Your agent, who will be guiding you through the buyer rebate on your home purchase, should also be able to recommend real estate attorneys that they have worked with. Request someone who is responsive with returning calls, responding to emails, Read more
A home seller always had the opportunity to negotiate the commission percentages in the listing agreement. Home buyer rebate advocates argued that buyers should have the right to negotiate commissions as the sellers are able to do. This results in Read more
Some houses are sold directly by owners in Flushing Queens when owners prefer to do everything themselves without involving real estate agents. On average, 5-6 percent of all Queens homes are FSBO. Agents generally may not show these FSBO homes Read more
US Department of Justice – Economic Analysis Group Discussion Paper Home buyers primarily desire to find the house that best matches their preferences at the lowest net sales price possible. As a result, a selling agent might attempt to attract Read more
Everyone could use a little financial help at some point from family and friends. That help could come in the form of a loan towards buying your first home. Often times, buyers are only thinking about coming up with sufficient Read more
If you are already working with a real estate attorney, then a closing agent may not be necessary as your real estate attorney can also be the acting closing agent with a checklist of required task items to cross off Read more
Should you buy a house if you are single and only need one room? Will you be able to afford the mortgage payments? A lot of buyers have bought a larger Flushing house with 4-5 bedrooms which is more rooms Read more
When housing supply is plenty with few buyers, the prices of apartments and homes are lower. In a buyer’s market (also known as a cold market), it is possible for the buyer to get more out of a Manhattan real Read more
Scheduling too many viewings per day is analogous to eating more than you can chew. After a few initial viewings, the information that you can retain about a house becomes less and less. The reason being is that houses have Read more
Is the down payment amount preventing you from buying a home? Be creative, and the down payment becomes only a small part of home buying process. Get a loan from a family member. Ask for a gift amount from parents. Read more