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Calculators
This Mortgage Calculator is provided via realestateshows.com and can be used to figure out approximate monthly payments on this home, based on the home’s sale price, the term of the loan desired, your down payment percentage, and the loan’s interest rate.Estimate the Proceeds from the Sale of Your Home This calculates a seller’s net gain after the current mortgage(s) have been payed off and taxes, sales commissions and other closing costs involved in the sales transaction have been accounted for.
Selling Tips
Tips for Selecting a Real Estate Professional. This booklet from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) provides information on the different ways to list and sell your home, and how these choices affect your cost to sell. The FTC is committed to establishing a competitive marketplace in real estate.Getting your house ready to sell. Tips that won’t cost a lot but can make a big difference on the appearance of your home.Tax Implications of Selling a Home Selling a home can have a major impact on your federal and state tax returns.How Much Is Your Home Really Worth? Gather information from several sources and compare the findings rather than rely on just one approach to home valuation.Myths and Facts about Appraisals Consumers tend to have some misconceptions about the appraisal process.
Important Consumer Information About Real Estate
20/20’s John Stossel investigates: Should You Sell Your Home on Your Own? Or Will You Get a Better Deal Through a Broker?
The Importance of Competition in Real Estate to Consumers: The Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice launched a new Web site today to educate consumers and policymakers about the potential benefits that competition can bring to consumers of real estate brokerage services and the barriers that inhibit that competition. Among its features, the Web site includes maps identifying states with real estate laws that can inhibit competition, a calculator to help consumers tally their potential savings when brokers pursuing new business models compete for their business, and links to additional government resources The Today Show Interview, Levitt on the The Today Show discussing Freakonomics.For Sale By Owner web sites can generate higher prices than Realtors. Three economists decided to investigate whether using a for sale by owner (FSBO) web site could actually make homeowners more money compared to selling a house with a traditional real estate agent.How the Real Estate Cartel Harms Consumers and How Consumers Can Protect Themselves, by Stephen Brobeck and Patrick Woodall, June 2006, Consumer Federation of America.State Real Estate Regulation: Industry Dominance and its Consumer Costs, by Patrick Woodall and Stephen Brobeck, July 2006, Consumer Federation of America.A Critical Assessment of the Standard, Traditional, Residential Real Estate Broker Commission Rate Structure, by Mark S. Nadel, October 2006, AEI-Brookings Joint Center For Regulatory Studies.
What the Realtors are saying about FSBOs
Granted, some people are able to sell their own homes without the services of a real estate agent. Some of these successful do-it-yourselfers are very experienced home sellers. Others are transferring ownership of their home to a child, a coworker or a tenant who’s already living in the home. These circumstances are the exception, not the norm, however. For most people, a for-sale-by-owner (FSBO) transaction simply isn’t in the cards. Here are five reasons why.
Contract Forms
Real Estate Contract Forms Most of the forms you will need to sell your home are available here.
