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Sometimes, even after your mortgage application has been approved, you have to scratch your head at apparent non-sequiturs that attach to the process (for instance, when a loan is made contingent upon your repaying an ultra-low-interest credit account). Even more so if your perfectly dandy financ...
02/20/2014
BACK ON THE MAREKT with a BRAND NEW PRICE! Because You Deserve It! A beautifully orchestrated symphony of design and architecture is reflected in this exquisite Bentley built original. This Fine Home is situated in a much desired - Philadelphia Main Line location on a cul-de-sac lot in the popula...
02/20/2014
The difference between a ‘Foreclosure’ and a ‘Bank-Owned Home’ may be technical, but important to understand.  Foreclosures are properties that are auctioned off in a court process. A bank-owned home, on the other hand, is one that has reverted to the mortgage issuer: a bank. A foreclosure can ch...
02/17/2014
The photos that make up your listing will be key to your home’s marketing effort. If that first impression is positive (or even if it only raises curiosity), those images will have helped you past the all-important first hurdle. What makes a listing a visual triumph? I’m afraid that belongs in re...
02/14/2014
One day an old man was riding a donkey to town with a young boy walking right beside him. The townspeople saw this and yelled at the old man for allowing the young boy to be walking on such a hot day... Hearing this, the old man got off the donkey and put the boy in his place. The townspeople saw...
02/07/2014
BACK ON THE MAREKT with a BRAND NEW PRICE! Because You Deserve It! A beautifully orchestrated symphony of design and architecture is reflected in this exquisite Bentley built original. This Fine Home is situated in a much desired - Philadelphia Main Line location on a cul-de-sac lot in the popula...
02/03/2014
Philadelphia Metro area property owners, whether they are single homeowners or large institutions holding multiple rental properties, are members of the same club—at least by one definition. They are all real estate investors, even though not all of them are the kind of property owners who keep a...
01/28/2014
As reflected in the near-record national rise in home prices, homeowners as a whole had much to cheer about in 2013. According to the S&P Case-Shiller Index* area home prices increased 13.6% from October 2012—and in fact, they’ve been improving at a faster annual rate  in each month for almost tw...
01/21/2014
Recent jobs report met familiar disagreement about the progress of the nation’s economic recovery: more new jobs, yes; too many of them part-time: yes; economy improving: sort of; enough? Barely— if at all…etc. etc. etc. What is less controversial is the resumption of the nation’s home-buying pre...
01/17/2014
Luxury home sales often trace a path that differs from the rest of the market. Just as high-end buyers can afford to take their time to find exactly the property they are looking for, luxury homeowners tend to pick and choose when they will market their properties. That's pretty much what happene...
01/07/2014
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