No, you probably don’t need to put 20% down. Buying your first home is a big freaking deal. How do you know which loan is right for you? How do you swing the down payment? How do you ensure your offer isn’t too low or too high? What don’t you know that you don’t know? […]
Last year we saw headlines about a possible housing market bubble, and many wondered if Americans still felt confident about the value of their homes. Recently, the 2018 Houzz & Home Study revealed: “Homeowners with mortgages have seen their home equity more than double since 2011, increasing to a record-setting $8.3 trillion in 2017.” The […]
Antlers Hotel 4 S. Cascade Avenue, Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Go out this Friday, February 01, 2019-Sunday, February, 03, 2019 for the first comic convention in Colorado Springs! GalaxyFest is in it’s 7th year of drawing many fans, gamers and independant film artists from across Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and more! It is a celebration […]
Here’s the scenario: you have a project and need to borrow some money, but you want to do it in the most economic manner. You’ve got a low rate on your existing first mortgage and don’t want to do a cash-out refinance and pay a higher rate. Is a home equity loan an option? Prior […]
Strategies to help you win the house. That place with the creepy dungeon basement: nixed. The condo without a bathtub: pass. The mansion with the home theater: not likely. If you’re at the offer phase in your home buying journey, you’ve probably seen a lot of undesirable properties in your search. That’s why finding the […]
Over the course of the last thirty years, a shift has happened. An entire generation has been raised to believe that a college education is their key to unlocking opportunities that were not available to their parent’s or grandparent’s generations. Due to this, student loan debt has soared to $1.5 trillion and represents the largest […]
Up until recently, Coloradans have been enjoying a relatively mild winter. Some people fell into the trap of believing that the pleasant weather would stick around… and then the snow arrived to once again ravished the state. Welcome to Colorado, folks! Aside from expecting the unexpected when it comes to our unpredictable weather, there are […]
