by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 1, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Typically Canadians or others from other countries owning residential property here in Arizona need banking services. This is especially critical if the home is rented periodically as there will be income and expenses. The ability to deposit funds and write checks...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Mar 1, 2015 | Canada and Canadians, Forms and Resources, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
As a Certified International Property Specialist, I have learned a lot about doing business with foreign buyers of Arizona real estate. To increase my knowledge of the Canadian consumer, this summer I became a member of the Canadian Snowbird Association (“CSA”). CSA...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
Sales of homes to foreign buyers have been strong in the south and southwest for years. The National Association of Realtors®’ 2012 Profile of International Home Buying Activity showed that those sales equaled $82.4 billion for the past year ending March 2012, up from...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Home Buying, Mortgages + Lending
Did you know the government will give you the money to renovate a FHA home? One of the most overlooked FHA programs, the 203(k) loan, can help if buying a home that needs work using a FHA loan. 203(k) loans are the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s primary...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Part 3. Is Canada’s real estate market headed for a repetition of bust and its plunging values and distressed sales experienced in Arizona? They don’t think so. Do they know something we don’t – or are they nuts? There definitely are differences between the two...
