Real Estate

Questions to Ask When Shopping for a Reverse Mortgage

Questions to Ask When Shopping for a Reverse Mortgage

Steven Sass | August 21, 2016

New federal regulations weeded out some of the shadier lenders in the reverse mortgage business—but it still pays to be…

Financial Risks of Renting Out Your Home

Financial Risks of Renting Out Your Home

Stephen Fishman, JD | May 5, 2016

If you’d like to bring in some extra money by renting out your home—as a growing number of people are…

New Ways to Get More When You Sell Your Home
Buying & Selling

New Ways to Get More When You Sell Your Home

Stan Humphries | April 20, 2015

(Including the Word That Gets You 8% Over Asking Price) The housing market is finally getting back to normal. This…

Buy a Home with a Reverse Mortgage

Buy a Home with a Reverse Mortgage

Jack M. ­Guttentag | April 1, 2015

For years, people age 62 or older who have paid off their mortgages have been able to use reverse mortgages…

Rent Out Your Home (Or Even a Room) for Extra Cash

Rent Out Your Home (Or Even a Room) for Extra Cash

Scott Shatford | March 31, 2015

How to Do It Right Thanks to the website Airbnb, more home owners are earning extra cash by taking in…

10 Affordable US Cities Where Life Is Great Without a Car
Buying & Selling

10 Affordable US Cities Where Life Is Great Without a Car

Matt Lerner | March 25, 2015

Walkable cities tend to be vibrant, interesting places to live. When people are able to run their errands or enjoy…

Beware the New Adjustable-Rate Mortgages
Mortgages

Beware the New Adjustable-Rate Mortgages

Greg McBride, CFA | September 9, 2014

Home buyers, watch out! Financial institutions are rolling out a new generation of hybrid adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) with very attractive…

The 10 Best Tips for New-Home Buyers
Buying & Selling

The 10 Best Tips for New-Home Buyers

Robert Irwin | April 4, 2014

Home builders once again are building homes. New-home construction has surged in recent months to levels not seen in more…

Real Estate Wizard Reports: What’s Ahead for Home Owners, Buyers and Sellers
Buying & Selling

Real Estate Wizard Reports: What’s Ahead for Home Owners, Buyers and Sellers

Brad Hunter | March 4, 2014

About three years ago, when many analysts were forecasting continued gloom and doom in the housing market, the real estate…

Court Makes Reverse Mortgages Safer

Court Makes Reverse Mortgages Safer

Ira ­Rheingold | December 2, 2013

No more foreclosure for widows and widowers whose spouses took out reverse mortgages (which allow home owners who are age…

Vacation Home Bargains
Buying & Selling

Vacation Home Bargains

Robert Irwin | October 31, 2013

BARGAINS ABOUND IN VACATION HOMES The residential real estate market is roaring back as homes in many markets once again…

Bidding Wars Are Back!
Buying & Selling

Bidding Wars Are Back!

Robert Irwin | October 28, 2013

How to Win If You're Buying a Home...or Selling One A few months ago, a simple four-bedroom tract house in…

What Real Estate Web Sites Don’t Want You to Know
Real Estate

What Real Estate Web Sites Don’t Want You to Know

Robert Irwin | October 16, 2013

Nowadays, many home buyers and sellers depend on Web sites such as Trulia.com, ­Zillow.com and Realtor.com for real estate listings…information…

House Hunters: Beware of Thirdhand Smoke
Buying & Selling

House Hunters: Beware of Thirdhand Smoke

Georg E. Matt, PhD | June 11, 2013

When looking to buy or rent a home, of course you check to see whether a property has problems with…

For a Great Mortgage Rate…
Mortgages

For a Great Mortgage Rate…

Dale Robyn Siegel | April 25, 2013

Avoid these common mistakes if you’re refinancing or buying Mortgage rates are near record lows—borrowers could find 30-year fixed-rate mortgages…