Why the Fall Is the Perfect Time to Buy a Home

Buying a Home in the Fall Can Save You Money and Hassle

The conventional wisdom states that the only season in which you should go shopping for a new home is the summer. While it may be true that summer is the nicest season to go around the neighborhood looking at real estate, buying in the summer can actually cost you. There are several reasons for this that we’ll get into in a minute.

But first consider that summer is peak season for the real estate industry. Your real estate agent is at their busiest during the summer, and you are far less likely to get individual, personalized attention from them. That makes sense – after all, they are trying to juggle multiple clients and show scores of properties. For that reason alone it can pay to wait for the dog days of summer to pass before you go looking at homes. Here are some more good reasons why autumn may be the best season for home buying.

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Busting the Top 7 Mortgage Myths

Correcting Mortgage Myths for the Homebuyer

One of the hardest things about being a first-time (or returning) homebuyer is navigating the world of qualifying for a home loan. To make matters worse, there are quite a few rumors and received truths about mortgages and how to obtain one that are floating around in the popular consciousness.

But disinformation is your enemy. So here we go, busting the top seven mortgage myths to demystify the mortgage qualification process and to help you understand exactly what you’re signing up for.

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