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For the Self-Employed, Getting a Loan Takes Planning
Being Your Own Boss and Getting a Home Loan You don’t have to tell anyone who is self-employed that there are extra costs that go with the benefits. In addition to the long hours and weight of responsibility that come with the job description, getting a home loan has always added special challenges. Now... Read More
Carmel Real Estate Sales Make for True-Life Reality Shows
Keeping Carmel Real Estate Sales on Track The slick, entertaining formats of HGTV’s many buying and selling programs makes for great entertainment – but, as anyone who has ever actually bought or sold a house knows, they tend to leave some key information on the cutting room floor. Sure, real estate sales in Carmel can... Read More
Private Mortgage Insurance in Zionsville Bridges Risk Gap
Zionsville Mortgage Insurance: Tonic for Lender Anxiety Many of Zionsville’s would-be first time home buyers are stopped short when they come up against the need to raise the initial deposit. But just because you don’t have a hefty down payment, it needn’t mean you can’t own your own home. You can still purchase a house... Read More
Home for Sale or Not, Spring is Time for Simple Renovation
Simple Tips for Renewal (Without Breaking the Bank!) With spring in the air, you don’t have to have your home for sale to catch the spring cleaning bug. Whether or not you’ve been cooped up inside for a longer-than-usual siege of the wintertime blues, as soon as the weather turns the corner, there seems... Read More
Contingency Strategy for Low-Risk Foreclosure Investors
Contingency Strategy for Low-Risk Foreclosure Investors Foreclosures in Fishers Still Available for Careful Buyers Despite the winter’s chilling effect on all sorts of sales, March saw single family homes, condominiums and townhomes selling nationwide at a full 7% increase over a year earlier. The opposite is true of foreclosures—no surprise, since the health of the... Read More
Buying a House—Which Will it Be, New or Old?
Buying a House—Which Will it Be, New or Old? Buying a House in Carmel and the Great Preference Divide When it comes to buying a house in Carmel, almost the first thing most of us do is to check the online listings to see what’s out there that catches our eye. That quick first look... Read More
Empty Nesters Have Alternatives to Simple Downsizing
The children have grown; home feels…a little empty… Many people assume that an empty nest means it’s downsizing time—time for a smaller house or condo. In truth, for many a homeowner in the Indianapolis area, downsizing is just one of a number of appealing directions. It may sound obvious, but it’s your interests and plans that... Read More
Staging For Imagination.
Unfinished Rooms Needn’t be a Staging Roadblock You can have 100 reasons for wanting to move onto a larger, smaller, or just different house or neighborhood—and 101 why it keeps getting put off. Chief among them for most of us is the hassle factor. You start to run down a mental list of everything... Read More
A New Site, New Tools, But the Same You
The Heard Group is proud to announce the release of our newly designed website. When we decided to update our main site, IndyHomeHunter.com, we realized the design and search tools deserved a new upgrade. So that’s what we did! With our new site, we’re introducing a more streamlined search process, easier navigation, and tons of more... Read More