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10 Tips for Selling Your Home in the Spring

According to Zillow, there’s no better time to sell your home than spring; homes listed between mid-March and mid-April sell about 15% faster than any other time of year. To attract buyers, you’ll want the house to be seen in... Read more

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A How-to Guide to Financing a Fixer Upper: Rehab, Renovation and Construction Mortgages

Americans are expected to spend more than $300 billion this year on remodeling projects. Financing your renovations means that you won’t have to come up with cash for every expense involved in transforming your home. Whether you’re a first-time homebuyer falling in love with a fixer-upper or looking to renovate your current home to bring it up to snuff, there are many renovation home loan options out there. Let’s look at a few ways you can finance your fixer-upper.

APR vs. Interest Rate. What are the Differences?

When shopping for a mortgage, be mindful that an advertised interest rate is not the same as your loan’s annual percentage rate or APR. Most homebuyers today are unaware of the differences. Knowing the difference can help save money on... Read more

Choosing a Location for Your New Home

THE DECISION TO MOVE Making the decision to relocate is almost always difficult. You can be influenced to move by many factors. Do you want to upgrade, downgrade, change school districts, or find a better lifestyle? Moving can provide these... Read more

Debt-to-Income Ratio

What is it and How Does it Affect Me? At its core, a debt-to-income ratio is exactly that: a comparison between the amount of debt you have versus the amount of money you make. From a lender’s perspective, if you... Read more

Do I Qualify for a Mortgage?

Qualifying for a mortgage may appear to be a simple process, but in all reality, the process can be quite intricate. The steps to obtaining a new loan or mortgage will be different from one bank to another. Here are... Read more

Five Questions for First-Time Homebuyers

When you are considering buying a home for the first time, the options involved can be overwhelming. However, the questions of neighborhood, house size, mortgage, etc. become much simpler if you proceed one step at a time. Buying your first... Read more