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Goodbye, Junk! 5 Tips for Reducing the Amount of ‘Stuff’ You Need to Move to Your New Home

November 25, 2015 by Rilian Ball

Are you in the process of buying a new home? Then now is the perfect time to finally go through all the clutter and make some tough decisions about what needs to move with you and what needs to go away. There is no point in waiting until after a move to go through the junk lying around, as tempting as it may be, so here are five ways to decide what should find a new home before a move. Start With A Trip To The Dump Before starting your move, grab some garbage bags and do a sweep of the house, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Home Buyer Tips Tagged With: Buying A Home, Home Buyer Tips, Moving Tips

Existing Home Sales Fall More Than Expected

November 24, 2015 by Rilian Ball

Sales of previously owned homes reached 5.36 million sales on a seasonally adjusted annual basis and fell by 3.40 percent in October according to the National Association of Realtors®. Rising home prices and a shortage of available homes strained housing markets. Concerns over potentially higher mortgage rates may have sidelined home buyers as concerns over an anticipated rate hike by the Federal Reserve persisted. Many analysts expect the Federal Reserve to raise rates at its December … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Market Outlook Tagged With: Lawrence Yun, Market Outlook, National Assoication of Realtors

What’s Ahead For Mortgage Rates This Week – November 23, 2015

November 23, 2015 by Rilian Ball

Last week's economic events included reports the National Association of Home Builders Housing Market Index, Housing Starts and the release of minutes for the most recent meeting of the Fed's Federal Open Market Committee. The details: NAHB: Builder Confidence in Housing Markets Dips The National Association of Home Builders reported that builder confidence dropped to a reading of 62 as compared to October's revised reading of 65. Any NAHB reading above 50 indicates that more builders are … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Market Outlook Tagged With: Commerce Department, Federal Open Market Committee, National Association of Home Builders

What Factors Affect Mortgage Payments?

November 20, 2015 by Rilian Ball

As you can see in the video below, the amount of the down payment the size of the mortgage loan, the interest rate the length of the repayment term and payment schedule will all affect the size of your mortgage payment. In bullets: Down payment Loan size Interest rate - fixed or adjustable Repayment term - how long Payment schedule - how often all affect the size of your payment. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Mortgage Tips Tagged With: Mortgage Tips, Video Tips

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