By Jason Boone If you’re thinking about buying a home soon here’s how much money you can expect to put down on home. Buying a home can be one of the most exciting things that you will ever do in your entire life because, there’s some much information to process especially if you’re buying for
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In the Real Estate market, one common question that home buyers ask is what does the term backup offer mean? Sometimes it can be confusing when searching the Multiple Listing Service because there are a wide variety of terms to understand but your home search doesn’t have to be frustrating if you know common MLS
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As a long time Bend Oregon Real Estate Agent, one of the most common Real Estate Questions that my clients have asked is this: “where can my down payment funds come from?” The answer to this question is pretty easy: your down payment funds can come from a variety of resources including cash that you
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Thanks to recent data by the National Housing Trend Report that was released on Wednesday, we know that prices for single family homes continued to rise across the United States during the month of April. The Real Estate Market is in good shape right now because, home prices are rising moderately compared to the double
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“Leave the gun, take the cannoli” This is a classic line from The Godfather and it brings to mind an interesting predicament that many buyers face when they are about to purchase a home and have to decide on if they should ask that the homes existing refrigerator be thrown in with the sale or
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As June approaches the Real Estate market in Bend is hot, just like the rest of the country, and with a hot market it’s not uncommon to hear about appraisal issues but the question that many homeowners have is what are they supposed to do when their home is appraised for less than what it’s
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If you’re a fan of TV shows like House Hunters you will have seen many episodes where buyers are searching for homes with Open Floor Plans but it could be that the demand for this type of floor plan is slowly decreasing. Thanks to a recent article in the New York Times we know that
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Thanks to a recent report from Redfin we know that sellers are either feeling overly optimistic or risky because, 40.3 percent of homeowners who plan on selling their homes in the coming months plan on pricing their homes above market value. Redfin polled close to 1,200 homeowners in 25 cities across the United States and
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If you’re planning on refinancing your home loan, or purchasing a new Bend Oregon Home, the good news for you is that 30-year fixed mortgage rates have continued to ease and we are now going into the second straight week where they have eased to their lowest level since late 2013. 30-Year Fixed Mortgage Rates
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If you’ve sold a home in the last few years you may be familiar with Section 1031 of the IRS Internal Revenue Code which enables the seller or owner of an investment property to defer paying capital gain tax on the sale of that property when those taxes are due to be paid after the
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