Buying A Home

What The Heck is Escrow Anyway?

by Jon Griffith Buying A Home

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary: Escrow:  1590s, from Anglo-Fr. escrowe, from O.Fr. escroue “scrap, roll of parchment,” from a Gmc. source akin to O.H.G. scrot “scrap, shred” (see scroll (n.)). Originally “a deed delivered to a third person until a future condition is satisfied;” sense of “deposit held in trust or security” is from [...]

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The Benefits of Ownership

by Jon Griffith Buying A Home

Buying a home doesn’t mean all of your problems will go away.  There are plenty of responsibilities that come with home ownership, but the benefits far outweigh those responsibilities. Owning a home involves a down payment, property taxes, potential home owner’s association fees, and other various expenses that can seem at first to be a [...]

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More First-Time Home Buyers Than Before

by Jon Griffith Buying A Home

According to the National Association of Realtors, in 2007, 39% of all home sales were by first-time home buyers.  So far in 2008, we’ve seen that number increase to 41%.  First-time home buyers have some very attractive incentives to enter the market, and it’s much easier than many would think for a first-time buyer to [...]

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