You may have heard about doing a final walk through of your future home just before the closing, and a lot of people see this as an optional step. Just because it’s optional doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t do it,…
Yearly Archives: 2016
What Exactly Does a Title Company Do?
You may have heard of “being in escrow” and “closing on a house” but not understand exactly what these processes are or how a title company is involved. The role of a title company is pretty simple, though carrying out…
5 Big Mistakes that First-Time Buyers Make
Buying a new home is wonderful and exciting, but also stressful – especially when you’re buying your first home. It’s a big commitment of money, time, and resources, but also an emotional one. You’re taking on a mortgage, planning to…
Refinancing and Title Insurance
For anyone refinancing their house for the first time, there is always one question. “But I already have title insurance. Why do I need it again?” When you refinance your home, you are paying off one mortgage and acquiring another.…
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Posted in Mortgage, Real Estate, Title insurance
Posted in Mortgage, Real Estate, Title insurance
Escrow ABCs
Everyone has heard the term “in escrow” – but not a lot of you know what it means other than as being one of the stages of purchasing a house. Broken down to the most basic concept, placing funds in…
Title Insurance: What It Is and Why You Need It
Title insurance is defined by Investopedia as a type of insurance covering a party’s loss of interest in real property due to unforeseeable legal circumstances. For the most part, people are familiar with title insurance that is paid for by…
Buying within an HOA: Need-to-Knows
One of the things you may have heard of when shopping for a condo, townhouse, or other planned community or gated development home is that you will be required to join the homeowners association – also called an HOA. A…
Title Insurance vs. Mortgage Insurance vs. Homeowner’s Insurance: What’s the Difference?
When you’re getting ready to close on your new home, all the insurance can be very intimidating. You have homeowners insurance, title insurance, private mortgage insurance, and a ton of other policies that by and large you understand the need…
5 Mistakes to Make for a Nightmare Closing
Closing on your new home is stressful even for real estate veterans, but for first timers it can really be a ride through the funhouse. There are five things that will make a stressful situation into a nightmare if you’re…
Millennial Homebuyers Want List
The media is fond of painting with broad strokes, less than willing to get into the nuances of generational differences that are not sound-bite friendly or capable of garnering ratings via raw chair-throwing controversy. However, the much-bashed Millennials (1980-1999) are…
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