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Mortgage Preapproval Affect on Credit Ratings

Does Shopping Around for a Mortgage Preapproval Hurt Your Credit Rating? For serious home shoppers, especially in competitive housing markets, it isn’t enough to be prequalified. You also need to be preapproved for a loan amount equal to or greater than the price of the home you’re considering (minus the down payment).  That said, stringent […]

How to Sell a Home Around the Holidays

How to Sell a Home Around the Holidays Pop quiz. What’s the worst time to sell a home? If you ask any families with lots of holiday events, errands, and gifts to buy, that answer’s simple: the holidays. And there’s a problem, too: not every buyer is looking to purchase a home during the holiday […]