HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

Plus, if you do decide to take the leap, you’ll be ready to tackle your home purchase like a pro. Some savings you can use toward a down payment and closing costs? Estimate your down payment and closing costs. As for closing costs, they can add up to between 2% and 5% of the loan amount. 42 steps to buying a house.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 16, 2021

Sometimes you’ll even find grants to help you with closing costs and down payments. Source: (LinkedIn Sales Solutions / Unsplash). Our America’s Home Grant program offers credits for closing costs, and Our Down Payment Grant covers down payments. Sound great? Sure it does! Step 1: Make sure you qualify. USDA loans.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Taking on a mortgage is no casual agreement — which is why the loan qualification process is so stringent — but you’ll nearly always have options. Homeowners who sell their home while still holding a mortgage will pay it off with the proceeds of the sale — even if they end up taking on a new loan with the purchase of another property.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Financing hoops: You may face additional scrutiny from the lender if your buyer will use a mortgage for their purchase. The following resources may also be of assistance in your family sale: Real estate agent: For a reduced commission rate, an experienced agent can help minimize challenges and coordinate the sale. Get Estimate.

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HomeLight

MAY 24, 2021

Home sales have skyrocketed, and home inventory is historically low. A step up from pre-qualification, preapproval often means the lender gives conditional approval, stating the size of the mortgage you’ve been preapproved for (though what constitutes a “preapproval” can vary from lender to lender). Perfect match, right?

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HomeLight

MARCH 17, 2021

The planning stage (1 to 3 years before purchase). The biggest amount of cash you’ll need at closing is the down payment. Be ready to pay closing costs, which could be up to 5% of the price of the house. Those funds are due on closing day. The shopping stage (1 to 6 months before purchase).

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 15, 2021

We’ve heard the stories about people who managed to make an offer on a house before it officially went up for sale, beating out all the other would-be buyers and scoring the home of their dreams. Most importantly, how can your real estate agent help you facilitate buying a house before it’s listed for sale? David Dominguez.

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HomeLight

AUGUST 31, 2021

We talked to agents, builders, and other top industry experts to develop this guide that’ll help you make the most out of working with an agent on your new-home purchase and to find out what they can do for you. They’ll be able to tell you if you’re getting ripped off on the sale price or if a builder overcharges you on granite countertops.

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HomeLight

DECEMBER 6, 2022

When the time comes to move, some tenacious homeowners in New Jersey are eager to take over the reins of their home sale and figure out how to sell a house by owner. With millions of homes sold each year, a modest portion of sellers — about 7% in 2021 and 10% in 2022 — choose to list “For Sale By Owner” (or FSBO — pronounced fizz-bow).

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HomeLight

APRIL 29, 2022

To join, agents also have to meet certain qualifications, like maintaining active licenses and showing no civil judgments against them in the previous seven years. Typically, sellers are required to disclose known material defects with their properties — particularly issues that may not show up on a pre-purchase inspection.

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Toronto Realty Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Tomlinson exposed multiple instances of bad practices in the Vancouver real estate market, including the now-infamous “assignment” of existing agreements, in this column: “The Real Estate Technique Fuelling Vancouver’s Housing Market”. October 19th, 2022, I wrote, “Should Tenants Be Pre Approved For Candidacy?”

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The Close

DECEMBER 29, 2022

After all, great communication leads to closed deals. Furthermore, in today’s market, understanding our complex mortgage industry could actually help you close more deals and maybe even save clients money. This tool, also known as a like-kind exchange, allows investors to defer paying capital gains taxes on a sale. Assignment.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MARCH 25, 2022

The group also wants first-time homebuyers to have access to mortgage terms of up to 30 years for insured mortgages and recommended making mortgage qualification stress tests consistent for both insured and uninsured mortgages, setting the stress test level to two percentage points above the contract rate. “To March 24, 2022.

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Toronto Realty Blog

MAY 17, 2023

On Monday, I told a story about the worst experience of my career, which saw me lose a listing in the most brutal of ways: by watching a “FOR SALE” sign for another agent, hammered into the lawn as I stood there with a buyer, on the very morning that I was supposed to sign the listing paperwork. This was a new one.

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