The Difference Between Your Mortgage Rate and the Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
Understanding the difference between an annual percentage rate (APR) and an interest rate could save you thousands of dollars on your...
Why Is There So Much Paperwork Required To Get A Mortgage?
Why is there so much paperwork mandated by the lenders for a mortgage loan application when buying a home today? It seems that they need...
What is the Cost of Waiting Until 2019 to Buy a Home?
Over the course of the last 12 months, home prices have appreciated by 7.0%. Over the same amount of time, interest rates have remained...
Mortgage Default Explained: What Really Happens When You Can't Pay Up
If you've got a mortgage, we hope your mama hammered home how important it is to make those mortgage payments on time, every month. This...
Assessed Value vs. Market Value: What's the Difference?
Homes don't come with sticker prices set in stone. Rather they are moving targets - that's what makes buying and selling real estate so...
Hey, Homeowners! These Little-Known Tax Deductions Can Save You Thousands
You probably already know that owning a home comes with some sweet tax benefits, like the mortgage-interest and property-tax deductions....
Zillow’s 6 Housing Market Predictions for 2017
Well, as many had been wishing for, 2016 is officially behind us. And as the year came to a close, predictions for the 2017 housing...
