Archive for January, 2011
Choosing Your Mortgage Amortization
Selecting the length of your mortgage amortization period – the number of years it will take you to become mortgage free – is an important decision that will affect how much interest you pay throughout the life of your mortgage. While the lending industry’s benchmark amortization period is 25 years, and this is the standard [...]
Five Tips for a Quick Home Sale
Spring is always a popular time of year for people to put their homes on the market. Perhaps it’s because they’ve had a long, cold winter to spend a lot of time indoors, and they’re anxious for new surroundings. Or maybe it’s because Spring offers a fresh start and represents opportunity for the months to [...]
Tips For Downsizing Your Home
Many people today are downsizing their living situation. There are a lot of reasons for this, some families are forced to leave their homes and buy something that is cheaper to live in, others have had their children grow up and now find themselves in a home that is too large, or too lonely. For [...]
