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Category: Buyers

BUYERS

Pay attention to your loan documents!

Prepayment penalties -- requiring borrowers who close out a loan in the first few years to fork over some extra cash -- have long been common on the so-called subprime mortgages issued to borrowers with blemished credit records.... Most of my buyers are choosing to…

BUYERS

Heated market leads to sudden decisions

I heard the end of an interesting story on NPR this morning discussing the over-heated real estate markets nationwide.  One couple was recalling how they had to decide to make an offer on a house within 30 minutes of visiting the house once and then…

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Jim Duncan has been helping buyers and sellers in Charlottesville’s neighborhoods for 25 years. Get local insight born of experience.