The proliferation of recent newspaper headlines such as “It’s A Buyers’ Market”; “Home Repossession Rates Skyrocket” and “Interest Rate Increase Causes Slump in the Property Market”, suggest that now is a good time to buy real estate. Many commentators are...

You’ve listed your home for sale. After a stressful wait, you receive the first written offer. A glorious day indeed, but now you have a problem. You have to evaluate whether it is good or bad! Most home sellers tend to think of buyer offers in absolutes. By this, I mean they think an offer is either...

You unlucky soul. You missed the red hot real estate market and now need to sell your home in a bad market. So, can it be done and, if so, what are your options? The first thing is to take a bit of solace. You are not the only one in this situation. While the real estate may go through periods of hot and...

In order to uncover the mystery of how our parents and grandparents learned that a mortgage was a necessary evil, we must go back in time to the Great Depression. In 1920’s a common clause is loan agreements gave banks the right to demand full repayment of a loan at any time. Since this was like asking...

Own Real Estate With No Money? So how is this possible you ask? Well, its really quite simple. One way of purchasing a piece of real estate without putting any money down upfront, is to have the person that is selling the home, pay the closing costs. Lets assume that you want to purchase a piece of real...