Posts Tagged "home buying"

Unusual Homes For Sale

Posted in Featured, General Musings

Unusual Homes For Sale

They say there is a home for everyone…and we believe that (that would be why we are Realtors and anxiously engaged in doing just that…finding the right home for folks)… We discovered this page on CNN Money that takes things a little further by showing some of the more “unusual and Cool” homes that are for sale around the country.  Hope you enjoy! Oh…and if you want to find a cool and unusual home here in Utah….well, give us a call at 801.819.9005 cause that’s what we do! Cool  Homes Around The...

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It’s Simple: Now Is the Time to Buy a Home

Posted in Featured, General Musings, Housing Analysis

It’s Simple: Now Is the Time to Buy a Home

The millionaire says to a thousand people, “I read this book and it started me on the road to wealth.”  Guess how many go out and get the book? Very few.  Isn’t that incredible? Why wouldn’t everyone get the book? Read the rest of the article here:  It’s Simple: Now Is the Time to Buy a Home.

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We Think We’re Going To Believe Grandpa

Posted in 1st Time Homebuying, General Musings

We Think We’re Going To Believe Grandpa

Now, we would love you to believe that we write EVERYthing that goes into this blog…but in this case, this post comes from the KCM Crew at www.keepingcurrentmatters.com and it has such great thoughts, we are reposting with thier kind permission. We Think We’re Going to Believe Grandpa by The KCM Crew on March 22, 2011 · 2 comments   There are those currently debating the financial advantages of owning a home. Some are looking at studies and reporting that homeownership has never really been a great investment. One of these people is Jack C. Francis, a former Federal Reserve...

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Double Double Toil & Trouble-Buying & Selling At The Same Time

Posted in For Buyers, If You're Selling

Double Double Toil & Trouble-Buying & Selling At The Same Time

Buying  or selling a home can be stressful  individually, but to do both at the same time can be…well, not to put too fine a point on it….Overwhelming.  And the reality is…sometimes you gotta do just that!  Now the obvious sales pitch here is “Use a Realtor”, but the fact is, there is more to it than that.  So here are some suggestions. 1.        Get yourself a notebook someplace to keep all the information you need to coordinate the move from old to new.  Record important dates like when you have to be relocated (and this applies to moving across town And moving to...

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Will Interest Rates Or Home Prices Make A Difference?

Posted in For Buyers, General Musings

Will Interest Rates Or Home Prices Make A Difference?

Buying a Home In Salt Lake City, Ut Will Interest Rates Or Home Prices Make A Difference? One of our clients, a first time homebuyer, asked us the other day whether they should wait for home prices to drop more before buying a home. They were also concerned about interest rates rising and rightly so.  Our answer to them was twofold (don’t you just love literary elegance?) and we thought we would pass this on to you as well. Interest rates are indeed on the rise. They are higher today than the 4.785 that we have been seeing for the last several months in Salt Lake.  Now this means not...

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