Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Let Jim provide the strong foundation for your next real estate transaction. Fort Lauderdale area – the number one destination of choice for domestic partners. A tropical paradise with… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2014
Manhattan Condo Prices Decline the Most in Three Years
Manhattan condominium prices fell in April by the most in more than three years, a sign the market is slowing during the busiest selling season. Sale prices for previously owned units dropped 1.4 percent from March, the biggest decline since September 2010, after four consecutive monthly increases, according to a report today by real estate… Read more »
Coldwell Banker Fires “Lifestyle Correspondent” After Santa Barbara Killer Comments
Thank you, Fox News, for bringing light to a dark situation. In the wake of the horrible mass murders committed by a young man in a college town, Fox News has helped us make sense of this senseless situation by giving a forum for Dr. Robi Ludwig to express her smart, enlightening diagnosis of the… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Proper Positioning Of Furniture In Your Home Is Essential When Selling Your House
Proper Positioning Of Furniture In Your Home Is Essential When Selling Your House Are you thinking of selling real estate, but the enormity of the decision is scaring you? Selling is really not that difficult. It just takes a lot of planning. There are many things that you can do to get ready. Read about… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Michael Taraboulos, Nyack, New York
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. My goal is to provide the highest quality service at every step of the process. The Lower Hudson Valley is rich in culture, history and diversity. See Michael Expanded… Read more »
The Seattle Gayborhood is Changing
Pike/Pine is changing. The backside of Pike/Pine is changing. Capitol Hill is changing. The Gayborhood is changing. Seattle is changing. And in the midst of it all, there will be nearly 200 little kids and a playground on E Seneca right across the street from IHOP. CHS has learned that Bright Horizons, the nation’s “largest… Read more »
5 Reasons to Sell Now
Many sellers are still hesitant about putting their house up for sale. Where are prices headed? Where are interest rates headed? Can buyers qualify for a mortgage? These are all valid questions. However, there are several reasons to sell your home sooner rather than later. Here are 5 reasons to sell now! 1. Demand is… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Find Out About Home Mortgages Right Here
Find Out About Home Mortgages Right Here A mortgage is truly a huge milestone in a person’s life, whether they are 18 or 80 when they get it. The fact is that knowing the right things before you get started can make the process better. This article has what you need to know, so read… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Secret Tips To Selling Your Home No Matter The Market
Secret Tips To Selling Your Home No Matter The Market Selling a house can be a long, drawn out and stressful process that involves making improvements to make the house more sellable, finding an agent, and dealing with the wait of going through closing. It can feel like your home will never sell. Here is… Read more »
Pent-Up Buyer and Seller Demands About to Be Released
American consumers’ perception of the residential real estate market was revealed in a recent survey by Edelman Berland. They interviewed 2,500 Americans who are “in the market†to buy or sell a home. Respondents were between 25-64 years old with a household income of at least $50,000.Here are the key findings of the buyer and seller demands. BELIEF… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Answers To Common Home Mortgage Questions
Answers To Common Home Mortgage Questions Pursuing a mortgage is almost like a right of passage for adults. When the time comes to move from renter, or parents’ home dweller, to home owner, you need to do some research. For example, the article below gives you some handy pointers which will assist you in the… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Home Sales: What You Need To Know
Home Sales: What You Need To Know Selling a home is a big venture. It can be incredibly stressful but you can make the process easier by learning all you can beforehand. The key to selling a house is knowledge. There is a lot of things involved in selling and the more you know, the… Read more »
Feeling Overwhelmed? Tips That Will Make Home Buying Fun Learning about buying real estate can be very overwhelming, but just like anything else, it can also be very easily researched. Now that you have found this list of tips, hopefully, you can come out a little more informed when it comes to buying real estate,… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Robin Solowka, Whitby, Ontario
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. I specialize in helping you buy, sell or invest in the house or condo that’s right for you! Many LGBTQ people are venturing out to Durham Region for its… Read more »
What’s New in Rehoboth’s Gayborhood
The long-range summer forecast from the Farmer’s Almanac predicts 2014 will be one of the hottest summers in the past decade, so expect people to head out to Rehoboth Beach in droves in the months ahead. For those who do, some things may look a little different as a number of changes have come to… Read more »
Gay Mart Closing in Chicago Gayborhood
A Boystown icon is closing its doors in the Chicago gayborhood, but it won’t be for long. GoPride reports: Sunday, May 4, the owner of Gay Mart placed brown paper in the store front windows, locked the doors and told customers to visit their Facebook page for more information… The sudden closing left many curious… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Colleen Kovach, Norfolk, Virginia
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Colleen Kovach is your trusted partner in business – whether you are looking to buy or sell a Norfolk-area home. See Colleen’s Expanded Listing on Gay Realty Network Here… Read more »
Foreign Investors Are Pushing Up Prices – Should We Tax Them?
James Surowiecki has a column in the New Yorker that makes a number of interesting points about our increasingly international real estate market — a trend powered by the super wealthy with real consequences for the rest of us. For starters, this pattern no longer simply covers rich oligarchs buying second (or third or fourth)… Read more »
New York City Real Estate Inventory At New Low
From the Upper East Side to East New York, would-be homebuyers are facing a massive inventory crunch this spring. Add to that rapidly rising prices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, limited new development geared to the luxury market, and underwater homes hampering many locals’ ability to sell, and it all equals a tough market for many… Read more »
House Showing Checklist
When your home is listed for sale, it’s important to have an “emergency” checklist of everything you need to do before the doorbell rings for a showing. Here’s a quick house showing checklist we share with our clients …Turn on all lightsLight candlesTurn on musicTake out trashEmpty dishwasher and clean out sinkClean countersClose toilet… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: What You Need To Know When Selling Real Estate
What You Need To Know When Selling Real Estate Selling real estate these days can be a venture that creates great stress and can even be a bit overwhelming at times. However, finding the key elements to sell can boost your momentum in the industry, allowing you to see the prosperous side of the business… Read more »
Be Smart When You Follow These Tips On Purchasing A Home In The Real Estate Market The market is currently flooded with properties, whether we’re talking about homes, land, condos or anything in between. This is why it’s so difficult to find the right type of real estate when you’re ready to buy. Give this… Read more »
How to Prepare for Emergencies in Your New Home (Part 1)
When you move into your new home, you may not think to revise and update your emergency plan, but natural disasters strike without warning. Avoid being caught without a plan in place at your new address. Here are ten steps to take to make sure you are ready the day you move in and continue… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: The Basics Of Buying Properties In The Real Estate Market
The Basics Of Buying Properties In The Real Estate Market Suppose you are moving to a new town because you have just gotten a job there. How do you decide on the area where you want to live? The Chamber of Commerce can be a good place to start. They can give you information about… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Learn How To Get Your House Sold Easily
Learn How To Get Your House Sold Easily Like many people interested in selling real estate, there are probably many questions on your mind. Deciding what list price to choose, which agent to pick or where to advertise your property are all facets of real estate that require research and experience. This article contains a… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Great Real Estate Buying Tips That Can Work For You!
Great Real Estate Buying Tips That Can Work For You! A lot of people think that purchasing real estate is a difficult procedure. Purchasing real estate is only hard if you are not properly educated about the right steps you need to take when purchasing real estate. In this article, you can learn some helpful… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: How To Price Your Home Wisely For The Real Estate Market
How To Price Your Home Wisely For The Real Estate Market There are many standards which you must live up to when attempting to sell your property on the real estate market. If you are not meeting these standards fully, your property will not appeal to a broad range of buyers. Follow these tips and… Read more »
What to Know about Your FHA Mortgage Insurance
What is FHA mortgage insurance? An FHA mortgage is a loan insured by the Federal Housing Administration. The FHA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, insures loans so that lenders will offer appealing rates to less qualified borrowers at a lower down payment. Typically, an FHA loan requires a down… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Ric Paskiet, Gay Austin Realtor
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Ric is an experienced negotiator and gay Austin realtor assisting First Time Home Buyers, Active Duty Military/Veterans, Senior Community. Diversity abounds within all neighborhoods of the Greater Austin area!… Read more »
Where is the Long Beach Gayborhood?
While there aren’t any definitive statistics, Long Beach is thought by many to have one of the largest concentrations of gay people of any city in America. The city is undeniably gay friendly (it boasts a gay vice mayor, Robert Garcia, who is running for mayor, and a lesbian councilmember, Gerrie Schipske.) According to South… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Home Mortgage Tips You Really Need To Know About
Home Mortgage Tips You Really Need To Know About Every new home buyer needs assistance in getting their mortgage. There are many things that you have to take into consideration. To get the best possible deal, follow these important mortgage tips. Get pre-approved for a home mortgage before shopping for a new house. Nothing is… Read more »
Orange County Housing Report
May 27, 2014 Hello there, In this Orange County Housing Report were starting to see an increase in inventory. With the inventory continuing to grow, buyers are finally getting a little extra breathing room. Breathing Room: The tug of war between buyers and sellers have resulted in a dramatic increase in the inventory and extra… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Tips To FHA Financing For The First Time Buyer
Tips To FHA Financing For The First Time Buyer Would you like to know more about buying a home? Do you feel like there is so much for you to learn? Then you have come to the right place. The advice given to you in the following article is going to help you out when… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: The Best Tips Available For Selling Real Estate Today
The Best Tips Available For Selling Real Estate Today When you are selling your home, there are many easy fixes you can do to make it more appealing to potential buyers. Many times great houses unnecessarily sit on the market for long periods of time, eventually driving the price down so it will sell. The… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: You Should Follow These Tips When Hiring A Real Estate Agent
You Should Follow These Tips When Hiring A Real Estate Agent Buying your first house is one of the most blissful experiences anyone can have. It builds feelings of independence and confidence. However, the inexperienced home buyer can be walking into a situation for which they are not prepared, and may let those emotions prevent… Read more »
Gayborhoods Over the Last 10 Years
EDGE was founded in Boston back in 2004, and ever since, every time it has added another city to its family of local portals, it has made a point of charting the evolution of the gayborhood in that city. At the same time, EDGE has taken the longer view, questioning whether there is even a… Read more »
Reverse Mortgage Tips
Reverse Mortgages: Is a reverse mortgage right for you? There seems to be a lot of curiosity (and skepticism) these days around the reverse mortgage products on the market. Of course, we have all seen the infomercials featuring Fred Thompson, Henry Winkler, and others touting the many virtues of the Reverse Mortgage for older homeowners,… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Real Estate Selling Advice That Is Easy To Understand
Real Estate Selling Advice That Is Easy To Understand There are a lot of pro active things that you can do when selling real estate. From the way that you present your home to the way that you offer and negotiate, you can make a big difference in the results that you get. This article… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Tips To Help You Sell Your House
Tips To Help You Sell Your House As you can tell from the dozens of real estate-based television shows out there, selling homes is definitely still appealing, despite the market conditions. The trick here, however, is to make your home appealing to the buyers out there. Use the tips we lay out in this article… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Basic Tips And Ideas For Home Buyers
Basic Tips And Ideas For Home Buyers In this day and age, there is not enough information that you can get in regards to buying real estate. You might not only need help making your own new decisions, but you may also need to solidify what you already know. This article should help you due… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Get Rid Of The Selling Woes With This Real Estate Advice
Get Rid Of The Selling Woes With This Real Estate Advice Seeking some professional advice on how to sell your real estate is a great way that you can move your property. Trusting the experts and their advice will ensure that you’re taking the right steps in order to sell. Here is some of that… Read more »
Factors that Make a Home Unsellable
In a perfect world your house would sell after being listed for only a day. However, in the real world there several factors that make a home unsellable. If your house has been listed for a few weeks and you haven’t gotten any hits in this rapid and fast paced market, it may be your… Read more »
How Does a Pool Affect My Home Value?
As temperatures begin to rise, the lure of sparkling sunlight reflected off rippling blue water draws many homeowners to invest in an in-ground pool. That a pool adds to quality of life, there is no doubt. When it comes to adding value to your home, however, that question is more difficult to answer. Before… Read more »
Your Bill of Lading
With moving to a new home, among other things, paperwork seems to pile up. One document that you will come across is called the Bill of Lading. Your bill of lading is extremely important so be careful not to lose it. What is the Bill of Lading? Investopedia defines it as “A legal document between the shipper of… Read more »
Planning Your Move Early
Planning Your Move Early Believe it or not, there is a general period of time where more people move. This time is found from Memorial Day to Labor Day. This combined with the energy and time consuming factors associated with moving it is important to make a plan and know what to expect moving forward… Read more »
Can I Afford to Be a Landlord?
According to Freddie Mac, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC), multifamily rent growth should level out to its long-term average performance as interest rates increase. That does not mean that investing in a multifamily property is a bad idea, it just means that the supply and demand conditions are varying by location and adjusting… Read more »
A Home’s Cost vs Price Explained
We have often talked about the difference between COST and PRICE. As a seller, you will be most concerned about ‘short term price’ – where home values are headed over the next six months. As either a first time or repeat buyer, you must not be concerned about price but instead about the ‘long term… Read more »
Tips for Last Minute Tax Returns
Tips for Last Minute Tax Returns Sometimes there is just not enough time in the day and before you know it tax season has come and is almost gone! Filing your taxes hastily can lead to simple mistakes. Here are some tips on how to file a flawless last minute tax return. Take your time… Read more »
How to get Clean Sparkling Windows
The warming days of spring are the perfect time to bring some light and air into your home. Whether you are planning to sell your home now or sometime in the future, having clean bright windows gives a home a whole new look and transform a dull interior into a bright living space. Take the… Read more »
Keeping It Local: Yorba Linda Richard Nixon Library
Keeping It Local: Yorba Linda Richard Nixon Library In this week’s series of Keeping it Local, we share information on Yorba Linda’s Richard Nixon Library and Museum. Below are highlights, tour information and details on the Richard Nixon Library and Museum. Richard Nixon Library and Museum Situated on nine rolling acres in Yorba Linda, California, the Richard Nixon… Read more »
Relocation Stress
The Realities of Relocation Stress As seniors remodel their family home to age-in-place or downsize to an independent living, assisted living, or other community setting, they often feel displaced, disoriented, or even depressed. Senior care professionals have an increasing responsibility to learn how to support older adults as they face these transitions, so seniors may… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Confidently Buy A Home With These Tips
Confidently Buy A Home With These Tips Buying real estate involves big decisions, big transactions and – potentially – big risks. It is not a process you want to get into without being well-informed. This article will show you some handy tips that can make your real estate buying decisions easier, cheaper, and less risky…. Read more »
Study: Living in the Gayborhood
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Planning Association sheds light on the connection between our patterns of movement and what we have in common with our neighbors. Urban planning researchers Michael Smart, of Rutgers, and Nicholas Klein, of the Pratt Institute, examined how people who live in neighborhoods bound by social… Read more »
Real Estate Show on HGTV Canceled Over Host’s Anti Gay, Anti Muslim Advocacy
HGTV announced Wednesday that the recently unveiled real estate reality TV show, “Flip it Forward,” starring anti-gay activist David Benham and his twin brother Jason, will not move forward after all. The announcement comes following a report by Right Wing Watch that David Benham is a conservative activist who has campaigned against LGBT equality and… Read more »
Solid Advice For Finding A Good Real Estate Agent
Solid Advice For Finding A Good Real Estate Agent The more you understand about the process, the more smoothly and easy it will flow. The following paragraphs contain helpful hints you can use for successful buying or selling. If you are selling your home in the fall, it is important to be flexible with the… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Top Advice For Taking Out A Home Mortgage
Top Advice For Taking Out A Home Mortgage If you want to make sure you make the right decision when it comes to a mortgage, then you’re going to want to read the information contained in this article. You never want to just learn everything as you go when it comes to mortgage companies. Instead… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Learn The Best Tips To Sell Your House
Learn The Best Tips To Sell Your House Everywhere you go, some well-meaning soul is sharing their ideas about how best to market and sell real estate. There’s no way to discern if the information they’re giving you is high quality, or if it’s a bit of bad advice. To locate information that will actually… Read more »
Want to Remodel Your New Home?
Despite the Washington, D.C. area’s extended snowy winter bringing a chilling effect to the start of the residential housing market, experts are reporting that pent up demand is expected to lead to increased competition for those seeking to make a home purchase in the coming months. According to a recent report by the National Association… Read more »
Featured Gay Friendly Realtor: Peter Tortorello, Chicago, Illinois
Periodically we’ll feature one of our real estate professionals here to let our readers know about some great Realtors, Mortgage Brokers, and Other Real Estate Professionals. Out, proud, involved. Member HRC’s Federal Club, Lamda Legal’s Liberty Circle, Horizon’s Society. See Peter’s Expanded Listing on Gay Realty Network Here Gay Friendly Realtors and Real Estate Professionals… Read more »
See Gentrification Happen Via Google Street View
The year 2007, when Google first began driving those ridiculous camera-topped cars around U.S. cities, doesn’t feel so long ago. But seven years is a lifetime on the streets of a rapidly changing city like Washington. So much in the District has changed so quickly that it’s almost hard to remember what once-empty or neglected… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Ways To Get Your Home Sold In The Real Estate Market
Ways To Get Your Home Sold In The Real Estate Market Sometimes when you are going through a big life event like selling a piece of real estate, family and friends can overwhelm you with ideas, advice, and strategies. It can be hard to know who to listen to. The remainder of this article will… Read more »
Five Castro Locations Considered for Bike Share
Transit planners in San Francisco are eying five locations in the city’s gay Castro district to install additional bike share stations as they look to expand the program outside of downtown neighborhoods. As the Bay Area Reporter noted on its blog last October, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency set a goal of installing 15… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Know What To Do When Buying Real Estate
Know What To Do When Buying Real Estate You have been unsuccessful so far in finding solid and reliable information about buying real estate. You have found the right resource no matter if you are a veteran on the subject or someone who is just getting started. In this article you will find multiple tips… Read more »
Terry’s Blog: Hard Time Selling Real Estate? Try These Suggestions!
Hard Time Selling Real Estate? Try These Suggestions! There are certain tools that you’re going to need in the real estate market if you want to succeed. Sellers out there have to contend with stubborn and picky buyers, and only the best in the business are managing to turn a profit. Read this article and… Read more »
