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Common Home Health Hazards Can be More Harmful During the Holidays

Common Home Health Hazards Can be More Harmful During the Holidays. Your home is cozy and weather tight. You’ve taken all necessary measures to keep Winter weather on the outside. But sometimes consequences of winter-proofing your home may be more harmful than helpful, particularly during the holiday season. Decreased circulation of fresh air along with… Read More

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Video: Simple Steps for Buying a Home

Video: Simple Steps for Buying a Home. I don’t really get the mindset that buying a home is complicated, overwhelming or stressful. As with anything you do, if you’re well informed and updated along the way, the process is no more problematic for either buyers or sellers, than a day at work might be. Yes,… Read More

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Video: 3 Home Buying Tips for Today’s Market

3 Home Buying Tips To Keep in Mind Interest rates remaining at historical lows is may be one of the few factors still favoring home buyers. With real estate inventory numbers flat and home sellers still in a ‘seller’s market’ mindset, an efficient and well-informed home buying strategy is crucial to your success. It’s important… Read More

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Fannie Mae Broadens Access to Credit for Eligible Home Buyers

Fannie Mae Broadens Access to Credit for Eligible Home Buyers. Home Buyers have long been overburdened by the mortgage application process and simplification of the lending regulations is long overdue.  There have been a few policy shifts recently that make the mortgage process smoother, and in my humble opinion fairer, for qualified and qualifiable home… Read More

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Video: Mortgage Closing Timeline Averages 50 Days

The number of days outlined in this video, to close a Real Estate Transaction, are accurate. Thanks to recent government regulations (TRID), the time to close a loan has indeed lengthened. Even though we always build this into the closing time frame in a Purchase Contract, I always explain to both Home Buyers and Home… Read More

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The Importance of the Title Commitment to a Smooth Closing

A document that few people pay attention to, can make or break your home purchase or sale. The Title Company often seems incidental to your real estate transaction but the role they play is critical. Other than that great kitchen or that sparkling pool, do you know exactly what you’re buying? The Title Company does… Read More