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Actually, facts and experience show the difficulties of trying to sell your own house usually far outweigh the benefits. Here’s what Joe Lowndes does that a home seller can’t do or finds hard to do: Places your property in the Multiple Listing ...[Read More]
House of Representatives lawmakers working on finance reform have approved an amendment to proposed consumer protection legislation that will retire the current appraisal rules that went into effect last May. The old law, known as the Home Valuation Code ...[Read More]
No handbook? It can be very challenging stepping out into the Real Estate market for the first time. A myriad of questions are going through your head pertaining to the location, desired size, style, price range, etc. With all of this, who has time to ...[Read More]
This Month In Real Estate (US): September 2009 Source: www.youtube.com Each month, This Month in Real Estate provides expert opinion and analysis on real estate trends across the nation. The aim of the consumer-oriented segments is to provide real information ...[Read More]
Should I Buy a Home Now? by Victoria Brink & Associates I’m often asked if this is a good time to buy a home. Some clients are concerned that home prices may fall further than they have already. They are assuming that the best course of action ...[Read More]
New Lending Restrictions on Condo Financing Tuesday, August 25, 2009 by Victoria Brink & Associates Anchorage real estate market is moving ahead! We do have new financing restrictions coming up on condo's beginning October 1st. This will cause ...[Read More]
America's top 10 tax-friendly cities By Kiplinger's It's not what you earn, it's what you keep that often dictates your standard of living. With that in mind, take this quick tour of the ten cities in the nation that have the lowest overall ...[Read More]
Eight steps to buying your home
Selected tips for first-time buyers from Your First Home
“Let a team of real-life experts share their real estate wisdom along with heartwarming stories to show you how to achieve the dream of home ownership. I wish I had ...[Read More]
I love things that put hard-to-understand concepts in practical perspective. Here's one I ran across while waiting for my wife at the hair dresser the other day. It's about our own galaxy, the Milky Way . Scientists think that there are between ...[Read More]
New home sales volumes have increased over the last few months. From February through May of this year we averaged less than ten new homes closed per month. Since May things have perked up somewaht. The last two months have seen thirty a month closed. ...[Read More]
Making Home Affordable Program On February 18, 2009, President Obama announced his Making Home Affordable Program (MHA), designed to help up to 7-9 million families avoid foreclosure by restructuring or refinancing their mortgages. In doing so, the plan ...[Read More]
On May 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced a program that allows borrowers to use the first-time home buyer tax credit for a down payment or closing costs on a FHA-insured mortgage. Since the announcement NAR ...[Read More]
Bringing the Dream of Homeownership Within Reach As part of its plan to stimulate the U.S. housing market and address the economic challenges facing our nation, Congress has passed legislation that grants a tax credit of up to $8,000 to first-time home ...[Read More]
I encourage all First Time Home Buyers, Home Buyers and Realtors to watch this Video about finance and the Real Estate Market. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O-UFD5q-HI[Read More]
Have you ever wondered just what happens to that big real estate commission the seller pays to sell a house? Ever wonder how the Buyer’s agent gets paid? I think lots of folks have. So I thought I’d write an article explaining where all of ...[Read More]
Real estate, like any other business that involves selling a product, is affected by “supply and demand.” And if you’ve been trying to sell a high-end home in our market you have a painful first-hand knowledge of it’s implications. ...[Read More]
According to the an article in today's Anchorage Daily News, this year's Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend is expected to be roughly $1300.00. Now, combine that with low interest rates, (hovering around 5%) and the $8000.00 First Time Homebuyer Tax ...[Read More]
The Manchester by Monaghan Construction, Inc. is now in sheetrock stage. Granite and cabinets are finalized and only lighting and plumbing fixtures left to pick out. Completion is expected to be 10/30/2009. Plenty of time for the First Time Homebuyer Tax ...[Read More]
By MADLEN READ and TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writers Tue Feb 24, 6:37 pm ET NEW YORK – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave Wall Street a double dose of reassurance. Now it's President Barack Obama's turn. Bernanke told Congress on Tuesday ...[Read More]
This group is geared to home buyers who are interested in learning how to help represent themselves on a residential real estate transaction and keep the entire - 100% buyer's agent commission for themselves. Buyers pay a flat fee and do most of the ...[Read More]
Here in the Matanuska Valley in which Palmer and Wasilla, Alaska reside in we are in a stable and growing economic path. Our New construction home sales are still on a upswing although a little slower paced then in 2005 we are still in a good growth market, ...[Read More]
Stimulus package may restore higher loan limits BY MATT CARTER , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009. A proposal to provide a $15,000 tax credit to homebuyers was stripped from a $789 billion economic stimulus package that appears headed for a vote Friday, but ...[Read More]
I have said many times in the past years but it has never came more prevelant than now that our Alaskan Ral Estate market shall exceed all market indicators and predictions. Our new construction home industry has risen to new levels in the past year after ...[Read More]
Part I: Impact on inventories lags foreclosures By Matt Carter , Monday, January 26, 2009. Inventories of unsold homes are likely to swell in coming months as lenders begin to push a growing backlog of repossessed homes up for sale -- often in communities ...[Read More]
Broker sees return to seller carry-back mortgages, lease-options BY TOM KELLY, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009. Searching for a home can be draining in "normal" times. When inventory is high and home mortgages are more difficult to obtain, the process ...[Read More]
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