For some would-be homebuyers frustrated by the priciest housing market in decades, renting a house is the next best thing, and that’s helping drive up rents, which jumped 7.5% nationally in June from a year earlier, according to real estate data firm CoreLogic. Not all real estat...
A common home-buying mistake is letting your emotions dictate the offer. Instead, only make an offer if you’re really serious about buying a property, and make sure it’s based on comparable sales rather than just how much you like the house. “Ultimately the price should reflect the mark...
An iBuyer (for "instant buyer") is a company that uses technology and real estate data to make an automated offer on a home. After buying the house, the company fixes what's broken, makes cosmetic repairs and sells it. IBuyers market themselves as a fast, convenient way to sell. Myths...
Anything you buy is going to perform — you will get a lot of buyers that want that house. What’s difficult about home price appreciation — if you look at it from an iBuyer — is people can put their house on the market ...