When exploring Palm Beach, you’ll find a handful of hidden gems and the Abacoa residential district is no exception. In addition to the Abacoa Golf Club, the area is home to the growing food truck trend sweeping the globe and the second Friday of every month you can enjoy ethnic ...
View MoreThere are a lot of reasons a particular house might not be selling. It may be external or internal but whatever the reason, it's really frustrating. No one wants to sit on the market any longer than they have to. An offer the first week is always welcome regardless ...
According to the National Association of Realtors®, more than 4.25 million homes sold in 2011. That’s a lot of real estate and such numbers raise the question: How are sellers doing it?
Because individual homes are unique, there isn’t one single strategy that works equally well for every property ...
Everyone's heard the horror stories — the contractor who rips out the back of a house, has a nervous breakdown and disappears, one day before the homeowner leaves town for vacation. Or the builder who never shows up on time, does poor work and overcharges.
Home ...
Tips, suggestions and advice on staging your bathroom for today's homebuyers.
Oh the Bathroom…. That tricky space in your home that is not always the prettiest and usually is one of the more challenging rooms to stage when prepping and listing your home for sale. Some bathrooms need a ...
How to make your offer stand out on your favorite home
As you have been looking at listings, driving around neighborhoods, and maybe even wandered into a open houses you might be wondering what your offer will need to have in order for you to get the keys to that ...
If you're ready to list your home it's best to gather all the paperwork of past repairs, upgrades and renovations that you've completed on the property. This will help the real estate agent understand any ...
The outdoor living room is a common saying here in Palm Beach County. Yes, we love the weather but we also love our air-conditioned inside as well. When we want the best ...
A home loan in today’s market has quite a few more hoops to jump through, but the real challenge is determining if you are getting a good loan or getting some loan that is going to be a bad investment.
Your loan is something you will probably be attached ...
After the mortgage crisis in 2007 in 2008 lenders tacked on stricter rules for underwriting and approval. But now, underwriting standards may be changing, especially those who have been locked out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac programs, government-sponsored ...
