A mortgage is one of the best financial product inflation hedges ever created. What do I mean by inflation hedge? Let’s call it protection against inflation, or totally outside of the effect of inflation.
Category: Selling/Buying a Home
Can I Sell My House without a Realtor? Yes. You absolutely can. It’s legal to do so and you don’t need a license to sell your own home. For every vote that you can do it yourself, you will get 99 votes that you shouldn’t. This answer is the 1 vs the 99. To sell […]
An apartment provides you with a safe place to operate from and clean accommodations for your life. Here is a list of some of the things funny and practical that you can’t do from your apartment – only in your own home.
Without bias, I’m going to let my author-self write like this is instructions to my children. Before taking any “First Steps to Home Ownership” you will need to plot a course. The investment in that plan will have a tremendous return on the time to create it. With a completed written plan course map you will take fewer overall steps in the process.
How will rising interest rates affect the future price of buying a new home? There’s more at play here than only soaring interest rates.
Should I renew my apartment lease or buy a home for myself? You’re curious about options and curiosity is a great mindset to be in. It sure beats asking questions later like, “How do I break my lease?” or “how did my new home lose so much value?”
The keyword in the answer to this question is “amicable” as in the communication and resulting terms being such. With the support of the goal of one party keeping the house by both parties, it can be done.
Thinking about buying a home in 2022? If so, you may be keeping a close eye on current mortgage rates. It can be hard to predict how rates will change in a given year, and rates alone aren’t the only thing to consider when buying a home, but they do have an impact on your finances.
What happens when the housing market crashes? Notice the question is when not if. A housing market crash is as inevitable as an outbound tide although some lunar tides reach higher or retreat further. This feels like a lunar tide to me.
Homes in rural areas are generally much less expensive than those in cities and the suburbs. For the same price as some suburban homes, you can often purchase a great house on several acres of land in a rural environment. If you’ve ever been interested in starting a homestead or owning horses, buying a home in the country could be your first step toward realizing those goals.
Home Ownership is a Competitive Sport. How will you win? Meet “Peter Purchase” your homebuyer planner. Peter lives and works here (in our Commonwealth) not there (at a call center in a different time zone). If you decide to work with us (and we decide to work with you) you will most likely meet Peter, […]
f you’ve been bidding on homes with no success, you may be searching for a solution that will guarantee you win your next bid. One such solution is what’s known as an “escalation clause.” While including an escalation clause in your bid could improve your chances of securing your next home, there are pros and cons to using one. Here’s what you need to know.
Purchasing a home is an important stage of life that most of us aspire to. But it’s not uncommon for us to live in rental units for a time, especially when we’re still young and just starting our careers. Apartment life might be sustainable for a little while. But eventually, there comes a time when you realize you’re throwing away money that you could be investing in the equity of a home.
When it comes to real estate, one of the most common questions people have is, “When is it the right time to buy or sell a home?” Often, the right time to buy or sell has less to do with market conditions and more to do with your family’s needs. But if you want to get the best deal in your transaction, it pays to keep an eye on the market.
Make Sure Your New Property Isn’t Sinking First There’s a certain attraction to living in Boston. Although it’s quite expensive, living in the heart of the city means you get to be close to some of the best things the state has to offer, including a rich history, world-class healthcare facilities, and plenty of day […]