by Susanne Dwyer | May 1, 2017 | House Canary, Industry News |
Fannie Mae recently unveiled new options for homeowners with student loan debt aimed at alleviating the burden of payments and opening up credit availability. The options include opportunities for homeowners to exclude non-mortgage debt paid by others in a mortgage...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 29, 2017 | Advice, Home Spun Wisdom, House Canary, How-To, Latest News |
(TNS)—If you bought a house with a down payment of less than 20 percent, your lender required you to buy mortgage insurance. The same goes if you refinanced with less than 20 percent equity. Private mortgage insurance, called PMI for short, is expensive—but you can...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 27, 2017 | Best Practices, House Canary, Latest News, Teams |
I often hear from experienced and successful agents that they’re not sure if they want a big team. Let’s address that first by saying we’re all teams at some level. Because of the complicated nature of the real estate business, it would be very...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 26, 2017 | Agent, Agent, Best Practices, Branding, Broker, Broker, Business Insights, House Canary, Latest News, Marketing, Marketing, Social Media, Teams, Trends |
Social media advertising remains a mystery to many of us. Most of us have seen the statistics relating to the size and use of the larger social networks. We know that Facebook alone boasts over 1.71 billion active monthly users. Many of us have also attended seminars...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 26, 2017 | Agent, Agent, Best Practices, Best Practices, Broker, Broker, House Canary, Innovation, Latest News, Marketing, Niche, Teams, Technology |
The following information is provided by the Center for REALTOR® Development (CRD). The MLS is an essential part of the real estate business. Both real estate professionals and appraisers (and other allied professionals) rely on its data to price properties and...
by Susanne Dwyer | Apr 26, 2017 | House Canary, Industry News |
For many Americans, a mortgage is their single largest source of debt—and while a mortgage is not necessarily “bad” debt to have, some have so much so that their financial wellbeing is in jeopardy. Personal finance website WalletHub recently mapped out the...