by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians, Global Buyers + Foreign Investment
Once again the latest numbers show that Canadians bought more U.S. properties than the citizens of any other country in the U.S. last year – almost one-quarter of the real estate purchased by citizens of other countries in the United States. A few blogs ago I...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Canada and Canadians
Last year I wrote about the increasing strength of the Canadian dollar relative to U.S. currency, and the result of a favorable currency exchange rate to Canadian investment here. I also discussed the positive impact the exchange rate makes to my fellow Canadians when...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Real Estate Facts & Figures
Everybody who knows me know how much I love hockey. I’m a Canadian so it is a genetic issue, I still play twice a week, and I watch every game I can on the NHL Center Ice channels. But I never thought you could analogize my favorite sport to real estate. But according...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Mortgages + Lending
Short sales are a fact of life in Arizona residential real estate. A short sale is defined as the sale of a property, resulting in a payoff of less than the total amount owed, in lieu of a foreclosure or to permit a sale. If you are the next metro Phoenix homeowner to...
by kramoltz@hotmail.com | Feb 28, 2015 | Mortgages + Lending
In my last blog I wrote about the slim possibility of getting a refund of “private mortgage insurance”. Mortgage insurance is required by lenders when a down payment is less than 20%. Usually those payments are non-refundable unless the lender agrees otherwise at the...
