Home Loans (Selling Your Home)

Contacts for Home Selling

• Where do I get information on filing consumer complaints?
• Where do I get information about closing costs?
• Where do I get information about finding a real estate attorney?
• What standards do appraisers use to estimate value?
• Where do I get information on IRS publications?

Deciding and Preparing to Sell

• What do all of those real estate acronyms in the ads mean?
• How do I prepare the house for sale?
• Who gets the furnishings when a home is sold?
• What are some tips on negotiation?

Disclosures

• How do I get the real scoop on homes I am looking at?
• Whose obligation is it to disclose pertinent information about a property?
• Do I need an attorney when I buy a house?
• What are the standard contingencies?
• What repairs should the seller make?
• Will a neighbor problem reduce the value of my property?
• Do sellers have to disclose the terms of other offers?

Pricing the House to Sell

• What is the best time to buy?
• What is the difference between list and sales prices?
• What are the standard ways of finding out how much a home is worth?
• Where do I get information on housing market stats?
• What is the difference between market value and appraised value?
• How is the price set?
• What are the two most important factors when selling a home?
• What is the difference between list price, sales price and appraised value?
• How does someone sell a slow mover?
• How do you prepare a house to sell?

Real Estate Agents

• Are commissions negotiable?
• Where can I get information on buyer agents?
• What about a buyer's agent?
• How do I find a real estate agent?
• How much does my real estate agent need to know?
• How many people sell their homes themselves?
• How do you find a good agent?

Short Sales

• When does foreclosure begin?
• How does a home go into foreclosure?
• Can a home seller sell a home for less than its mortgage?