real estate, it is best to avoid costly mistakes in real estate investment [...]
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The best rumors have the longest staying power, and the untruths about the connection between Bank of Canada interest rate cuts and mortgage rates is a prime example. Why? Well, though Bank of Canada interest rate cuts do affect the financial industry, they do not affect every segment of the financial sector; some segments are directly affected, [...]
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You may wonder what the differences between home equity loans and home equity lines of credit are. Home Equity When you have a mortgage on your home but the value of the property exceeds the amount owed, the difference between the outstanding debt and the property value is referred as Home Equity. This remaining property value can be used to guarantee [...]
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Baby boomers, baby boomers, baby boomers; we all hear this term over and over again. So who are the baby boomers? Baby boomers are people in the United States who were born between 1946 and 1964. Approximately 78.2 million people fall into this category. As a group, baby boomers comprise the largest population cohort in [...]
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So, you’re putting less than a 20% down payment on the house you are buying and you are getting a conventional loan. Your lender has given you the option of paying a monthly private mortgage insurance (PMI) premium or offering you a higher rate where the lender pays it, known as lender paid mortgage insurance (LPMI). [...]
