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Home prices are beginning to rise and the mortgage rates are sure looking tempting! This appears like the perfect time for home buyers to get out there and start looking for that perfect home.Below are 7 tips to remember when looking for your new home.1. The first step would be to find out what you [Read More]

Experts in Stockholm, Sweden are beginning to voice concerns that they may be going into a real estate bubble. The combination of low interest rates, mortgage interest tax deductions, a strong job market and limited housing stock are pushing Stockholm prices up. The government is considering elimina [Read More]

Mortgage rates on a 30 year fixed rate mortgage fell last week to 4.17%, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. Although these rates are not the lowest seen this year, the rates do remain low and provide a welcome boost to the housing market.Freddie Mac collects mortgage rates from lenders across [Read More]

Moving to Florida? Here are some tips on things you will need to know in your newly adopted state.1. Yes, the palmetto bugs really are that big. If you are new and afraid of bugs, bring your military bug stomping boots. The rest of us are going to stand back with cameras and watch you do the Palmett [Read More]

According to, Advancing eMortgage, a team developed to study e-mortgages by mortgage giant, Fannie Mae, an electronic mortgage process could, in fact, cut up to 30 days off the time it takes to close a loan.It could also save the mortgage industry an average of nearly $1 billion a year in paper!Adva [Read More]

When you're moving out on your own for the first time, creating a budget can be a daunting task-there are lots of things you haven't had to think of yet, and the time to think of them is BEFORE you go apartment hunting! Here aresome basic ideas on how to plan for the task.1. Determine your net inco [Read More]

According to a blog written by Graham Wood, senior editor for Realtor Magazine, two issues with notable shock value that were mentioned at the recent National Association of Realtors (NAR) convention were as follows:1. Tax reform could hurt the Mortgage interest tax deduction (MID)The Mortgage inter [Read More]

The National Assn. of Realtors has just published a comprehensive guide for helping multiple list services promote the special features of a green home attributes that, research indicates, buyers covet. Environmental factors have become an increasingly important part of marketing in home sales-s [Read More]

As people are becoming more aware of being "eco-friendly", a new returning trend in the real estate market is on the rise: Saltwater Swimming Pools!In the past, residential in-ground swimming pools were almost always a traditional chlorine pool that required chlorine tablets and an erosion feeder to [Read More]

As Florida begins another hurricane season, retailers are spooling up for the sales tax holiday on hurricane preparedness items."The sales tax holiday is great way for retailers to help raise awareness of the need to be prepared, while delivering tax savings for our residents," says Rick McAllister, [Read More]