Buying Real Estate

Toni's Take on Real Estate: Buying as a Broker (Part II)

Toni Haber | Posted 02.18.2012

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Toni Haber

if you really, really love an apartment or a home, $100k is not a big difference in a monthly payment (especially at today's rates).

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Lending a Hand to Lenders: How to Speed Up the Closing Process

Ron Gitter | Posted 07.06.2011

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Ron Gitter

The process by which a bank completes the loan documentation at the closing is about as up to date as applying a wax seal. In the digitized world we live in today, a closing takes way too long.

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A New Closing Dynamic

Jim Randel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Randel

It seems to me that if the seller and buyer are in agreement on all terms, then the mechanics of the closing should never delay the manifestation of the parties' desire and intent, i.e. money for deed.

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Foreigners Snap Up Second Homes In U.S.

AP | Leslie Wines | Posted 05.25.2011

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Panden Rota, a Nepalese producer of fine rugs, is about to become a Manhattanite, the owner of a sumptuous apartment in the luxurious downtown neighbo...

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