Real Estate FAQs

What is a short sale? How does it work? These are very common questions for a fairly uncommon problem in real estate. This article will answer those ...

When you make an investment, you want to make sure that that investment will give you payoffs for years to come, whether it is stocks, a new car, or ...

In today’s real estate market, it seems like everybody is paying in cash. Buying a house with an all-cash offer is very appealing to buyers ...

Loan underwriting is one of the final steps before closing a real estate transaction. If you were pre-approved for a loan beforehand (hopefully you ...

When you are buying a home, the most common area of negotiation is the listing price. In a hot, competitive market like Boise where homes receive ...

Closing costs are the payments that are paid at the end of a real estate transaction. They are paid by both the buyers and sellers, but which costs ...

So you’ve found your perfect house and want to make an offer. But how do you prove to the seller that your offer is serious? In a competitive ...

If you are looking for homes on the MLS and see the perfect home for you with the sales status “contingent”, does that mean you should ...

It goes without saying that buying a house is expensive and takes a fair amount of due diligence to make sure the decision is a sound one. A big part ...

What is Private Mortgage Insurance (PMI)? Private mortgage insurance is an add-on to a mortgage that is required if a buyer plans to purchase a ...

Looking for Water Intrusion in Homes This is the perfect weekend for a water walk. What do I mean, walking the river? Splashing through puddles with ...

A house is an investment, and a very expensive one at that. As a homeowner, you have to contend with wear and tear on the house and its systems, in ...

On the surface, buying a home in foreclosure seems like an easy way to get a house for cheap; which makes for a profitable flip, a good rental ...

One question a lot of first-time homebuyers ask is: What is Equity? Here is what it means and how it applies to homeownership. Equity is the amount ...

With mortgage rates rising, a rate buydown has been a popular option, to explain this, Build Idaho REALTOR, Laurie Barrera breaks down what it means ...

Buying a house is one of the biggest milestones in a person’s life. As such, there are a lot of steps to follow in the home-buying process. ...

The rule of thumb for buying a house is to have a 20% down payment. But when you are talking about home prices that are hundreds of thousands of ...