by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 19, 2016 | Home Buying, Mortgages + Lending, Selling Your Home
Loan Related. Like many pre-paids, these are the sums paid to the buyer’s lender or as a result of the lender’s requirements. Examples include a credit report fee, flood certificate fee, and a tax service fee. Fees payable directly to the lender, such as...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 17, 2016 | Home Buying, Mortgages + Lending
A recent NAR survey of more than 2,700 Americans showed that more than 80% of consumers across all ages, income brackets, and education levels believed a down payment of 10% percent or more was required to purchase a home. However, the average median down payment for...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 14, 2016 | Selling Your Home
The best technique for pricing a home when listing it for sale is setting the asking price just below a round number, according to recent research published by the Journal of Housing Research. On average, buyers are more attracted to a house priced at $399,000 than to...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 12, 2016 | Home Buying, Selling Your Home
An ongoing issue in home sales is the evaluation of solar panels. Systems can be owned or leased. When a system is leased, the homeowner doesn’t own the system. Leased items typically don’t add much value, and in some cases can be legitimately excluded from...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Oct 10, 2016 | Canada and Canadians
The Connecting America tourism campaign is Canada’s latest effort to attract more American visitors. The U.S. is Canada’s largest inbound tourism market, representing approximately 70% of overnight tourists to Canada. Other notable examples to strengthen Canada’s...
