Archive for the ‘Buying a Home’ Category

What’s your mortgage IQ?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

    Test your mortgage knowledge with this Q&A quiz How much do you know about mortgages? With this quiz, you’ll get answers to common mortgage questions that come up when you shop for a new home. Read on to understand the key terminology and important things you should consider when selecting a mortgage that’s…Read More »

Top 5 tips for homebuyers

Wednesday, February 5th, 2014

  From questions to confidence—feel at home while buying one Buying a new home is a major decision, but it doesn’t have to be intimidating. Here are some tips, so you aren’t surprised along the way.                                                            Take the advice Your real estate agent is your partner and a valuable asset. He or she…Read More »

Aquino Homes – Working for You

Thursday, January 30th, 2014

The world of residential real estate brokers is a landscape of extreme differences. The general public is aware of some differences but is unaware of the huge differences that actually exist. At first glance the differences are about size; big, small and in between. Those differences are obvious but the real difference has to do…Read More »

Pending sales down for fifth month in a row in October to lowest level since December

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013

Pending home sales dipped for the fifth month in a row in October, falling 0.6 percent from September and 1.6 percent from a year ago to the lowest level since December, the National Association of Realtors said, saying the government shutdown was partly to blame. While the Northeast and Midwest saw modest gains, those were…Read More »

Housing Trends

Tuesday, November 19th, 2013

Housing Trends • Time on market for non-distressed properties remained steady. •   The damaged REO share of distressed property sales increased in many areas. • After months of declines, investor participation increased slightly in September. Time on Market ‘Great, clean homes sell in less than two weeks. Homes priced too high linger and get…Read More »

Increase in Interest Rates Had Minimal Impact on Housing Activity

Tuesday, November 12th, 2013

> Little Impact from Higher Interest Rates > FHA Share Declining > Chase Social Media Webinar > Housing Demand Remains Strong Issue  / November 2013 Increase in Interest Rates Had Minimal Impact on Housing Activity Three months after interest rates on mortgages started to increase, the housing market showed few signs of weakness due to…Read More »

You can do it !!

Sunday, September 29th, 2013

http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/212-the-extra-degree/                                                ↑   CLICK HERE  ↑

What’s Your Market’s Median Home Price?

Saturday, September 14th, 2013

Interactive Median Home Price Map Zoom in to your metropolitan statistical area to get the latest quarterly median home price for your market, and its percentage change from the previous quarter. View Metropolitan Sales Areas Q2 2012 in a larger map

Thursday, September 5th, 2013

http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/212-the-extra-degree/

Inventory shortages ease

Tuesday, July 16th, 2013

Inventory shortages that constrained home sales this spring are beginning to ease, with the number of homes listed for sale trending upwards in June, according to realtor.com data, The Wall Street Journal reports. The total number of listings rose by 4.3 percent from May to June, to 1.9 million homes. While that’s down by 7.3…Read More »