Mankato Real Estate

Check out this excerpt from a great article on SAVINGS!!
“For consumers whose finances aren’t particularly complicated, Leamy is a big advocate of pre-paying your mortgage. For example, suppose you take out a $200,000 mortgage for 30 years at 6.5 percent interest. The monthly payment is $1,264.14. Let’s say you can afford to round up your [...]

This is a very interesting video on short-sales and the future of real estate. Check it out here: http://www.thinkbigworksmall.com/mypage/player/tbws/23088/1470509

Check out this weekends open houses: http://mankatorealestate.com/IDX_web/ZAWR/Open-Houses.php

Check out this great article on Top 10 must haves  in new homes: http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/108701/the-10-must-have-features-in-todays-new-homes.html?mod=family-love_money

$6,500 Move-Up / Repeat Home Buyer Tax Credit at a Glance

To be eligible to claim the tax credit, buyers must have owned and lived in their previous home for five consecutive years out of the last eight years.
The tax credit does not have to be repaid unless the home is sold or ceases to be [...]

$8,000 First-time Home Buyer Tax Credit at a Glance

The $8,000 tax credit is for first-time home buyers only. For the tax credit program, the IRS defines a first-time home buyer as someone who has not owned a principal residence during the three-year period prior to the purchase.
The tax credit does not have to be repaid [...]

American Way Realty is proud to be a full-service brokerage, with only a 4% commission to sell your house. The reason is simple; we believe that homeowners deserve to keep more of their hard-earned equity.
The real estate process can be very complicated and time-consuming.  Here is a guide to making the process easier:
Establishing the Asking [...]

Hire a real estate professional:
The first step is to select a professional to help you find your dream home and fine-tune your financial expectations.  Working with a buyer agent is worth consideration since he or she is legally responsible for representing the buyer’s interest in a real estate transaction.  Before making a decision, however, have [...]

We just launched our NEW and updated website. Check it out here: Mankato Real Estate

CNBC aired the story that was brought to their attention by HomeFlux/Jeremy Brandt (his blog is http://www.jeremybrandt.com/), Kind of scary and shaddy if you ask me. Here’s the article:
Last year, I was contacted by an experienced real estate agent in our network who negotiates many short sales. She had recorded a conversation between her and [...]