PAUL SELLS GREAT HOMES

12/10/2024

Only people with the very best credit will qualify to buy a home. Wait—that’s old-school thinking. Today, plenty of people buy homes with scores that are not in the good range (700 or up). But, poor credit is still one of the top reasons people fail to buy a home—or even try—because they sim...

12/02/2024

A home inspection is part of a real estate transaction. The idea is that a professional home inspector looks at a property and identifies problems a potential buyer might need to consider. If you’re a prospective buyer, you can go to a home inspection. Either way, the inspector will create a repor...

11/26/2024

When it comes to home improvement, homeowners have a myriad of options at their disposal. However, this is not to mean that all of these options are the best. While some fixes and renovations in a home can turn your home into a perfect setting, others end up causing more harm than good. Right from l...

10/31/2024

Student loan debt in the U.S. is growing at a rate six times faster than the country's economy. There are more than 43 million student borrowers in debt, and they have an average debt load of $39,351 each. There are a lot of negative ways carrying student loan debt can impact your life. One of t...

10/28/2024

If you’re selling a home, what you make could be taxable. Depending on your property's value and other factors, you might be hit with a big tax bill that you weren’t expecting. Capital gains on real estate can be taxed, but there are things you can do to reduce or avoid what you owe to the I...

10/07/2024

Even with the promise of lower mortgage rates on the horizon, you may still need to find a way to lower your borrowing costs. An adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) provides a path to achieve this goal, but it’s an option that comes with risks. Unlike a fixed-rate mortgage that has the same interest ra...

09/30/2024

09/26/2024

-- Freddie Mac today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey® (PMMS®), showing the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.08 percent. “Although this week’s decline was slight, the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage trended down to its lowest level in two years,” said S...

09/22/2024

With baby #3 on the way, we’ve decided our home is just too small for our growing family. We’ve loved our home and our neighborhood, but there’s no way five of us can fit into a 1200 square foot home and still be sane. Luckily, the inside of our home is in excellent condition with one-year-old...

09/19/2024

20 of the 50 most populous U.S. metros recorded a drop in home prices month over month U.S. home prices grew 0.5% in August on a seasonally adjusted basis, the largest month-over-month increase since April, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate broker...