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Equity Position Improvements | Cory Cybul
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July 22, 2014. Another sign of an improving economy — an improvement in the equity position of U.S. households. The Federal Reserve Board of Governors recently released data showing that homeowners are continuing to regain the equity in their homes they lost during the housing crisis that began in 2007. States with the highest share of negative-equity properties include Nevada, Arizona, Florida, and Mississippi. Those with the lowest share are Texas, Montana and North Dakota. You can follow any responses...
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May | 2014 | Cory Cybul
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Monthly Archives: May 2014. May 28, 2014. How are real estate agents paid? For all that they do, agents are paid by commission, rather than on an hourly rate. The commission they receive is based on the sale price and only after the completion of the sale. If they do not sell the home, or if they are unable to locate a home for a buyer, they aren’t paid. How much is the commission? Who pays the commission? May 20, 2014. Don’t forget the garage when staging your home. The garage is an important amenity...
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July | 2014 | Cory Cybul
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Monthly Archives: July 2014. July 29, 2014. Risks When Buying a Short-Sale Home. Mdash; The short-sale process generally takes longer than the regular closing process. The seller’s mortgage lender needs to approve the sale, which typically takes about two months. If there are other liens on the house (such as a second mortgage or home-equity line of credit), those lenders must approve it as well. Sometimes final approval can take six months or more. July 22, 2014. In its analysis of the data, CoreLogic f...
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February | 2014 | Cory Cybul
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Monthly Archives: February 2014. February 25, 2014. Are subprime loans making a comeback? Subprime loans make it possible for many homeowners to qualify for a mortgage and buy a home. In 2005, subprime loans also triggered a housing bubble that we are still feeling the effects of for nearly the last decade. Subprime loans are made to borrowers who are highest risk: either they don’t have a good income history, little or no down payment, or their credit scores are bad. The current subprime situation.
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April | 2014 | Cory Cybul
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Monthly Archives: April 2014. April 29, 2014. What stays with the house when it is sold? Sometimes there are misunderstandings about what goes and what stays when a home is sold. Nasty emails and phone calls between buyers, sellers and real estate agents after the sale are common. Some people even end up in court because buyers assume that sellers would be leaving something behind. The question to ask is “Is it permanently attached? What is personal property? It’s not the norm everywhere to include...
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6 Keys to Selling your House | Cory Cybul
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August 12, 2014. 6 Keys to Selling your House. Here are some areas to focus on so you don’t lengthen your sale by overlooking the basics. Every corner of your house needs to sparkle. The appearance of a dirty home will turn off most buyers. Hiring a cleaning service to scrub kitchen and bathroom floors, dust and polish all woodwork, and clean carpets is well worth the cost. If you don’t have it, buyers will drive right on by. The National Association of REALTORS estimates that adding curb appea...This en...
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Alternative Ways to Pay Your Mortgage | Cory Cybul
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June 10, 2014. Alternative Ways to Pay Your Mortgage. Are you looking for a different way to pay your mortgage? Maybe your payment is eating up all of one of your bimonthly paychecks and you’d like to spread it out. Or maybe you want to pay it off earlier. You have several options for making payments, either involving your lender or on your own. This entry was posted on Tuesday, June 10th, 2014 at 11:46 am and posted in Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Enter ...
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June | 2014 | Cory Cybul
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Monthly Archives: June 2014. June 24, 2014. Cash Purchases on the Rise. The latest Confidence Index, published by the National Association of REALTORS (NAR), found that more home buyers are paying cash – 33 percent in the first quarter of 2014. Usually when that number goes up, it’s because the number of distressed home sales has gone up. But in this case, the number of distressed home sales has actually gone down, a fact that has economists puzzled. Foreign buyers typically pay cash. June 17, 2014.
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March | 2014 | Cory Cybul
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Monthly Archives: March 2014. March 25, 2014. Here’s what you’ll need to do when you’re selling your home. When you make the decision to sell your home, there will be a lot of things that require your attention in order to put your home’s best foot forward to attract sellers. Hiring the right agent; pricing it correctly; marketing the home; staging. Tips to help sell your home when you have pets:. Get rid of the hair. Vacuuming doesn’t always work. You may have to attack the carpeting with lint...Hard su...
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August 12, 2014. 6 Keys to Selling your House. Here are some areas to focus on so you don’t lengthen your sale by overlooking the basics. Every corner of your house needs to sparkle. The appearance of a dirty home will turn off most buyers. Hiring a cleaning service to scrub kitchen and bathroom floors, dust and polish all woodwork, and clean carpets is well worth the cost. If you don’t have it, buyers will drive right on by. The National Association of REALTORS estimates that adding curb appea...We pay ...