We have had our home on the market for three months, and finally received an offer last week. The price that the buyer is offering is fine with us, but the contract includes a “loan contingency” ...

The biggest, most perplexing challenge for many equity-rich California home sellers is fear they are walking away from a low fixed rate mortgage and low property taxes and then buying into the abyss.

Income-Contingent Repayment, or ICR, is a repayment plan that bases the loan payments on a percentage of the borrower’s discretionary income, as opposed to the amount owed. ICR first became available ...

While sellers hope for the best, sometimes a home sale doesn't go as planned. Sometimes, a seller could be right at the finish line of parting ways with their home, and a buyer pulls out of the deal.

As mortgage rates finally began to drop toward the end of 2024, the real estate market became significantly more competitive, and there are no signs of it slowing down in 2025. In this market, ...

Last week, the Dakota, Minnesota &; Eastern Railroad announced that coal from Wyoming was trucked to Sioux Falls, and then put on DM&E; trains to Chicago. This may illustrate the DM&E's; argument for ...