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Home Buying: Markets
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Buying a home can be an exasperating and time-consuming experience. But not if you enlist the services of a REALTOR. A real estate professional understands the market, knows exactly what is available and can match your needs and budget to your new home efficiently and effectively.
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More than seven years ago, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage launched its Emerging Markets division to increase homeownership among ethnic minority, low- and moderate income, and first-time homebuyers. As a result of this initiative, Wells Fargo has ranked as the nation's leading originator to ethnic minority homebuyers the last three years according to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data.*
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Launched in early 2006 with Zestimate® values and data on millions of U.S. homes, Zillow has since opened the site to free listings, community input, data and dialogue, including "Home Q&A." Zillow's goal is to help consumers become smarter about real estate and be the most efficient marketing channel for real estate professionals. One of the most-visited real estate Web sites, Zillow was the only Internet company named by Advertising Age magazine to its 2006 "Marketing 50" list of the most powerful consumer brands. Zillow is headquartered in Seattle and has raised $87 million in funding.
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Home Buying Tip #3: Before you make an offer, know the market value of the home. Your CENTURY 21 agent can help you determine this by checking recent sales and listing prices of comparable homes in the neighborhood where you're looking.
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With the high price of homes in many markets across the country, that 20 percent down payment is nearly impossible for most first-time home buyers. Making homeownership a reality sooner—as much as ten years sooner for most borrowers—is one reason why PrivateMI is today's smart choice.
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With the International Mortgage Service, an individual does not have to be a resident of the U.K. to buy a home abroad. The UK mortgage fees and interest charges are not the same as in the U.S. and the loans typically have variable rates, rather than fixed rates. Under current conditions, a Lloyds TSB investor with a typical international mortgage of $1 million must be prepared to cope with a variation in payments of several hundred dollars or more each month, as the currency market fluctuates and the corresponding mortgage rate changes.
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