Home Buying
The Utah State University Family Life Center has released their schedule for their First Time Home Buyer workshops for 2011. These workshops provide great information on home buying, using real estate agents, mortgage financing, home inspections, and much more. In addition, buyers looking to take advantage of the Neighborhood Nonprofit Organization Grant Money must attend [...]
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One metric home buyers and real estate agents use as to quickly determine a homes value is the price per square foot. Because homes are of different ages, conditions, and locations, there is no standard $ per square footage that applies for all Cache Valley Homes. There are lots of variables that make $ per [...]
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Robert just posted a new video on the Cornerstone video blog, where he discussed five reasons why its an excellent time to be a home buyer. The current buying conditions are creating a perfect storm for real estate sales. Not only are real estate prices at their lowest points in years, but interest rates are [...]
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When a buyer makes an offer on Utah Real Estate, they are usually presented with the option of purchasing a Home Warranty. The purpose of home warranties is to protect buyers from financial expenses that might arise from unforeseen future complications associated with home ownership. Home warranties generally last for one year and can offer [...]
The VA loan is a great program for Veteran’s, who want to buy a house. It is one of the few available loans that truly offers 100% financing. Basically, if you served active, full time, military service for atleast 180 days, you can probably qualify for the VA home loan. Spouses of deceased vets can [...]
-What do Realtors do for buyers? Using a Realtor to aid in the buying process is a huge advantage for buyers. They get the help of somebody who knows the local market, who has been in many of the homes for sale, and has a feel for what homes are priced well and what homes [...]
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While home sales are way down from the past five years, they really may not be that far from where they would be if there never was a housing boom. If there weren’t hundreds of unqualified buyers and investors buying homes they shouldn’t have bought, where would home sales be now? This graph shows us [...]
Facts are facts. And right now home sales in Utah are substantially down compared to what they normally are at this time of year. The Utah Association of Realtors recently conducted a survey among recent home buyers, to find out their attitudes towards buying, and not buying Utah real estate. The report wasn’t very specific, [...]
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Before I ever got my real estate license, I was always interested in HUD homes. I didn’t really understand what they were, but just new that they were foreclosure homes that were usually in disrepair and could be purchased for less than other real estate. One deceiving thing I learned about HUD homes is that [...]
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The slow real estate market has increased the number of homes for sale in Logan UT that are offering lease options. Right now there are 22 lease option homes for sale in Logan. A couple years ago, I assisted some sellers with a lease option. At that time there were only three other homes being [...]
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