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The Complete Guide to Buying a Home As a Government Employee

Raleigh Realty

Build Equity Every time you make a mortgage payment, you build equity in your home. Think of equity as the amount of money your home is worth after what you owe is deducted. When your home value goes up and you start paying off the loan's principal balance, that builds equity. How Do You Qualify for HUD Programs?

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Appraising Fixer Uppers

Appraisal Today

Appraisers sought to bracket the subject using three comparable sales. Like the bedtime story of Goldilocks and Three Bears, appraisers sought to identify three sales like the porridge Goldilocks finds in the home of the three bears: one hot, one cold, and one just right. What it won’t need to be is a state-licensed appraiser.

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Houston Housing Market Forecast: Current Data & 2021 Predictions

Houston Properties

For certain parts of the economy, usually in the upper-income brackets, they didn’t carry a lot of debt and they couldn’t go out to spend their money. We expect a nationwide drop in home values as home inventory continues to shrink and we start to feel the economic impact of last year’s mishaps.

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The art (and the importance) of pricing your home to sell

Cornerstone

Economic Outlook from the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) shows that existing home prices in the U.S. Experts project that home values will continue to increase throughout the year. This chart paints a clearer picture: How can you make sure your home is priced to sell? Work with a skilled real estate agent.

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