Author: Jorge Avila

Buying A House? Everyone Seems To Think This Is The Time There are many people deciding on whether to sign a new lease on a rental property or take the dive into homeownership. Every situation is dif

New York Times: Homeownership is Best Way To Build Wealth The New York Times recently published an editorial entitled,“Homeownership and Wealth Creation.”The housing market has made a strong recovery

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Buying A Home? You Don’t Need To Do It Alone Discover Home Loansconducted an interestingsurveythat revealed how prepared homebuyers are for the actual mortgage process. The survey reported that 94%

How Interest Rates Impact Family Wealth With interest rates still in thelow 4%’s, many buyers may be on the fence as to whether to act now and purchase a new home, or wait until next year. If you lo

Home Mortgage Rates: Where are They Headed? Many readers have asked where interest rates are headed over the next several months. While no one has a crystal ball, we did want to share what some exper

5 Reasons to Sell Now! Many sellers are still hesitant about putting their house up for sale. Where are prices headed? Where are interest rates headed? Can buyers qualify for a mortgage?  These are a

The Importance of the Latino Community to Today's Real Estate Market The Hispanic community was hit hardest by the housing crash. Now that the market is recovering, many of these families have the op

Thinking of Buying a Vacation/ Retirement Home? Why Wait? The sales of vacation homesskyrocketed last year. A recentstudyalso revealed that 25% of those surveyed said they’d likely buy a second home,

3 Reasons the Housing Market Should Thrive in 2014 Recently,HousingWireasked David Berson, chief economist atNationwide, forhis opinionon the near-term future of housing. Below are what Mr. Berson be

Martin Luther King, Jr. Daywas first observed as an American federal holiday on Monday, January 20, 1986. In 1983, during the time that the proposal to honor King with a holiday was being promoted, th

FSBOs Must Be Ready to Negotiate In a recovering market, some sellers might be tempted to try and sell their home on their own (FSBO) without using the services of a real estate professional. The rea