When you're buying a home for sale, you need a decent credit score - but what if you were doing things that could actually harm your credit score without even knowing it? Check out these three harmful credit myths that could be hurting your chances to buy a home. 3 Harmful Credit Myths That Are [...]
When you're buying a home for sale, you'll most likely need to take out a mortgage loan - but there's a lot that most people don't know about mortgages. One example is the difference between interest rates and APR. Interest Rate vs. APR: What You Need to Know Your interest rate is one of the [...]
When you're buying a new home, you'll have the chance to have the house and the property professionally inspected. But what is the inspector looking for, and how will he or she let you know if there are issues? What Do Home Inspectors Look For? Your home inspector is on the lookout from the moment [...]
When you're in the market to buy a new home, there are a few things you should know. The problem: Nobody tells new buyers these things. Here are three surprising things most buyers don't realize. 3 Surprising Things Most Buyers Don't Know #1. Real estate agents work on commission, but as a buyer, you don't [...]
We're not going to sugar-coat it: It's harder to buy a home with bad credit than it is to buy a home with good credit. But there is still good news: It can be done. For most people, credit is the biggest obstacle to buying a new house. When your credit isn't shining very brightly, [...]
