real estate
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3 Clues That a House Will Be For Sale Soon
While there’s nothing wrong with spending hours scrolling through Domain, if you’re actively searching for a home in a particular price range or school district, and you keep losing bidding wars or missing your chance to make an offer at all, it may be time to rethink your strategy.
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Why Everyone Hates Landlords Now
Leeches. Parasites. Maybe even bed bugs? Landlords get called a lot of things — none of them favourable. This couple running a “15-Airbnb empire” went viral on Twitter last week, highlighting an increasingly common consensus online: Everyone hates landlords.
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How to ‘Appraise’ Your House Without Paying Someone Else to Do It
A home appraisal is a standard step in the mortgage approval process. If you’re buying a home or refinancing your current one, your lender likely will require a professional appraisal to ensure your loan amount and the home value are aligned and that you’re not paying way too much for what you’re getting. Typically, the…
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Ask Yourself These Questions to Avoid Buying the Wrong House
It happens to the best of us: one minute you’re innocently scrolling through listings, and the next you’re planning your life in a former industrial town where you’ve found the historic house of your dreams at a price you can seemingly afford. You might even go to the next step and see the house in-person,…