The story goes like this: A friends of mine who is a mortgage lender was really upset and was having a horrible week when I called. It turns out that he got involved in a loan transaction for some questionable people (both the buyer and real estate agent). Now, what he knew and when he [...]

I have been telling buyers now is the time to buy particularly if you were looking for help from sellers in the form of seller-funded down payment
assistance. Read below from the Poughkeepsie Journal:
Housing industry observers expect that prospective buyers will scramble to take advantage of seller-funded down-payment assistance before a federal ban on such [...]

I recently completed an informal survey of a group of realtors who have been in the business from one to 30 years asking them this question: “Is there a perfect house?” Their answer: A resounding “no!” Perhaps the best response from the group was that “a perfect house is in the eye of the beholder.”�
I [...]

Parents if you are thinking you’d like to help the kids buy their first place check out these tips before making a decision.
Helping the kids buy a first home is a time-honored tradition that has become even more significant as home prices rise and incomes flatten.
Here are three ways parents can help their children:
Cash. For [...]