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Closing on a house is the final step to getting those coveted keys. What exactly happens at a real estate closing and what should you be expecting? Well its nearly a given that all buyers will walk away from a closing with cramped hands from signing so many documents. Nonetheless, those pieces of pa [Read More]

Youve finally settled on the house that you want. Now what? Bidding isnt necessarily something that comes naturally, even to those who have purchased a home before. Randomly guessing at what your opening bid should be is akin to buying a car at list price without checking under the hood you could e [Read More]

When youre looking to buy or sell a home, step one is finding a real estate agent on whom you can depend. The question is, how exactly do you find this amazing individual? The best agents arent necessarily those at big brokerage firms, nor those who sell the most houses. Rather, the kind of agent yo [Read More]

Before you consider buying or selling a home, its a good idea to test the waters a little bit to see what kind of environment youre dealing with. The type of market determines a great deal about pricing, not to mention negotiations. When you know what youre facing, you can position yourself better.B [Read More]

If youre looking for warm weather and beaches to get away from it all during the winter on an annual basis it might be worth considering buying a winter home. Having said that, there are some common mistakes that people make when house hunting. By far the biggest one is rushing headlong into da deal [Read More]

Florida Governor Charlie Crist is asking visitors and residents alike to report any sightings of oil along the sandy beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. There are many different forms of oil that may wash up on our shores to look for: Tar Balls - Gooey, globules of oil. Tar balls come in different si [Read More]

If youre buying a home with a mortgage its very likely that the banks financing will require homeowners insurance. This protects both you and the bank from a loss should anything happen to the property. However the process of shopping for homeowners insurance can become daunting not to mention expen [Read More]

Housing starts jumped 5.8% nationally in April 2010, the month that the Homebuyers Tax Credit expired, according to the U.S. Commerce Department.According to Bob Jones, the Chairman of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), "While some of the starts activity noted in today's report reflec [Read More]

Have you heard the term sweat equity used with regard to real estate? No this isnt sweating to the oldies (as fun as that may be). Rather sweat equity means that youre going to put time and effort into your home to improve its value rather than cash.Dont Sweat it?There are a variety of reasons that [Read More]

There is a growing trend in real estate namely single women are becoming a significant segment of buyers. In the last 15 years the numbers of single women purchasing homes has increased 14 percent for first time ape owners (and 17 percent for repeat home buyers). On average these women are about 40 [Read More]