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The Case for Putting 20% Down on Your Next Home

For Buyers, Buying Tips, Affordability, Move-Up, Downsize / By Tatiana Janes

If you’re planning to buy your next home soon, you’ve probably heard the old rule about saving 20% for your down payment.

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Thinking About Waiting for Lower Mortgage Rates? Read This First.

For Buyers, Mortgage Rates, Buying Tips, Affordability, Forecasts, Economy / By Tatiana Janes

Imagine waiting a year to buy a home, only to find mortgage rates haven’t changed much. That may sound frustrating. But it’s a real possibility.

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Big Investors Are Backing Off and That’s Your Opening

For Buyers, First-Time Buyers / By Tatiana Janes

For years, a lot of would-be homebuyers have worried about the same thing. How do you compete with big investors who can swoop in, pay cash, and snap up the houses you want?

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Buying a Home? Here’s What You Should Know About Home Insurance Costs.

For Buyers, Buying Tips, Affordability / By Tatiana Janes

If buying a home is on your radar, you’ve probably been keeping an eye on mortgage rates and home prices. But don’t forget about homeowners insurance.

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Home Price Growth Slowed Down. That May Be Changing.

For Buyers, For Sellers, Buying Tips, Home Prices, Selling Tips / By Tatiana Janes

After more than a year of headlines talking about how home prices are going to crash, the latest data shows that price growth may be starting to pick back up again.

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Priced Out? A Condo or Townhome Could Be Your Way In.

For Buyers, First-Time Buyers, Buying Tips, Affordability, Downsize / By Tatiana Janes

Today’s home prices have a lot of buyers – especially first-time buyers – wondering if there’s even anything out there that’s in their budget.

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More Homes, Better Prices: A Buyer’s Summer

For Buyers, First-Time Buyers, Buying Tips, Home Prices, Inventory / By Tatiana Janes

If you’ve thought about buying a home in the past few years, you may have run into two frustrations: asking prices that kept climbing and too few homes to choose from.

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