Real Estate Q&A: How to Do Away with Private Mortgage Insurance
(MCT)—QUESTION: We bought our home in 2005 with a no-down-payment loan that required private mortgage insurance. Since then, we have...
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Howard Hanna Real Estate Services Expands Footprint into Virginia and North Carolina
At a recent press conference held in Virginia Beach, Va., Howard Hanna Real Estate Services announced the merger with William...
Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
Mortgage applications increased 2.6 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage...
Top Trends in Real Estate for 2014
(MCT)—Gabe Cole bought and sold 15 homes last year as part of his sideline as a house flipper. This year,...
NAR Extends Alliance with Chrysler Group LLC
Part of the cost of doing business as a real estate agent is spending a considerable amount of time driving...
Mortgage Rates Stay Largely Unchanged
Freddie Mac recently released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing average fixed mortgage rates little changed...
‘Downton Abbey’ Style Comes to Modern American Homes
(MCT)—My anglophile roots are showing, but I’m not alone. Like millions of Americans, I love “Downton Abbey.” It’s not just...
Marketing Tactics to Integrate in 2014, Part 2: Local Marketing
Continuing our look at what lies ahead for real estate pros in 2014, here are the latest of the 14...
Along the Way to Real Estate
Your past shapes everything you do. There are no accidents but rather just valuable lessons wrapped up in sometimes unexpected...
Basic Training: Your Best Year Ever
Welcome to 2014; you made it! You survived, and some of you even thrived, through one of the most difficult...
Three Ways to Highlight Your Listing’s Neighborhood
Buyers are purchasing more than just a home when they sign their final offer—they’re buying into the entire neighborhood, so it’s a good idea to get acquainted with it yourself to highlight all of its features to potential buyers. Read more.
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