http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:25:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When Should I Buy A House? With this year bringing record lows to home prices, many renters out there are wondering if this is the right time for them to buy. Afterall, the appeal is certainly there. The idea of owning something brings a sense of pride that only home ownership ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/think-before-you-buy/ Local Elections Affect Home Values You know it's election season when the yard signs start to pop up on every street corner, sometimes multiplied two, three, even four times for the same person. Some people pay attention to local elections and campaigns, others do not. But it may be wise to ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/elections-affect-home-value/ I know it sounds crazy, but YES! Despite the downward spiral of home values over the past year, there are actually major cities where current market values have been on the rise! Gathering data from Zillow's second-quarter home value index and comparing it to the same time in 2008, it ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/best-housing-markets/ Should You Refinance Your Home Mortgage? Refinancing a home mortgage is only worth the effort if the resulting refinanced loan helps you avoid foreclosure, if it is sustainable AND if it reduces you total home loan costs. During the market boom, the main reason people sought to refinance their loan was to ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/refinancing-home-mortgage/ Ushering In A New Generation of Home Buyers I was recently browsing the Internet and searching for various topics when I came across an image of an article – so I started scan it up and down and low and behold – it was about the new changes in the housing ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/new-generation-of-home-buyers/ Make Sure Your Home Reflects the Current Market Value This just in: It takes longer to sell your home now than it did two years ago! Just kidding! If that's news to anyone, you better go back a few blog posts and start reading!  The truth is we know the minute ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/home-market-value/ Yes! Home Security Increases Home Value It’s been quite an interesting week for your friendly, neighborhood blogger. This weekend, I came home to find that someone had picked the lock on my back door and let themselves in. Luckily, we were not home at the time, and nothing was taken. We ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/home-security-increase-home-value/ What You Need to Know About Home Value Assessments When trying to determine the current value of your home, there are a lot of similar sounding terms that are thrown around to help you do that. One of the most commonly confused terms is "home value assessment". The reason for this ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/home-value-assessment/ We get a lot of questions from people asking us about the resale value of their homes. It's an important part of both the buying and selling process. When shopping for a home, you need to keep in mind it's potential resale value 5, 10, and 15 years down the ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/home-resale-value/ With the current economic times that we find ourselves in, many people, even those who aren't selling their homes, are at the very least, curious as to what their home is worth. So unless you're willing to dish out the $300 - $600 on an actual appraisal, you might want ... http://www.getmyhomesvalue.com/determine-home-value/