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…
5 Signs You Are Ready to Buy a Home
According to leading sources, rents are going to be going up yet again for 2016. The Wall Street Journal reports that rents are growing at the fastest pace in the past 10 years, growing by 4.6 percent in 2015 alone…
Protect Your Money From Scammers Stealing Home Closing Wire Transfer
Whenever a system is put in place to stop fraud, there are crooks smart enough to get around it. It’s frustrating to build a better mouse trap and end up with a bunch of smarter mice! That’s kind of what…
HOME BUYERS IN CANADA CAN NOW FIND THEIR PERFECT MATCH
Thanks to heavy television advertising, most of us have heard of the various dating sites that exist today. There’s Match.com, PlentyofFish.com and eHarmony.com, among many others. Of course, the idea behind all of them is to try and bring together…
NOT ALL HOMES ARE CREATED EQUAL
If one was to believe a piece we just found on Realtor.com, the headline above appears to be widely accurate. In fact, the story went on to say that not only are most homes different, but they don’t sell equally…
FLORIDA NICELY REPRESENTED ON WELL-BEING LIST
Should we be surprised that several Gulf Coast communities in Florida have the highest well-being in the country? According to the Gallup-Healthways State of American Well-Being 2015 Community Rankings list released this past Tuesday, three Sunshine State communities ranked at…
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