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With climate change impacting more and more real estate, insurance keeps getting pricier. As we reported last year, mortgage lenders for coastal homes often expect 40% down payments, just to offset the risks. This year, the insurance tech company Policygenius published…
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Could Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence Remove Bias From the Mortgage Process?
In 2017, a small business came up with a fully online mortgage tool. The founders called it an intelligent mortgage adviser, and named it Home Lending Pal. It’s meant especially for first-time home buyers. The platform uses artificial intelligence (AI)…
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We Compare Streaming TV Services Before Subscribing. What About Our Mortgages?
Homes are pricey. Mortgage rates are up. Borrowers are concerned, and mortgage companies have good reasons to work hard for new customers’ business. So, isn’t it time borrowers researched our mortgages before signing up? Yet so few of us do.…
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The Truth About Buying a Home in Winter
Spring is high season for home sales. But buying in winter means settling down in time to watch the garden bloom in a new home. There’s a lot to be said for that. In the northern latitudes, home shopping can…
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Can Tech Make Real Estate Affordable?
Owning a decent, healthful, attainably priced home should be possible for everyone. Buyers in the modest- and middle-income categories should be able to achieve homeownership. After all, buying a home is considered a key to building up a store of…
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When the Endangered Species Act Hits Home
The Endangered Species Act (ESA) protects at-risk species. Most everyone supports its mission. But when it impacts the property they own, developers and landowners may believe the law clashes with their 5th Amendment rights. Why? The law regulates their use…
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New Fraud Fighter: The Good DEED Act
Deed fraud infects cities and counties all over the United States. This kind of fraud involves forging a deed, impersonating someone who holds a title to a home, or falsely authorizing a transfer of real estate ownership. It’s essentially a…
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Buying a House. How Much Do I Budget for Repairs?
All home buyers have some repair work ahead of them. Sometimes, only finishing touches are needed. In other cases, major systems need replacement. A new buyer should budget for significant costs in the first year. But the real kicker is…
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Home Prices Will Fall. But Affordability? Don’t Count on It
What’ll this market do in 2023? Economists envision home prices dropping throughout the year. A report from the research firm Capital Economics predicts an 8% drop, which is in the range others are predicting, too. Then, its forecast shows property…
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Is Home Swapping a Thing?
Most of us know home sharing platforms are a thing — but how about home swapping platforms? Yes, they exist. Hundreds of thousands of people have signed up for subscriptions, across the country and worldwide, so they can immerse themselves…
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Real Estate Apps: What’s Trending Out There?
Plenty of tech innovators are coming up with interesting options to support home buyers, agents, and window shoppers. Many have multiple useful features, and some are pretty fun concepts, too. Here are some of the standouts. Note: We’re not advertising…
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FTX Scandal: What Just Happened to Cryptocurrency, and Does It Affect Blockchain?
In March 2022, the White House formally accepted blockchain and crypto as valid innovations with strong use cases, important for U.S. technological progress. But any commercial innovation has to be balanced with consumer protection. And it can’t come soon enough.…
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Noticed Internationally: A Tale of Two Detroit Women, a Deed, and a Title
We regularly explore racial fairness issues in real estate. So it’s gratifying to find the topic noted in the international press. In addition to what this story tells us about Detroit home buyers’ struggles, it also points out why your…
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The Housing Market “Reset” Is Coming. Here Are 5 Tips to Protect Your Equity
The chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, wants to “reset” the U.S. housing market. By hiking interest rates, Powell claims to be forming a more “balanced” market between buyers and sellers. In other words, home values could be…
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Using a Quitclaim Deed: What Are the Drawbacks?
A quitclaim deed is a simple form that transfers a piece of real estate from one person to another. Any homeowner can fill out a quitclaim deed with their name and the name of the recipient, and the property’s existing…

