Buying a Condominium If you want the benefits of home ownership without the obligations of having to perform your maintenance, a condominium could be right for you. When you purchase a condo, you are obtaining ownership of a specific unit within a building. Condo...
Home builders market newly-built homes as if they offer worry-free living. While brand-new homes offer some advantages when it comes to energy-efficiency and modern amenities, they are rarely completely free of defect. Without the representation of an Exclusive Buyer...
The National Association of Exclusive Buyers Agents (NAEBA) released a letter to Congress today urging members to include real estate agency disclosure language in legislation relating to mortgage lending reform, including the Anti-Predatory Lending Act and the...
The American Homeowners Foundation (AHF), the independent national nonprofit consumer education organization serving American homeowners since 1984, has published a free guide to help home buyers avoid the many traps related to buyer representation. These traps have...
Every buyer has a preferred style of home. Mid-Century homes built between 1945 and 1965 were made famous by Frank Lloyd Wright and Joseph Eichler. Popular Pre-WWII styles include Tudor, Colonial, Arts & Crafts, Mission, Italianate, Green Revival and Queen Anne....
You know the saying “What goes up, must come down.” and the real estate market is no exception. But how will we know when, why and how to handle it? NAEBA (National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents, are positioned to help buyers understand market timing....
Like medical doctors, real estate agents often have business cards with titles that read like alphabet soup. It can be intimidating to the patient or home buyer and yet it can make a world of difference in the outcome of your health treatment or home-buying...
Plenty of myths surround the experience of home buying. The problem is that the truisms of yesteryear may not hold true today, what with the recession of 2009, the predictions for the economy, and the transient nature of some career paths today. You may have heard...
US Department of Housing and Urban Development Releases Latest Version of Shopping for your Home Loan HUD Booklet advises buyers to search for an agent who will represent their interests in real estate transaction AVONDALE, AZ January 01, 2010 – In its first revision...
The National Association of Exclusive Buyer Agents advises that first-time homebuyers and repeat purchasers can claim substantial tax credits if they buy a qualifying home before April 30, 2010. AVONDALE, AZ - Homebuyer tax credits of up to $8,000 established in 2009...
AVONDALE, AZ - February 19, 2010 - The Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., known as Freddie Mac, released the latest results of its weekly Primary Mortgage Market Survey showing that the 30-year, fixed rate mortgage finance rate averaged 4.93 percent with an average 0.7...
As we are on a roller coaster on a downhill slope toward the end of the tax credit, we are weighing the question of why buy in 2010. NAEBA, the National Association of Exclusive Buyers Agents, is a network of trusted agents who represent only buyers' best interests...