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You have made your proposal. The seller accepted. Contracts were made- and you read that the seller was offered a higher price. Now you’re wondering: can they legally accept it?It’s one of the most nerve-wracking questions in real estate. The answer to this is in most cases: no. The rules can change fast, however, real estate contracts are constructed on the condition and as soon as those conditions...

You crack open your laptop, type in a zip code and are looking at a six-figure home price that would have been considered impossible only ten years ago. Welcome to America's housing reality. Not only are the most expensive cities in the US expensive, but they are transforming who is able to live where, reforming careers, and forcing millions of households to make vicious financial trade-offs. The...

You've seen the glossy renders. Glass to the ceiling, views of panoramic city, a rooftop pool that makes it look like it is in Dubai. The apartment life in high-rise buildings has come to be a shortcut to a certain type of aspiration - urban, high-rise, easily contemporary. However, the brochure form of vertical living and the experienced reality can deviate in a surprising way even to the experienced...

Property tax and real estate tax are actually the same thing. This type of taxation applies to your property such as your house, land, or rentals. While the IRS prefers the use of the term "real estate tax," the term that is more popularly used by many people is "property tax."Ever got confused looking at your tax forms or mortgage papers? Well, don’t worry; the terms "property tax" and "real estate tax"...

Not really, since Boise does not occur naturally as a woodland. The region is characterized by the semi-arid to high desert, which is mostly covered with the sagebrush steppe ecosystem. The forest-like appearance is due to the man-made urban forest, and a small strip of woodland adjacent to the Boise River.But what about when people talk about "The City of Trees" and all of those images of rolling green...