The August 2019 housing report uses the numbers for July 2019. While August 2019 home sales decreased slightly, the median sales price rose 5.7% from August 2018 to be $263,000.00. Having 44 days as average time on market, which is actually up 1 day from August 2018. The total number of homes for ... » Learn More about August 2019 RE/MAX Housing Report
Real Estate Tips
Keep Your Home Flu Free
Keep your home from being a breeding ground for the cold or flu virus using these simple tips. 6 Approaches to Keep Your Home Flu Free 1. Control your remote What’s the first thing someone does after calling in sick to work or school? They reach for the remote and hunker ... » Learn More about Keep Your Home Flu Free
Life Insurance Policy Cover Your Mortgage
Your home is one of the largest financial investments you and your family will likely make. For the majority of home-buyers, the mortgage will last for many, many years, often decades. For anyone who is the primary person responsible for paying the mortgage, what is going to happen in the event you ... » Learn More about Life Insurance Policy Cover Your Mortgage
Fake real estate agent
A man who allegedly posed as a real estate agent to acquire hefty rental fees has been arrested in Westchester County, New York. Fake real estate agent used Trulia, Zillow to scam renters As first reported by the Putnam Daily Voice, Irvington police arrested Ricardo ... » Learn More about Fake real estate agent
Word of caution-Risky Mortgage Product
The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) is instructing banks to keep tight underwriting standards for a risky form of unconventional mortgage that is focused on a borrower’s assets. The “asset loan” - a form of mortgage once associated with the wealthy - is now being used ... » Learn More about Word of caution-Risky Mortgage Product