Whether you’re leaving home for a few days or a few weeks, read some tips below on how to reduce the risk of burglary by making sure your home has a lived-in look.
First, try not to broadcast the fact that you’ll be away on vacation and that no one will be home. Ask a relative, […]

As today’s lending standards require higher credit scores and larger down payments than in the recent past, it’s more important than ever for buyers to be pre-approved for a mortgage before starting the home shopping process. Here’s why:

Knowing exactly how much money you can qualify to borrow will ensure you don’t waste your time looking […]

When buyers are in the driver’s seat in a real estate market, it makes sense for sellers to be flexible (even generous) with concessions and incentives, in order to get a sales contract. However, as a home seller, one thing you should insist on is a good-sized earnest money deposit (also called “consideration” or “good […]

A Property tax Calculator Added to Fizber.com for Consumers.
Miami Beach, FL (PRWEB) September 2, 2008 — When relocating to a new area or purchasing that second home, there are often questions which arise regarding the single word feared by many Americans… Taxes! Fizber.com launched a Property Tax Estimator on their website to help home buyers […]

You might assume that with home purchases and new mortgage volume off by 30 percent or more in many markets during the past year, loan fraud would be down as well.
Wrong. A bench mark quarterly study released Aug. 25 by the mortgage industry’s principal compiler of fraud reports, the Mortgage Asset Research Institute, found that […]

If the real estate market is in a meltdown, California real estate investors haven’t gotten the memo. In fact, residential real estate investment activity has grown over 65% in the past year alone.
According to an analysis of current California real estate statistics, residential real estate investors are the most rapidly growing population of […]

MANHATTAN””A former real estate executive at Max Capital Management Corporation has been charged with stealing more than $17 million from a panoply of banks and individuals.
The defendant, Adam Hochfelder, 37, of East 96th St., New York, has been indicted on six counts of first degree grand larceny, two counts of second degree grand larceny, 24 […]

MONROE, Conn. - Monroe police have arrested a real estate agent accused of stealing change from a home she’s trying to sell. Police say there are complaints that she stole food and change from other homes.
Police have charged 29-year-old Holli Tapley of Derby with one count of sixth-degree larceny. Police say a 14-year-old girl […]

With gas prices high, bicycles flying out of stores and a buyers’ market for houses, a handful of real estate agents around the country are touting the two-wheeled appeal of their listings.
Some even show houses exclusively by bike, wheeling through the neighborhood with potential buyers to show off bike lanes and bike-focused businesses and repair […]

Fizber.com Advice on Selling Homes in the Fall
With the children going back to school and holiday season fast approaching, it is not surprising that looking for a buyer a property will be so much more challenging. But there are some changes home sellers can use to make their home show better in the fall than […]