Understanding Home Appraisal Adjustments | Quicken Loans Education

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Published on Aug 26, 2016 Appraisal adjustments are one method home appraisers use to help determine the fair market value of your home. An appraisal adjustment is the process of identifying recently sold homes in your area and then estimating what those homes would have sold for if they had all the same characteristics as… Continue Reading Understanding Home Appraisal Adjustments | Quicken Loans Education

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Understanding Home Appraisal Repairs | Quicken Loans Education

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Home appraisal repairs, also known as appraisal conditions or repair stipulations, are specific repairs or improvements that an appraiser requires to be completed on a property before they can appraise it at a certain value. These repairs are typically requested when the appraiser identifies issues that affect the property’s overall condition, safety, or marketability. Here’s… Continue Reading Understanding Home Appraisal Repairs | Quicken Loans Education

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6 Easy Things You Can Do to Make Your Home Purchase Smoother

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Buying a home can be an emotional, time-consuming, and complex process. There are a few things that you can do to help make the process go as smooth as possible: 1.) Check your credit. Before you apply for a home loan, regardless of your credit, it’s a smart idea to obtain a copy of your… Continue Reading 6 Easy Things You Can Do to Make Your Home Purchase Smoother

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Things You Should Know about Moving Before You Do It

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IN SEARCH OF A NEW RESIDENCE Subscribe to the area’s local newspaper in advance of your move. It usually contains a large real estate section, which can be very helpful in giving you some idea of the type of housing available in the new city, as well as other useful information. Arrange for a house-hunting… Continue Reading Things You Should Know about Moving Before You Do It

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7 Great Reasons to Own Your Own Home

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Call or Text Steve Schappert and his team at Connecticut Real Estate.  203-994-3950 You’ve probably seen lots of financial arguments about why you should own your own home rather than rent. This includes budgeting (no rent increases) and the tax savings you’ll most likely have. Now I’m going to give you some reasons you probably… Continue Reading 7 Great Reasons to Own Your Own Home

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6 Ways To Make Home Buying Less Stressful

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DEATH, DIVORCE & MOVING are the three most stressful experiences in life. There are two very different kinds of needs that people have while moving. First there are the transactional needs, like finding the home that is just right for you, finding a seller who is realistic, negotiating the price, filling out the paperwork, handling… Continue Reading 6 Ways To Make Home Buying Less Stressful

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Selling Your Home Before You Buy?

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Here Is Where to Begin First Impressions Remember what first attracted you to your house when you bought it? What excited you about its most appealing features? Now that you’re selling your home, you’ll need to look at it as if you were buying it all over again. A spruced up house makes a great… Continue Reading Selling Your Home Before You Buy?

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Negotiating Guidelines

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The ability to negotiate successfully is crucial not only for successful real estate transactions, but also for daily life events in general. When negotiating, keep these rules in mind: • Challenge the ideas that are presented to you. Negotiating requires you to be assertive and question what you are being told. If you disagree with… Continue Reading Negotiating Guidelines

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Making the Move Easy on the Kids

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Moving from one house to another is seldom easy or fun for adults and it can be especially troubling for children. If parents deal with their children’s concerns and needs thoughtfully, much of that distress and discomfort can be avoided. Children see moves differently than their parents do, and they benefit much less from the… Continue Reading Making the Move Easy on the Kids

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How to Pack Like a Pro

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1. You can save a lot of money if you do the bulk of the packing on your own. Limit yourself to non-fragile items such as books, linens, clothing and shoes; and replaceable items such as plates, dishes (not fine china or expensive silverware), and small kitchen appliances. These items will be cheaper to replace… Continue Reading How to Pack Like a Pro

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