... And what you should do before listing your home for sale The housing market keeps chugging along! The National Association of Realtors (NAR) reports that there were 410,000 fewer single-family homes for sale…
If you have ever bought a home, then you probably know about closing costs. But if you’re buying a house for the first time, you might be surprised to learn…
When you buy a house, you may not know exactly how your real estate agent gets paid. Are you supposed to pay them outside of the sale? The answer to…
In another post, we discussed the closing costs a San Francisco Bay Area buyer must pay before title can transfer. In this post, we'll cover real estate transfer tax specifically.…
A Fannie Mae survey recently revealed some of the most highly-rated benefits of homeownership, which continue to be key drivers in today’s power-packed housing market. (In case you missed it, today's housing market…
Mello-Me, Mello-Yous, Mello-They, Mello-Roos! All kidding aside, if you're a first-time home buyer in Los Angeles County, you've probably heard of (or soon will hear of!) Mello-Roos Tax. What is…
According to data from the Origination Insight Report by Ellie Mae, the average FICO® score on closed loans was 753 in February 2021. (FYI, a “perfect” credit score is 850).…
20% down payments aren't the standard anymore. You might not need as much money as you think! One of the biggest misconceptions for first-time homebuyers is how much you’ll need…
Will housing prices keep going up? Will mortgage interest rates stay low? What does 2021 have in store for us in the real estate industry? Will housing prices keep going…
Home buyers today are faced with an exceptionally strong seller's market, which means there are a lot of active buyers competing for a relatively low number of available homes (or more…