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). Not so fast.

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HomeLight

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Through the Home Partners program, prospective rent-to-own homebuyers start by filling out a pre-qualification application. If approved, they move to submit a full application. Buyers will need to meet Home Partners’ minimum FICO requirement, which varies by market, and a maximum debt-to-income ratio (DTI) of 45% to be approved.

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HomeLight

MARCH 17, 2021

The planning stage (1 to 3 years before purchase). “If you want to buy a house, you need to have money saved up,” says April Mason , an agent in Corpus Christi , Texas, who has completed 24% more sales than the average agent in her market. Pre-qualification is just an estimate of what size loan you might qualify for.

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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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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

This tool, also known as a like-kind exchange, allows investors to defer paying capital gains taxes on a sale. ” If a property is active contingent, a buyer has submitted an offer to purchase a property, but the sale won’t be finalized until certain conditions, or contingencies, are met. Active contingent. Call option.

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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 23, 2022. municipalities.

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