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US Home Sales at Highest Pace since 2006!!

         The Takeaway The year 2016 saw the highest pace of sales nationally, since the highpoint of 2006, as 5.45 million existing homes were sold!! Inventory of existing homes for sale dropped to a 3.6-month supply, the lowest level since NAR began tracking in 1999. The US median price of ...

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It’s a “No Brainer” – Homeownership is More Affordable than Renting in 66% of US Counties

Earlier this month, ATTOM Data Solutions, the USA’s largest fused property database, released its 2017 Rental Affordability Report. Its finding clearly denote that buying a home is more affordable than renting in 354 of the 540 U.S. counties they analyzed. The report states the following: “making monthly house payments on ...

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3 Quick Tips for Making Your Dream of Buying a Home a Reality

Some Takeaways: Instituting a plan that will automatically set aside a small, predetermined amount of cash from every paycheck is a great way to put your down payment savings on auto-pilot. Staying on top of your credit, making loan and credit card payments timely, and not amassing new debt will ...

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Can Student Loans = Higher Credit Scores??

According to a recent study performed by data mogul CoreLogic, Millennial renters (aged 20-34) that possess student loan debt, incidentally also have higher credit scores than those without student loans. This may come as somewhat of a shock, with all the banter about student loans burdening Millennials and holding them ...

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