As a buyer looking for a home, there are many ways to find your new house. Your Real Estate Agent, a friend, the internet, and yes some people still drive around looking for “For Sale” signs in the yard. Finding a home is an exciting and sometimes stressful process. There are many emotions and decisions [...]
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EARLIER THIS YEAR 27 STUDENTS at Old Dominion University pressed their foreheads into a padded frame and peered ahead, much like patients at an eye doctor. They scrolled through pictures of 10 on-the-market homes on a computer screen as an ocular tracking program recorded their eye movements. In some of the homes, for some of [...]
Relief Effort Fails Many at Risk of Foreclosure
Posted: July 20, 2010 in Home Selling, Utah's Housing MarketTags: Foreclosure, Loan Modification, Short Sales
By ALAN ZIBEL, AP Real Estate Writer Alan Zibel, Ap Real Estate Writer WASHINGTON – The Obama administration’s effort to help those at risk of losing their homes is failing to aid many and could spur a rise in foreclosures that would further depress the housing industry. More foreclosures would force down home prices and [...]
Dangers of Loan Modifications
Posted: June 1, 2010 in Home Selling, Miscellaneous, Utah's Housing MarketTags: Dangers of loan modification, Loan Modification, Loan Mods
More Utahns behind on their house payments are turning to loan modification companies that in many cases are taking people’s money and running. According to the Salt Lake Tribune, many companies are trying to profit off from distressed homeowners, often requiring homeowners to pay thousands of dollars upfront and then promising to save their [...]
Want to know the big secret to selling a home quickly? Make it look pretty. Patrick McAllister and his wife Lisa Cox had an edge in that regard. Their 1917 Craftsman house was beautifully renovated with hardwood floors and bright, airy rooms. Carefully chosen artwork hangs on the walls. In the master bedroom a balcony [...]
