What the Fiscal Cliff Deal Means for your Mortgage Rate
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/08/2013
- Real Estate
While the U.S. didn’t go completely over the fiscal cliff, it seems it is still kind of dangling. However, there has been, and will continue to be, an impact on mortgage rates throughout 2013. While you wait for the next shoe to drop, ...
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How to Locate Foreclosure Data Online
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/06/2013
- Real Estate
Chalk up another one to the internet. Tracking down pending foreclosures used to require a lot of legwork. Now much of this information can be found online provided you know where to look. There are more sources than you may think and if ...
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Why Buy Title Insurance?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 03/01/2013
- Real Estate
Title insurance is a policy that brings peace of mind to a property owner. It lets the homeowner know that the property you think you own is indeed yours. The title company did a search through years of public records tracing the chain of ...
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How Does Real Estate Valuation Work?
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/30/2013
- Real Estate
The best approach to valuing real estate is to hire a real estate appraiser. Appraisers have a method to determine the best and closest fair market value of real estate property. One of their three approaches will be the right one for your ...
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How to Create a Chain of Title
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/25/2013
- Real Estate
The chain of title plays a significant role in the purchase and sale of real estate. A title company is responsible for tracing ownership and changes that establish a clean title for the buyer. Often, the trail could lead back to a ...
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Should You Buy or Rent a House? Pros & Cons
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/21/2013
- Real Estate
Should you buy a home? Or should you rent? The answer is….it depends. You need more than just a basic comparison between monthly mortgage and monthly rent to show you which would be best financially for you. Plus there are other reasons ...
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4 Appraisal Updates: The Changing Landscape of the Appraisal Industry
- CourthouseDirect.com Team
- 01/09/2013
- Real Estate
Would-be homeowners are more than familiar with the varied costs associated with the home-buying process. Between credit reports, document preparation, mortgage loans, homeowner’s and title insurance policies and land surveying, there are ...
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