A new rule regarding listing houses for sale allows sellers to opt out of placing their homes into their local multiple listing service, the idea being to give their agents extra time to peddle the place within their own companies…
The allure of selling your home on your own, without hiring a real estate professional, is indeed a tempting one. After all, who doesn’t want to put thousands of dollars more into their pockets by foregoing that hefty 5% to…
Which would you rather pay a real estate agent to help you sell your $450,000 house: a 6% sales commission or $27,000 They’re exactly the same amounts, of course. But 27 grand sounds like a lot more than 6%, doesn’t…
In the market for a newly constructed house? You might want to hurry. Soon, new homes are likely to cost more and take longer to build. The reason: the Trump administration’s initiatives on tariffs and immigration. While the president has…
Attaching a check to the offer on a house you hope to purchase is the right way to signal your intentions to the seller. The larger the check, the more serious the buyer. But putting up earnest money is not…
It’s not an everyday occurrence. But once in a while, a homebuilder abruptly shuts down, leaving customers holding the proverbial bag. At the height of the Great Recession, for example, dozens of homebuilders suffered adverse changes that affected their buyers,…
Can you answer these two questions? 1. A landlord refuses to show or rent an apartment to someone who is not either Christian or Jewish. What type of discrimination is this: disability, familial status, racial or religious? 2. Oliver is…
Every homeowner who is considering hiring a contractor to do some work in or around their house should become familiar with the mechanic’s lien laws in their home state. Otherwise, if you have a beef with the person you hired…
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