Real Estate Articles & Advice

These are the most important considerations for most buyers and sellers.

These tips can help you turn a negotiation into a win-win agreement.

Buying a home? These eight tips can help make your house-hunting experience positive and rewarding.

As you think about applying for a home loan, you need to consider your personal finances. How much you earn versus how much you owe will likely determine how much a lender will allow you to borrow.

The home-buying process doesn’t need to be scary. Our step-by-step guide will walk you through the process and answer your questions on what you should expect from you’re Realtor^®, where to look for loans, and what to watch out for when closing the deal.

A common objection for condos is thinking that a condo fee is throwing money away. One must first understand what a condo fee covers.

All condo developments in Worthington listed by price range.

Your home offers a score of tax deductions and credits designed to help offset the cost of housing and to keep the housing market fueled with new buyers. Some federal-level politicians would like to separate you from some of those benefits and they may or may not be successful, so take advantage of them while you can.

Likely the largest debt you’ll ever take on, a mortgage is a loan to finance the purchase of your home.

Do you think your property, or your client’s property, is valued too high by the Auditor’s office for real estate taxes?

The Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), guarantees no/low down payment loans for banks. Meaning if an FHA loan is foreclosed upon, HUD protects the bank by buying the foreclosed property and taking the loss the bank would have incurred.

When you sell a stock, you owe taxes on your gain—the difference between what you paid for the stock and what you sold it for. The same is true with selling a home (or a second home), but there are some special considerations.