There are many benefits of using estate agents to buy property overseas, especially in developing countries like Mexico. Living costs in Mexico, as well as taxes and leisure expenses, are considerable…

Competent and reliable real estate agents can help you in the challenging process of selling your home. However, how do you choose from the several real estate agents available?

One of the most use…

Which costs more: a 20 year mortgage at 7% interest or a 30 year mortgage at 5%? Sounds like you need a finance calculator.

I remember buying my first house. The guy told me that if I was to com…

Boston Apartments aren't very easy to find, but if you can manage to come up with a nice place to live, Boston is a great city to live in.

One reason I see Boston as a good spot to settle do…

JD over at Get Rich Slowly took a look at reverse mortgages a couple of days ago. There's a lot of hype (and advertising) out there on the subject. But do you know anyone who's actually doi…

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BusinessWeek looked recently at the decision making process for figuring out how much house you can afford to buy.While the National Association of Realtors Housing Affordability…

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Get Rich Slowly ran a piece late last month that compared 15-year and 30-year mortgages.

The fairly lengthy blog post is based on the personal experience of one of GRS’s staff wr…

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In the picture to the left, you see a happy couple spreading the news of their successful home sale. What you don't see are the many moments leading up t…

If you own a house or other real estate, you no doubt spend at least a little of your time wondering what you could get for your house if you tried to sell it today. While you'll never know for su…

Alaska has no state sales tax and no state income tax. But that's only the beginning…

I came across this article today that shows Anchorage to be the cheapest major American city to live in, at…