Almost everybody has heard about the $7,500 tax credit for first-time home buyers, but what about tax breaks for home sellers? Sellers get the best break of all -- a $250,000 ... Read More

Many home buyers don't know which home closing documents to keep. It's no wonder that home buyers can be confused because there is so much paperwork involved in every transaction. Signing ... Read More

Buying real estate is hard enough without buyers messing it up for themselves by forgetting about the top three home buying mistakes. Not that buyers intentionally cause problems, mind you. It's ... Read More

As I stare at my newly installed kitchen counters, I can't help but wonder how long it will take before home buyers resort to snickering at quartz counters after new ... Read More

Even though there are laws against predatory lending, it doesn't stop mortgage fraud or protect an innocent buyer from harm. Nobody wants to overpay for a mortgage loan or ... Read More

It's not always fun to ask parents for money, but sometimes it's the only way to afford to buy a home. Especially in today's lending world -- with banks tightening mortgage ... Read More

In an ideal real estate world, procuring cause never happens. Procuring cause doesn't happen in an ideal world because in that fictional real estate society, every single home buyer will have ... Read More

For novice home buyers, buying foreclosures can be riddled with pitfalls and drawbacks. Not every successful bidder for a foreclosure property comes out ahead. Sometimes buyers end up dealing with mountains ... Read More

There are some tenants that you can just tell are angling to get cash for keys. Those types are often snarly, combative and act as though the world owes them big-time ... Read More

In the initial excitement over making an offer to buy a new home, buyers often pay little or no attention to how their earnest money deposit is handled. That lack of ... Read More

Way back in the old days, like the 1980s, home buyers didn't think twice about where to get a mortgage. They went directly to a local bank for home financing. They ... Read More

If P. T. Barnum were alive today, he would be promoting real estate seminars and hawking books and CDs on the seminar circuit. Just when you think that all the real ... Read More

If you think Zip Realty has a great cool site, you should check out the web site from RE/MAX. Although Realtor.com is the most commonly searched web site used by buyers ... Read More