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by The KCM Crew You’ve decided to sell your house. You begin to interview potential real estate agents to help you through the process. You need someone you trust enough to: Set the market value on possibly the largest asset your family owns (your home) Set the time schedule for the successfu...
02/06/2014
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by The KCM Crew We are often asked if it makes sense to hire a real estate professional when buying or selling a home. We always emphatically answer – YES! Here are five reasons why: PAPERWORK An agent will help with all disclosures and paperwork necessary in today’s heavily regulated env...
02/03/2014
by Nikki Buckelew Today we are pleased to welcome back Nikki Buckelew as our guest blogger. Nikki is the Founder and CEO of the Seniors Real Estate Institute. We already know from NAR that 1 in 4 home sales in 2012 involved a seller over the age of 65. It’s also no secret that the aging popu...
01/16/2014
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by The KCM Crew Many housing pundits are calling for home sales to do slightly better in 2014 than they did in 2013. To the contrary, we strongly believe that home sales will skyrocket with increases of 10-15% in 2014. Here are the three categories of buyers we believe will create this strong...
01/06/2014
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By Ric Edelman November 2013 It’d be easy for me to tell you to take the bus or keep your junker for another 140,000 miles, but that’s not realistic. Besides, you know all that stuff anyway. So, since you’re going to get a new car no matter what I say, let’s answer the question: Should you ...
12/30/2013
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by The KCM CrewEric Belsky is Managing Director of the Joint Center of Housing Studies at Harvard University. He also currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Housing Research and Housing Policy Debate. This year he released a new paper on homeownership - The Dream Lives On: the...
12/10/2013
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Movement Movement has the loan programs to help you with the finacning of these repairs into the purchase of your home. We are happy to introduce Preston Sandlin as our guest blogger today. Preston is the owner and founder of Home Inspection Carolina and has over 15 years experience in the inspec...
12/05/2013
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by The KCM Crew Approximately 5.6 million property owners in over 20,000 communities across the country rely on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) for flood insurance. A new law, the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012, will force major changes in the NFIP.Despite efforts b...
11/27/2013
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Have you been working with a buyer who is doesn't see the potential of a home? Movement Mortgage has mastered the FHA purchase / rehab loan program and now we are able to do the same for Fannie Mae HomePath Renovation and the Fannie Mae HomeStyle mortgage programs. Renovation loans offer buyers a...
11/27/2013
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We are pleased to have Carrie Van Brunt-Wiley, editor of the HomeInsurance.com Blog, return as our guest blogger today. The HomeInsurance.com blog serves as a resource center for insurance consumers and homebuyers across the country. – The KCM Crew One of the first stages during the hunt f...
11/14/2013