Taking the Leap from Tenant to Hagerstown Homeowner, Each day, any number of tenants see the perfect Washington County house for sale, yet fail to go ahead and investigate further. Making the move from tenant to homeowner is, after all, one of life’s major decisions — so no matter how perfect such a find might be, making the leap can seem daunting. According to the Rental Protection Agency, by last week there were more than 107,000,000 renters in the US — a number that increases by 2,600 a day. In other words, if you are a little unsure about snapping up even the most perfect Hagerstown house for sale, you are hardly alone. Still, there is that nagging suspicion that home ownership brings substantial financial advantages to some people… Fortunately, there are concrete indicators that wh... 05/17/2013

According to statistics from RealtyTrac, the outfit that keeps the stats nationally, the rate of foreclosure activity is tailing off. Their mid-October report shows how a precipitous drop in September helped bring the foreclosure number to the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2007. In other words, for Hagerstown homeowners who watched their nominal equity dive while foreclosures stacked up: the worst is over (possibly, it has been over for a while). One way stressed property owners can avoid foreclosure is to enter a short sale. Bargain hunters are still on the lookout for likely Hagerstown short sale prospects. Even though the overall price curve is now on the rise, mortgage interest rates remain so low that the investment potential beckons. By now we all understand that what a... 10/30/2012