You'd probably love to be a fly on the wall when your offer is presented to the seller, wouldn't you? In the olden days, like before 1990, most offers were ... Read More

All this commotion and hand wringing over a buyer's market today. Criminy. If agents would continue doing what they get paid to do and do it well, they would have ... Read More

If you're paying cash for a home, you will not be required to buy a lender's title policy because there is no lender. However, should you buy an owner's title ... Read More

Last week a client of mine committed a faux pas, but the real error was mine. I've been showing a client homes for two to three years. If she were anybody ... Read More

Come on, take a guess as to when is the best time to buy. Post your answers below by clicking the "comments" link. Surely some of you have an opinion ... Read More

Most of us are familiar with shopping. Me, I go online, pick out what I want, put it in my cart, click "check-out," and it arrives on my front steps ... Read More

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things. Of shoes -- and ships -- and sealing wax -- Of mortgages -- and blings -- And why your payment has gone ... Read More

Once October rolls around, it's not uncommon to see a lot of people scrambling, trying to find year-end tax breaks. Fortunately, for those who file U. S. tax returns, owning ... Read More

Most borrowers in the market for a real estate mortgage realize that interest rates change daily. What they don't know is when to lock in the interest rate and say ... Read More

This year Habitat is celebrating 30 years of building quality homes for lower-income people. It seems like only yesterday that the world first glimpsed the "peanut farmer" hanging off a ... Read More

Some home buyers don't have the option of deciding whether they want to pay their taxes and insurance themselves. If they are putting down less than 20% to buy a ... Read More

Whoever dreamed up the idea of home warranties hit upon a gold mine. They have become an essential today in most real estate transactions across the country, if for no ... Read More

I can't help but wonder as I stare at my newly installed bamboo floors how long it will take before home buyers resort to thumbing their collective noses and snickering ... Read More