Archive for the ‘Buying First Home’ Category

Selller Funded Down Payment Assistance Going Bye-Bye

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

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 […]

In Search of the Perfect Home

Tuesday, May 27th, 2008

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 […]

How to Help the Kids Buy First Home

Saturday, March 29th, 2008

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 […]