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Why You Still Need an Agent to Buy a New House

HomeLight

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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Key Differences Between Creative and Traditional Real Estate Investing

Realty Biz

I don’t want to go too far into the history of real estate investing but setting sail across the seas to discover and conquer new lands was another investing strategy. It’s about working with a professional agent to narrow your search and help you navigate through the purchase process. Or a lease with an option to purchase.

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Friday Headlines!

Toronto Realty Blog

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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How to Sell a House by Owner in New Jersey

HomeLight

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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17 Home Closing Delays and How You Can Avoid Them

HomeLight

There’s a house for sale that you want to buy. For most buyers, financing a home through a bank or lender with a mortgage loan is necessary to purchase the property. Because the entire sale hinges on securing this loan, it is a top criteria for closing, and it’s also the most common reason for a delay in the closing process.

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Signs Your Real Estate Agent Is Acting Unethically (And What You Can Do)

HomeLight

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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Top Five: Real Estate Stories Of 2022

Toronto Realty Blog

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?”