Category Archives: Buying Your Charlottesville Home

Buying Your Charlottesville Home are blog posts that provide pertinent information for home buyers in the Charlottesville VA area.

Advice and pointers are key issues in these blog posts.

These posts give pointers that home buyers should know about. One post explains how to define your home search by realizing your criteria. Real Estate Recovery posts discuss how buying up in a down market is advantageous and related economics. Another very important post lets the home buyer know the duties and responsibilities of their real estate agent. In conclusion, the home buyer will benefit from the information in these posts.

Who Earns the Commission?

About Real Estate Commissions Valuable information about commissions including comparisons about hiring a realtor or not and what is involved. What do you think the motivating reason would be for the 5% of all homebuyers who chose not to work with an agent but instead conducted their own home search, contacted the seller, negotiated the […]

Take the Standard Deduction & the Home

About the Standard Deduction and Home Finances Now that the standard deduction is increased to $12,200 for single taxpayers and $24,400 for married ones, many homeowners are better off with the standard deduction than itemizing their deductions to write off their mortgage interest and property taxes. There was some speculation that without the tax advantages, […]

How to Define YOUR Home Search in the Charlottesville Area

Define Your Home Search by Thinking About What is Best For You How to define your home search in the Charlottesville area. Things to consider when building your criteria list when looking for your perfect home. First of all, the Charlottesville area continues to grow as time goes by. This is due to the many […]

Another Source for a Down Payment

Use Your IRA to Make a Down Payment for Your New Home  How your IRA can help you make a down payment on a new home. Information about IRS tax rules and some interesting useful conditions are included. Borrowing from a 401k, 403b or the cash value of life insurance policy is a common financial […]

Anticipating the Cost of a Home

The Cost of Buying Your New Home and Financial Awareness Information about anticipating the cost of a new home and what extra finances may be needed. Important and useful information for home buyers. The largest expenditure a buyer has when purchasing a home is the down payment which can range from zero for veterans or […]

Charlottesville’s Neighborhoods Offer a Diversity of Lifestyles

Charlottesville Offers Neighborhood Diversity of Lifestyles in Our Area Homes The following article discusses Charlottesville’s diversity of lifestyles in area neighborhood and community housing. One of the things I hope to accomplish here is to create an overall impression of Charlottesville’s variety of housing options available in Charlottesville. While we are in many ways still […]