by Susanne Dwyer | Aug 19, 2018 | Advice, Buying/Selling, For Your Clients, Latest News |
Today’s Ask the Expert column features Dan Steward, president of Pillar To Post Home Inspectors. Q: When guiding clients through the real estate process, how can I ensure that they’re prepared to find success when in the midst of a seller’s market?...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 30, 2018 | Advice, For Your Clients, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News |
(TNS)—Q: I will soon make our final mortgage payment. My wife will retire in two years and I will work to age 67. We are both 60 today. Because I don’t get a pension I really have been looking forward to this final payment. We bought the house 25 years ago, but...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 29, 2018 | Advice, For Your Clients, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News |
Every homeowner knows they need a full range of homeowner’s insurance coverage to protect them from the many contingencies that could befall them, from liabilities related to trip hazards, fire, theft and weather events. What about vacation homes? Do these...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 23, 2018 | Advice, For Your Clients, Home Spun Wisdom |
(TNS)—I get many rental-related questions where the answers are too short to write a whole column about—but they are important questions. Here I answer several of them. Q: I have rented part of a house for several years, paying monthly without a written lease, and...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 22, 2018 | Advice, Consumer, For Your Clients, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News, News |
(TNS)—Not knowing your mortgage rate can be an expensive mistake, especially in this rising interest rate market. Yet nearly three in 10 mortgage holders (29 percent) either didn’t know their mortgage rate or wouldn’t say, according to a survey by...
by Susanne Dwyer | Jul 19, 2018 | Advice, Buying/Selling, For Your Clients, Home Spun Wisdom, Latest News |
(TNS)—Home prices have shot up in some areas of the U.S., to the point where buyers need jumbo loans to finance them. In mortgage-speak, jumbo refers to loans that exceed the limits set by the government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) that buy most home loans and...