Wasilla Real Estate News, Valley Market Real Estate

Read The Fine Print October 13th, 2011

Categories: For Buyers

Among the huge stack of necessary documents that you sign in a real estate transaction are a few optional ones that you might not want to sign.

For example, did you know that some of the local real estate companies include a clause giving them permission to advertise the price you paid for your property in their promotional ads? Do you want your neighbors to know the exact price that you paid for your house? Perhaps more importantly, do you want the property tax authorities to know the price you paid for your house?

Face it, the only reason a real estate company wants to tell everyone else about your house price is to promote themselves…not you. You can cross this clause out and it will not affect your real estate transaction at all.

Another clause gives the company permission to call you in the future. In fact, one of the local real estate companies includes this clause even when they do not represent you in a real estate transaction. Do you want to give these companies permission to harass you with phone calls?

Read the small print and cross out what you don’t like. It’s easy to give up a lot of our rights when we just sign everything in front of us without reading it.

On the other hand, most of the closing documents that you sign at the title company on closing day are required. You can’t really just cross anything out in those documents if you still want to buy the house. So don’t go to crazy with the cross out pen.

Written by Marty Van Diest Please leave a comment.

2835 S Cataract, Wasilla October 7th, 2011

Categories: For Buyers, My Listings, New Construction, Pacific North Construction

This beautiful new home was just completed by Pacific North Construction. It boasts an open floor plan, large master, and vaulted ceiling. The kitchen has granite counters, fireplace in the living room and other Pacific North features.

The .92 acre lot has a great location just outside of Wasilla and you can even drive to Anchorage with no stop lights.

Written by Marty Van Diest Please leave a comment.

YourAlaskaHome.org October 5th, 2011

Categories: For Buyers

The Alaska Association of Realtors recently launched a website designed to help prospective home buyers. It’s called youralaskahome.org.

I checked it out and it appears to be very useful for anyone wondering about the home buying process. There are video tutorials, mortgage calculators, a glossary of real estate terms and lots more. There are a lot of resources unique to Alaska with links to each of them. I thought the FAQs list was good and so are some of the charts. For example…see the flow chart below, click to expand.

Home Buying Flow Chart

This website will be a welcome addition to the Alaska Real Estate Industry because it helps buyers understand the process of purchasing a home from start to finish.

Written by Marty Van Diest Please leave a comment.