What a Buyer Agent Does for You

If you want to finish the “race” to buy your new home, you need to start at the starting line. That your preapproval, which you can get shortly after meeting with you loan officer. Find out exactly what you can spend and then spend your time finding exactly what you want!

FHA financing may be key for Madison, WI home buyers with less than 20% to put down. There are many advantages to FHA financing like a down payment as low as 3.5%. There are some limitations but most can be worked with fairly easily. Here’s a selection of some homes that may well be within reach with FHA financing in Madison. Check it out…

An Agent refused my offer to purchase. Can they do that? The answer to that question like so many other real estate questions is, “Maybe.”  Why a Seller might instruct their Agent to refuse certain offers and whether or not that’s a particularly good strategy is discussed here.

It is a common practice for buyers and sellers to equate the assessed value of a home to its likely market value, but these two numbers are very different from each other. Assessed values have to do with tax collection while market values reflect a selling price to which a buyer and a seller have agreed. There is, however, a way to use assessed values to your strategic benefit. Madison Broker Jon Nelson discusses how.

When you accepted the Offer To Purchase you agreed to deliver your home in substantially the same condition it was in when your buyer wrote the offer, excluding normal wear and tear, and in what’s called broom swept condition. But what does “broom swept” actually mean? Here’s a list…

Power Saver loans were launched by the FHA in early 2011, but the program was later discontinued. Some lenders have continued to offer programs to assist homeowners with energy saving projects. Check with your lender to see what might be available.