Saturday, July 12th, 2014
FNMA has confirmed the Short Sale Seasoning requirements will change from 2 years to 4 years effective Aug 16, 2014. Now would be a good time to contact those buyers currently on the fence with a Short Sale less than 4 years ago. It’s not too late for them to purchase, but we need to […]
Tags: Buyers, Lending Changes, Short Sale
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Tuesday, June 10th, 2014
Temperatures are heating up and we all know what that means, increased electrical bills. Notice the solar panels going up all over town, even school districts have jumped on the band wagon to SAVE. All this excitement to SAVE has lead to a few discussion with our past and current clients and therefore the creation […]
Tags: Solar
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Friday, May 23rd, 2014
Tip #1: DO NOT purchase a vehicle or have your credit pulled for any reason 6 months prior to applying for a home loan.Inquiries do matter and purchasing a vehicle prior to your home loan can affect your home loan in two different ways. Credit inquiries can and will reduce the credit score especially if […]
Tags: Buyers, Lending, Mortgages
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
Gary Keller, real estate leader, visionary and co-founder of Keller Williams Realty International presented his annual Vision Speech to over 13,000 Keller Williams agents from around the world in February. One of the things that stuck out to us is the affordability of real estate today. Take a look at the illustration we created below, […]
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Monday, March 3rd, 2014
Here is a fabulous new listing in at 17733 W Wind Song, Goodyear AZ. Basement Home for sale in Estrella Mountain Ranch. Luxury living in Beautiful Golf Course & Lake community of Estrella Mountain Ranch. TW Lewis home located in Emerald Greens Gated Community. This 4315 sqft, Basement Home features 5 Bedrooms, Home Theater plus […]
Tags: Buyers, gated community, Homes for sale, Master Planned Community
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Tuesday, December 10th, 2013
HUD ANNOUNCES NEW FHA LOAN LIMITS TO TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced that it will implement new FHA single-family loan limits on January 1, 2014, as specified by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 (HERA). Due to the expiration of the authority granted in the […]
Tags: Buyers, FHA, Market Condition
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Wednesday, September 11th, 2013
New trends: The Jennifer Sanchez Team was out again recently previewing some of the new builders and we notice some really neat trends that I wanted to share with you. The first one we started seeing a lot of was Mud Rooms. For those of you not familiar with what a Mud Room is, here is what we found. […]
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Friday, September 6th, 2013
New FHA guidelines: You may not have to wait to repurchase In case you haven’t heard, FHA has released some new guidelines to help homeowners who were adversely affected by the “recession”. In the past borrowers who had a foreclosure, shortsale, or similar situation had to wait 3 years to purchase another home. Now, in […]
Tags: Lending Changes
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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
Take a video tour of our new state-of-the-art mobile real estate search app. This is a free app that’s optimized for iPhone, iPad and Android devices. Keller Williams Realty used the latest technology to create the best user experience for you. Whether your thinking of buying OR selling your property this is a valuable tool […]
Tags: Buyers, Mobile Apps, Sellers
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