Alan Barker on March 31st, 2010

When making an offer on a home for sale it doesn’t matter how much less than list price the average home has sold for. What does matter is how much the property is worth to you in comparison with the other homes you could buy.

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Do you want to buy a home that is a fixer upper, but don’t have the cash to fix it up? Is the home you are looking to buy a foreclosure, or in a state of disrepair where it won’t qualify for FHA financing? This morning Telly Longhurst from Longhurst Mortgage Group came to our [...]

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This morning I got a phone call from a guy wondering about Homes in Nibley for less than $50,000. His friend had told him that due to the bad economy, there were nice, well built, “repod” homes for sale in Nibley for less than $50,000. Unfortunately this just isn’t true. Not sure where his friend [...]

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Alan Barker on March 29th, 2010

I don’t usually include new Logan home listings in this blog, if you want to view Logan homes for sale, that’s what our other sites are for, but when I saw this listing the price astonished me, so I had to write about it. This property is in a convenient location, and has a good [...]

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Alan Barker on March 26th, 2010

Gas prices are nearly up to $3.00 a gallon again, and the weather in Northern Utah is starting to get warm. Is your house located somewhere where you can walk to stores, schools, and resturants? Is this something you have considered when shopping for your home? Well the Cornerstone Home Search websites: UtahCornerstone.com and NorthernUtahHomeSearch.com [...]

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One of the nice things about Cornerstone Real Estate agents, is that we are real people. We have real lives and do things besides real estate once in a while. We also have a few pretty stellar basketball players. Last night was the Championship Basketball game for Rec League Basketball in Logan City. One of [...]

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Alan Barker on March 24th, 2010

Mortgage Interest Rates rose today from fears of the US’s triple A credit rating lowering. This was recently done with Portugal because of its excessive debt, and fears that they will be able to pay it back. The Fed’s purchasing mortgaged backed securities is set to end this month. These purchases have artificially been keeping [...]

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At our weekly office meeting this morning we had a pretty good discussion about the status of the Logan Real Estate market, and what we are seeing as real estate agents. The upcoming expiration of the home buying tax credits is definitely playing a role in both buyer and seller behavior. Some of our agents [...]

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Alan Barker on March 23rd, 2010

Is it better to buy a new home or an older home? When shopping for a new home, buyers usually have a choice between newer homes and older homes. Both choices have their advantages, and most buyers have individual preferences based on their needs and desires. Here are a few of the advantages of buying [...]

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Alan Barker on March 22nd, 2010

On Thursday I had some new attic insulation installed in my house. My attic had some pretty pathetic insulation, especially for a house in Logan Utah where the weather isn’t exactly mild. Having the additional insulation put in seemed like the logical thing to do. Right now there are rebates being offered by both Questar, [...]

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