How Much Are Costs When Sell a San Diego Home?
Wednesday, 08 October 2014
Question: “How much are the costs when you sell a home?” Answer: In addition to the real estate fee, you will have: Just under 1% for title insurance, half the escrow fee, county transfer tax, HOA (homeowner association) documents (if any) and other smaller fees. An unknown amount for repairs the buyer requests that you
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Why You’ll Get a Bigger Loan on a House vs. a Condo
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Question: “Maybe you can answer this for me. I talked with a lender who said I can buy a house for 490K, but a condo for only 450K. Why do I qualify for a higher price for a house than for a condo?” Answer: It’s because of the HOA fees. The lender adds them to
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HOA Fees on Condos
Thursday, 17 March 2011
“Perhaps you can help settle an argument. I want to buy a nice condo in a safe area, but my husband wants a house, even if it’s a little dump in a slummy area. He says he’d never buy a condo because they just keep jacking up the fees and the fees are a waste
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Short Sales and Paying HOA Fees
Sunday, 15 August 2010
“We are going to attempt a short sale. We have almost no money and can’t pay the mortgage and probably can’t keep paying the HOA fees either. Will not paying the HOA fees hurt our chances of doing a short sale?” Answer: Back HOA fees have to be paid in full in order to do
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Condos and HOA Fees
Monday, 26 February 2007
“Wed really love to get into a house, but cant afford one, so were going to buy a condo. Were looking for a condo with very low HOA fees. Which do you recommend?” ***ANSWER: Be careful what you wish for. A friend of mine has a huge contracting business that repairs and renovates older condo
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