Pennsylvania Real Estate Update

What's going on in the real estate market? Find out from 20 year veteran John Rainville, Realtor, RECS, CSP and LTRS certified Broker. Residential and commercial topics for everyone from first time buyers to seasoned institutional investors.
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  • Do you have brusied, banged up, or totally messed up credit and want to buy a home?

    Many of us anymore have credit that is not quite good enough now to get a mortgage, or at least not good enough to get the very best rate.  Divorce, illnees, job loss, kids moving back in, bad luck and other life events may have marked up your credit and that can cost you literally thousands if not a million dollars in higher payments for ...
    Posted to John Rainville (Weblog) by 324456 on June 10, 2008
  • The Rebates are Coming!

    Well, I heard on the news that 8 million people will get their rebates on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, None on Thursday and the rest on Friday! Please think about how you will spend yours carefully. You may be able to buy a house with that money!  We have a lender that has a special program for several counties in Pennsylvania where you only ...
    Posted to John Rainville (Weblog) by 324456 on April 27, 2008
  • How tough is it to buy a home in the current market?

    Good question, prospective home buyer! And the answer depends on so many things, but really focuses on:Credit ScoreDown PaymentCredit Scores, your "mid" score needs to be 620 or better. What is a "mid" score? Well there are three main Credit Information Repositories--Trans Union, Equifax, and Experian. So that means that 2 out ...
    Posted to John Rainville (Weblog) by 324456 on March 9, 2008