Source: AARP — Mary O’Grady’s real estate agent had some disconcerting advice when she was looking to buy a house last year. “She said, ‘If you don’t waive an inspection, your bid probably won’t even get considered,’ ” recalls O’Grady, 67, from Rochester, New...
Source: Richmond Times Dispatch — Ray LaMontagne most likely wasn’t referring to real estate in his song titled “Trouble” featured in an iconic Travelers Insurance commercial where a dog frets about a good place to hide his bone with the lyrics “worry just...
Source: Which — First Direct and Nationwide Building Society have been named the best mortgage lenders of 2021, based on a combination of customer feedback and Which? analysis of the best deals on the market. We spoke to more than 3,500 homeowners and analyzed...
Source: Reuters — Close to half a million low-income homeowners in the United States, many of them minorities, are nearing the end of mortgage forbearance plans that allowed them to halt loan payments during the pandemic, presenting a test for the mortgage...
Source: The Fool — Home prices are on the rise. And now, so are mortgage balances. Anyone who’s been following the residential real estate market knows that home values keep climbing as limited inventory and low mortgage ratescontinue to drive buyer...
Source: USA Today — Buying a house at any time can be stressful. But when relocating from one part of the country to another in a competitive seller’s market, the process poses even more hurdles to overcome. Just ask Adam and Mariah Cooke. The couple had been...
Hits and Misses for the Real Estate Week of Aug. 3-7
