You can sell your home through the flat fee MLS no matter where you are
Gain greater market exposure through the flat fee MLS.
Many homeowners have the misperception that the MLS is only for real estate agents. But that’s not the truth. You can sell your home through the flat fee MLS system and gain the widest market exposure for your home. IHS Realty can show you how.
For one low flat fee, the multiple listing service can give your home the market exposure it needs to reach the target market you want to sell to all over the country. We will list your home in local and regional MLS systems as well as the national database – all for one low fee. It’s a deal you can’t beat anywhere in the world.
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They want the best: A national survey by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage shows many first-time home buyers are unwilling to compromise on
certain key elements when they shop for a home, and would even consider renting longer if they can’t get exactly what they want.
Among the renters surveyed, four of every 10 are unwilling to buy a home that is smaller than they’d like or one that needs significant improvements. Forty-six percent are unwilling to buy at a distance farther from work than they would like; and 70 percent are unwilling to move to a less-desirable neighborhood than they consider ideal.
Other key findings:
• 97 percent of first-time home buyers would never go back to renting.
• 77 percent believe buying their home is the best investment they ever made.
• Nearly 75 percent believe that the value of their home will go up in 2006.
• 78 percent of renters believe that it is generally true that people cannot obtain mortgages without perfect credit, and 52 percent of renters believe that they personally can’t get a mortgage because of credit issues. But 46 percent of the first-time buyers surveyed didn’t believe their credit was "excellent" or even "very good."
Don’t assume you can’t qualify for a mortgage. If you truly want to buy that new home, go fo it. If you are turned down for a mortgage, then look at ways to improve your credit score and try again.
You have to try if you really want to own your own home. If you want the things you have never had, you have to do things you have never done.
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Shoddy Construction causes litigation all too often
We love to buy a new home. We get taken through model homes and we are shown what out new home will be like.
Many developers will fix any defects you find in the actual home you buy, but what happens when they refuse to or they are slow to respond?
In many cases, there is a homeowners association that will help you deal with such a crisis. However, these associations usually consist of other homeoweners who volunteer for the job.
That means they may not have the experience to know which building codes have not been met, what the seriousness of any particular defect is, and may not have any legal experience.
So what can you do? This is a painful process at times with unkept promises by the developer, slow response, continued filings, etc.
Well the CAI, the Community Associations Institute has published a guide to help you through the process. It costs $49.95 but may be exactly what you need.
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