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The Eternal Delemia – Pay off Your Mortgage Early or Investing?

Is it better to pay off your mortgage early or should you put your money into investments or even income property?  This is a topic that can be debated no matter what the market is looking like and there are many sides to the debate.

Paying off Your Mortgage Early

Anyone who lived [...]

Buying real estate a better deal than renting in 74% of major US cities

 Buying real estate continues to be cheaper than renting in the vast majority of major U.S. cities, according to a quarterly rent vs. buy index from real estate search and marketing site Trulia.  This index compared the median list price and the median annualized rent on a two-bedroom apartment, condominium or townhouse in [...]

Five Cheap ways to Improve your Kitchen!

 

The good news for homeowners: Consumer Reports’ latest tests yields a tantalizing menu of value-priced kitchen upgrades that cost as little as $1,000. Besides paying off now in improved looks and convenience, these smaller upgrades are likelier to pay bigger dividends later as home prices rebound. Here’s the list:

Add fresh paint [...]

Westminster CO Lawn Care Tips

 Westminster Co Top Tips to Save Money on Landscaping

 

As any homeowner knows, landscaping can cost much more than one might initially expect. You can save money and have a beautifully landscaped home by doing more yourself and with these tips:

 

1. Hire a consultant – Hiring a landscape designer can [...]

Westminster Colorado Real Estate Buyers are Cautiously Optimistic about the Economy

In Colorado, Westminster Real Estate is still seen as a solid investment and Coloradans in general are more optimistic about the economy and the future.   We have expanded our economy by adding a lot of green industries and hope that this transition will bring more job growth as well as higher paying jobs into [...]

Let your Realtor and Lender Help with the Paperwork!

As the rules for getting a home loan have tightened, the list of documents that home buyers must bring to their lenders is expanding.  Home buyers and sellers  often bristle with the mere thought of all the paperwork they expect they’ll have to come up with to do their transaction.  this is above [...]

Great News - Listings and Showings have increased in Denver

Early this year we saw a great surge in homes on the market, showings per home and a great number of homes were closed.  After the housing credit ended, showings as well as homes going under contract were greatly reduced.

Lon Welsh, President of Your Castle Realty has just released numbers showing that [...]

Dever Forclosure Sale May 2010

After attending the Weld County foreclosure sales earlier this Spring, I went to Denver where I thought there would be more action.

They have a few different rules but the bid process is similar making bidding faster as the increases after the 1st 2 bbids are in $500 increments.

The list of [...]

Great Reasons to Buy a Home Now!

Sometimes it looks like all the news about housing is more in a negative that a positive light. Check out the article below and you will see that there are some great reasons for buying this year.

 

Interest rates remain low and this can really effect how much home you can purchase. [...]