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Negotiating tips for today’s homebuyer

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How can you make sure you pay as little as possible for the home you love? * Know what comparable properties are selling for. If the home is priced higher than the competition, then your seller should be willing to negotiate. In addition, if the price is significantly...

Noise: it’s the number one issue you should be concerned with

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I’m not a cranky person. I only get annoyed at things that are annoying. Like, noisy neighbors. If you live in a condo, you probably have an upstairs neighbor, a downstairs neighbor, and perhaps a neighbor or two on your own floor. A potentially disastrous...

Are homes good investments?

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Why are you buying a home, versus renting? The easy answer for most people is, “Because I need a place to live and I’m tired of paying my landlord and I want to build some equity and I want to own my own place and put down roots.” Plus, in the...

Are you in an “untraditional” relationship? You can still buy a home

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More and more people are staying unmarried these days. Maybe the 50% divorce rate has something to do with it, I don’t know. Really, I don’t know. Living this way doesn’t mean you have to miss out on all of the advantages of being married. Unmarried...

The cost of owning – figuring whether or not housing is expensive

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Okay, for those of you interesting in the whole “Buy vs. Rent” thing, I found a new study that seems to provide a good way of comparing the costs of both. A Formula The formula for the annual cost of home ownership, also known in the housing literature as...

Mass.: New Agency Disclosure Forms Required

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Mass.: New Agency Disclosure Forms Required National Association of Realtors – Under regulations that go into effect on July 1, all real estate practitioners in Massachusetts must use a new mandatory agency disclosure that aims to bring clarity to agency...