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Building in Winter

Posted on January 14th, 2012 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers.

The winter weather doesn’t phase the progress on new home construction very much around here. It takes a little coordination so that the foundation work is done prior to or after the coldest weather. But there are usually enough good weather days afterwards to frame the home, get it under roof and finish the exterior work all through the winter months. This home in west Carmel that I previewed

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2012 – Day One

Posted on January 1st, 2012 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers.

I spent the late afternoon of the first day of 2012 by showing homes in west Carmel to some buyers, and on my way home I couldn’t resist stopping briefly to take this photo of the Clock Tower in Coxhall Gardens which was lit up like a beacon in the dwindling twilight. Even though it’s a holiday, I didn’t mind working a little while. It didn’t take that much time, plus I

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Choosing the Right Home

Posted on September 19th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers.

Even though each home Buyer has very different goals and vision of their next home, there are similarities in the home buying process every time. Moving to a new home is a pivotal event for anyone, and it’s not uncommon for the whole process to take a year, sometimes two or more until the actual move is completed. It takes that long for the ideas, feelings, vision and motivation to evolve and for the right home to

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Selling Homes One by One

Posted on September 1st, 2011 by Richard. Categories: For Home Buyers, For Home Sellers.

A transaction I had been working on for quite a while closed today. As closings go it was a little different because the buyer wasn’t local and couldn’t attend on the day closing was to be. So the seller signed their documents here, then copies overnighted to the buyer and signed the next day, and overnighted back to be finalized on day three today. Usually buyers and sellers along with

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Details, Details. Getting a Mortgage Loan

Posted on August 28th, 2011 by Richard. Categories: Financing, For Home Buyers.

One change that happened as a result of the sub-prime mortgage meltdown a few years back is that the government reacted by tightening up the lending rules and documentation needed for obtaining a loan… or as I like to put it, they stopped all the funny business going on. The old rules were too loose and there was poor oversight and a lot of bad loans were made, quite a