Posts Tagged ‘Richmond Real Estate’
How Long Will It Take to Sell Your Home?
As we head into the busiest season for real estate, the spring and summer market, one of the questions I get asked all the time is how long it takes to sell a home from start to finish. And I usually have a question back when someone asks m...
Home Appraisals FAQ
So if you've followed along thus far with all of my videos about appraisals and how they might impact your transaction, thank you. This is the sort of wrap-up. I'm going to talk about a couple of frequently asked questions, commonly asked q...
What if Your House Doesn’t Appraise: Part 2
Okay, so let's say you got a contract for $450,000, but the appraisal came in at $425,000. Maybe you don't have $25,000 extra to throw at it. If you're the buyer, you're trying to get creative and think of other solutions. Maybe you go b...
What if There is an Issue with Your Home Appraisal?
So what do you do if there is an issue with the appraisal? Let's give an example. You purchase a house for $450,000 and the appraisal comes back and it's $425k. Now, what do you do? Well, in our contract, and again, this is the Centra...
What if Your House Doesn’t Appraise?
So maybe you've followed along with my appraisal series, maybe you're in a transaction, maybe you're contemplating what might happen in a transaction and you're thinking, but Cindy, we don't want to put an extra $10,000, $20,000 in a house ...
Who Pays for the Home Appraisal?
All right, so let's talk about the nuts and bolts when we're talking about appraisals. Who pays for the appraisal anyway? And if I'm selling my home, and somebody's gonna come in and put a value on it, that's different than the value I put ...
Who Does the Home Appraiser Work For?
So we know what the appraiser does, who they are kind of, but who picks them? And okay, I can't pick them. But who does? And how does that affect me? Well, if you're the purchaser, you really don't have any input on the appraisal process...
Getting Pre-Qualified for a Home Loan: What You Really Need to Know
So I've seen a couple of things in the past day on social media talking about getting your pre-approval letter, getting pre-qualified with a lender, and getting ready to buy a home. So I wanted to clarify a couple of things. One thing th...