The Weiner Group-Realty On Main GA Real Estate

Come January 10th 2014 there will be many new rules in place. The rule buzzing around the industry right now is "QM"-(Qualified Mortgage). The new rules were written by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to provide additional protection to home buyers from risky mortgages. Many of these risky loans are already extinct…IE negative amortization, no doc loans, pre-payment penalties, interest only ARM’s, etc. The new rules are intended to create stricter measurements of your “ability to repay” the mortgage. Banks will...Read more.

I am often ask as a Remax agent, what is "As Is" mean on your website attached to a home for sale? An "as-is" home sale proposition releases home sellers from liabilities and repairs stemming from the home's condition post-sale. That doesn't mean a prospective buyer can't request an inspection. It just means that the seller is not responsible for whatever the buyer discovers in that inspection. So if the inspection reveals issues, the buyer, if within their due diligence,...Read more.

Local Area Home Sales Sometimes the best way to see what is selling and how the real estate market looks in a particular City, one needs to take a look at what is selling and pending (under contract) in the local MLS (Multiple Listing Service). Many real estate websites have "For Sale"  listing data, but seeing what is selling can be a way to educate yourself on what price range, and what neighborhoods move inventory for sale, and how many days...Read more.

Sellers have been put through the ringer in the last 3 years and now they want to buy again and due to a personal foreclosure or short sale, need to wait years to get a mortgage through a lender/ bank/ or financial institution. I get it! I receive phone calls from buyers looking for owner financing properties for sale so they can avoid leasing and get into a home NOW! Owner Financing Homes, Townhomes and Condos Around The North Atlanta Area When...Read more.

Rates have risen over the last month…going up over 1% in less than 30 days. Historically these are still some of the lowest interest rates on record for home loans and we need to keep this in mind. It is still a strong time to buy. Rates are low and homes are still priced well. What is causing rates to rise? There are many factors…inflation and/or quantitative easing are some of them. Inflation is a general rise in the prices of...Read more.

If you are a buyer in today's real estate market, and have been looking online for a while, I am sure you have seen how fast some of your favorite homes have gone pending and under contract to another buyer. If you are a seller, what are you thinking? Well let me tell you, the good news is this summer is the best time to list a home and sellers are now believing us since this information is being repeated...Read more.

With inventory of real estate in the North Atlanta Georgia area and interest rates still low but gradually climbing, buyers are out there looking for a great home just like yours and ready to place an offer. Timing, as they say, is everything! This may be the Best time to sell your home ! We at RE/MAX have buyers on our web site www.NorthAtlantaHomeTeam.com worried they will not find a home when their home sells. I do explain that new listings...Read more.

How To Find Your Home! I have been working in this Real Estate profession for quite a while now and I have not seen so much disappointment from potential buyers as I do now. Here is what I am hearing on a daily basis. Why when I find a home on your website, and save it to my favorites, within a week it has gone under contract with another buyer? My answer, you should have called me as soon as you saw that...Read more.