Six months after closing, a letter arrives from your mortgage servicer. Your escrow account has a shortfall. Your monthly payment is going up — sometimes by $200 or $300 a month. You weren't expecting it, nobody warned you, and now you're trying to Continue Reading
If you bought a home in Florida this year and haven't filed for the homestead exemption yet, this post is for you. The exemption reduces your assessed value by up to $50,000, triggers Save Our Homes protection that caps future increases, and can save Continue Reading
Every week I talk to homeowners who tell me what Zillow says their home is worth. Most of the time that number is higher than what the market will actually support — and most of the time the homeowner is more attached to it than they'd like to Continue Reading
