NEW YORK – May 8, 2017 – Homeowners with a bad credit score can expect to pay double – in some cases, even nearly triple – what owners with solid credit pay for their home insurance, according to a new state-by-state study by insuranceQuotes. Policyholders with fair credit pay an average of 36 percent […]
Contract timing
Time is of the essence. It even says that on the contract! From the minute you are presented with a contract, the clock is ticking. If you are a buyer, you have to present your offer before another buyer swoops in with their own. If you are the seller, there is only a short […]
If Buyers Want to Save Money: Tell Them to Shop
If Buyers Want to Save Money: Tell Them to Shop DAILY REAL ESTATE NEWS | FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017 Home buyers who don’t gather more than one quote when shopping for a mortgage may be losing out on some savings to their monthly payments. Lenders can offer a wide dispersion of rates, up to 50 […]
Defying Predictions, Mortgage Rates Are Dropping—Here’s Why
By Clare Trapasso | Apr 21, 2017 Anxious would-be home buyers have been watching mortgage interest rates finally begin ticking up again in 2017, after years of historical lows. And when the Federal Reserve raised the short-term interest rate in March, the conventional wisdom was that mortgage rates would follow suit—as they typically do. But that’s […]