Most of the first-time home buyers with whom I work put down very little cash; at least four out of five opt for 100% financing. Zero down makes more financial ... Read More

If you are an existing homeowner and it's time to buy another home, there are bigger decisions to make apart from whether you should move up to a bigger house ... Read More

Most people will agree that the future is based on past performance; it evolves from previous events, and that examining historical facts is, in part, how economists predict market movement. ... Read More

It might shock you to hear a Realtor say that maybe, just maybe, you are better off renting an apartment than buying a home. Because agents are in the business ... Read More

How hard could it be to build a garage, I wondered. After all, I had done framing and finished out a lower level of a split-level house. My husband could ... Read More

A reader sends an e-mail this morning, asking me how much his home is worth, and gives me his address in Oregon. Now, because I belong to a national network ... Read More

At holiday parties, mall shopping or out to lunch with friends, anywhere I see people, I'm constantly barraged with questions about the real estate market. Everybody wants to know where ... Read More

Everywhere I go, I hear people softly singing Christmas carols. Doesn't matter where I am, at the gas station, standing in line at the grocery store or weaving through the ... Read More

Here's what agents and brokers don't want clients to know: contracts are not always 100% binding, even if the agent tells you that you can't cancel the agreements. There are ... Read More

I bought my fourth fixer in the suburbs. The idea of catching kingfishers singing on a perch outside my windows or deer prancing through the yard at midnight appealed to ... Read More

Honestly, I don't know what all the hoopla is about. It seems that on every blog I visit, agents are yakking about Zillow's new roll-out where agents can post listings ... Read More

Investors don't need to "Buy Low and Sell High" to make money in real estate, but nobody ever said that it's not a profitable method of doing business. The best ... Read More

Chances are if you're thinking about buying or selling real estate, you are going to encounter a real estate agent along the way in some shape, form or matter. Wouldn't ... Read More

In bed at night, have you ever stared in the dark at the ceiling and wondered how the sky above it might look at that moment if you could see ... Read More

It's like riding a bike. Once you figure out how to do it, you'll realize that computing mortgage interest is easy, and you'll never forget it. It will also astound ... Read More