Buyer Tips
Why Columbus Home Sales Will Improve by 20% in July
Yesterday the Columbus Board of Realtors published home sales statistics for June 2011. The media sharks have been waiting for this moment in their press rooms to report more bad news about the real estate market. Lets take a look at a newspaper you should be able to...
Beautiful Pictures of Ugly Houses
I never thought that abandoned houses could look beautiful. In his project 100 Abandoned Houses, Kevin Bauman captures a quiet, melancholic spirit that comes with desolate, defunct structures sitting on an abandoned street. His pictures are from Detroit, MI. This...
Fannie Mae’s Secret Trick That Yields Premium Offers
Over the past few weeks we lost a few bids on Columbus OH homes for sale, because the selling agent was able to get higher offers on these houses after we submitted our contract. Most of the homes I am talking about were either Fannie Mae owned or other bank-owned...
How To Buy New Homes No-Money-Down in 2011
As we enter the spring of 2011 we read a lot about the tough, new lending standards and how hard it is to get a mortgage for your for your home purchase. Minimum down payments have increased and loop-holes that got buyers into homes for sale without any down payment...
Tax Consequences of Homebuying You Never Thought About
Do you realize that buying a home may have unexpected tax consequences? Most people only think of two when they purchase a house: They will have to pay property taxes, which are typically rolled into their monthly mortgage payment. They can deduct mortgage interest...
Why Buying a Home Will Be More Expensive This Spring
Are we out of the housing recession? According to the Clear Capital Home Data Index (HDI) Columbus is ranked number 5 in a list of cities with increasing home values. The HDI covers the 50 largest cities in the US. It predicts year to year changes of home prices. A...
Why Anti-Flipping Rules Can Hurt Home Buyers
House flipping has been the subject of numerous reality TV shows. Real estate investors would make quick cash by buying homes low, fixing them up and selling them for a substantial profit. Sounds pretty easy - right? These shows do not mention, how hard it is for...
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