What You Can Gain — Or Lose — Selling Your Home to an iBuyer An iBuyer can help you to sell your house quickly by skipping some of the hassles of having a home on the market and letting you set your own timeline. But selling to an iBuyer — a real estate company that uses tech to buy and resell houses — isn’t for everyone. Not all homes will qualify, even if you live in an area where iBuyers op

3 Reasons Why It’s Important to Price Your Home to Sell Coming up with the right price when selling your home is a balancing act. You want to ask for as much as possible, but not so much that you turn away potential buyers. You also don’t want to cheat yourself with a price that’s lower than your home’s worth. The “right” price is one that’s in tune with what similar homes are selling for in you

Buying a House: Working With a Real Estate Agent to Make an Offer When making an offer, a real estate agent brings some pretty powerful assets to the table: market knowledge, objectivity and (hopefully) some well-honed negotiating skills. Buying a house is emotional, and your agent can help level the field by bringing a more rational approach to the transaction. Here’s how the two of you can work

3 Reasons to Hire a Seller’s Agent If you’re selling your home, you should expect a list of expenses. The commission you pay the seller’s agent is usually one of the biggest, around 3%-6% of your home’s selling price. This pays for the valuable work your seller’s agent, also known as a listing agent, does for you: preparing the home, marketing it, showing it to potential buyers and helping you

Home Equity Explained: What It Is and Why It Matters What is home equity? Building home equity is a bit like investing in a long-term instrument, like bonds. Your money is, for the most part, locked up and not spendable. There are some ways to tap it, but wealth is created over years as your share of “free and clear” ownership of the house increases. Home equity, by definition, is the current m

6 Ways to Boost Your Chance of Mortgage Preapproval Let’s be real: Rejection hurts. It’s particularly hard if you’re denied a mortgage preapproval, which is one of the biggest hurdles in the home-buying process. Mike and Brittany Delgado know the feeling all too well. In 2013, the couple tried to get a mortgage preapproval and were denied. Why? Mike’s credit report showed no history or FICO s