Resisting Rental Scams…What to Know & What to Do
Apartment and rental house hunting can be an adventure... ...It can also be a real balancing act. Rental scams play out in different ways. Some scammers hijack someone’s real rental listing. They change the email address or other contact information, and ...
How Buyers Can Irk Sellers
Both parties have to come together in a transaction, and real estate professionals sometimes find themselves wedged in the middle of buyer and seller disagreements. Some sellers may accuse the home buyers of being too pushy with their demands. Bankrate.com ...
5 Mortgage Tips for Eastern Connecticut Home Buyers
Bankrate.com offers some tips for your home buyers on securing a mortgage, getting the best rate, and more. Be prepared to document your finances. Buyers should be prepared for extra review by lenders when underwriting mortgages due to new mortgage ...
BUY NOW OR WAIT? THE MORTGAGE FORECAST FOR 2014
Every prospective Eastern Connecticut homebuyer hopes to capture the best possible interest rate when applying for a mortgage loan. With the topsy-turvy housing market and general state of the economy over the past few years, lucky homebuyers have been able ...
Your Credit Score is Important!
Your credit score is important for everything you do in life, especially with the latest changes in mortgage financing (See 1/21/14 QM post). That’s why the Eastern Connecticut Association of REALTORS® will be offering three seminars in March throughout the ...
REALTORS®, CFPB to Monitor Impacts of QM Mortgage Rule
NAR has been working with federal regulators since Congress in 2010 passed massive banking reform legislation, part of which created the qualified mortgage and qualified residential mortgage rules. NAR has told regulators it will be watching to see what impact ...
2013 Eastern CT sales up, values flat
The number of Eastern Connecticut single family sales rose 13.23% in 2013 over 2012 but the average and median sales prices were essentially flat, declining 1.40% and 2.75% respectively. Get all the data for single families, condos, multifamilies, residential ...
Is it time to get off the fence and buy a home?
If you been thinking about buying a home, read the following excerpt from a REALTOR Magazine article and you decide…. “Though borrowing costs are increasing as interest rates have lifted from their historical lows, some real estate professionals believe the ...
Twitter Chat Recap: 2013 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers
The National Association of REALTORS® Research Department held a Twitter Chat to discuss the highlights from the newly released 2013 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers. Research's Director of Member and Consumer Survey Research, Jessica Lautz, discussed the latest info ...
Interested in getting a CT Real Estate License?
Taking the steps to getting a Connecticut real estate license can seem overwhelming. However, in actuality, its rather simple. Complete the required 60 hour "Principles & Practices of Real Estate" class. Once you've successfully completed the class, you'll submit your course ...