$194,500 :: 7729 Waterlace Dr, Fairburn GA, 30213-7910

5 beds, 4 baths
Home size: 0 sq ft
Lot Size: 0 sq ft
Added: 02/20/10, Last Updated: 03/04/10
Property Type: Residential, Residential / Traditional
MLS Number: 4025582
Community: Fulton South (33)
Tract: Fulton

FABULOUS SPACIOUS TRADITIONAL HOME,LG KITCHEN,2 CAR GARAGE,LG MASTER SUITE,SOLD AS IS,SELLER CHOOSES ATTORNEY.EMAIL OFFERS TO BROKER.

Listed with RASMUS REAL ESTATE GROUP INC

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Boise Home Search

If you are searching for a house in the Boise real estate market, you have a lot of choices of where to do your Boise home search. You may want to search the Idaho newspapers, the Real Estate Book, For Sale By Owner Magazines, or take your search online.

No matter which you choose, you must keep in mind that anyone of these methods will not provide you with every single house that is for sale in the Boise real estate market.

The most complete way to get the most out of your Boise home search is to search the Multiple Listing Service directly via an IDX feed. This is how area agents can display listings through their website whether they are the actual listing company or not. That means that an agent from Vizions Real Estate could display
homes listed by Coldwell Banker and vice versa. There are many brokerages do not use the MLS to market their listings, so you would have to go directly to them or their site to find those homes. They comprise of about 5-6% of the local
real estate market.

Searching on a Boise real estate company site is a great way to go with your search. You will have access to a lot of the data that agents have access to, but be careful. There are some Meridian, ID real estate sites that do not link to the MLS and may just show their listings on the site. If they do show the MLS data, be aware that their company listings may receive preferred placement and attention on the site. So, if you are on a company website, be prepared to be viewing their listings more heavily than other companies listings.

A great resource for search will be Realtor.com. It does have a direct link to the MLS and is updated daily. It will give you every home that is on the Meridian, ID MLS, but you will not have access to all of the pictures that the Boise, ID MLS provides. You will only see all of the photos on the premium or paid listings.

Searching online is the most complete resource that you will be able to use in your home search. An experienced buyer agent should also have access to other means to find properties that may not be on the MLS.

Happy House Hunting!

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Boise Real Estate Home Search

If you are looking for a home in the Boise real estate area, you
have a lot of choices of where to search. You can search in the Idaho newspapers, real estate magazines, For Sale By Owner Magazines, or take your search online

No matter which you choose, you must realize that anyone of the a for mentioned tactics will not provide you with every single home that is for sale in the Boise real estate available market.

The best way to search that you can do is to view the Multiple Listing Service directly via an IDX feed. This is how area agents can display listings through their website whether they are the actual listing company or not. That means that an agent from my company could display
homes listed by Coldwell Banker and vice versa. Some area offices do not use the MLS
to market their listings, so you would have to go directly to them or their site to find those. This type of “hidden” listing will be about 6%-7% of the Boise real estate market.

Searching on a Boise real estate brokerage site that participates with MLS exchange is the best way to search. You will have access to a lot of the data that agents have access to, but be careful. There can be quite a few Boise real
estate sites that do not show listings from the Multiple Listing Service, but show company listings only. If they do show the MLS data, be aware that their company listings may receive preferred placement. So, if you are on a company website, be aware that you might be missing some homes that would be perfect for you because of preferential placements.

A great resource for search will be VizionsRealEstate.com. It does have a direct link to the MLS and is updated every single day. So you will know if the homes that you are looking for are actually for sale. You will have access to every home that is available on the MLS.

Looking on your computer is the most complete resource that you will be able to use in your home search. An experienced buyer agent should also have access to other means to discover properties that may not be on any websites.

Boise Mortgage Applications

Loans in the Boise real estate market are getting a bit easier to get again since the bailout plans are starting to work.  It is a good sign to get some of the inventory moving in the Treasure Valley.

Mortgage applications rose last week after hitting an eight-year low the previous week.

The Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted mortgage applications index rose 16.8 percent from 408.1 the prior week to 476.6 last week. On an unadjusted basis, the index increased 29.6 percent compared with the previous week, but was down 30 percent compared with the same week last year.

Much of the increase was in refinance applications, which rose 28.5 percent compared with the previous week. The index of conventional purchases rose only 7.9 percent.

Falling mortgage rates encouraged the increase in applications:

* 30-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 6.26 percent from 6.28 percent
* 15-year fixed-rate mortgages decreased to 6.01 percent from 6.05 percent
* 1-year ARMs decreased to 6.90 percent from 6.97 percent

Source: Mortgage Bankers Association (10/29/2008)

Boise Real Estate Inventory

The Boise real estate market inventory is dropping and that is good for homeowners in the area.  There are currently 4,600 single family homes on the market in Ada county which shows a 24% drop from just 4 months ago when there were 6,100 single family homes available.

Bargain hunters and home owners who pulled their properties off the market hoping for better days down the road helped shrink the inventory of available homes in September, according to a Wall Street Journal survey.

The largest year-over-year declines in inventory were 32.1 percent in Sacramento, 27.1 percent in Orange County, Calif., 21.6 percent in Los Angeles, 21.5 percent in Boston, 21.1 percent in Denver, and 20.6 percent in San Diego.

Demand for housing has slowed even as the population has increased, according to Census Bureau figures. Mortgage Bankers Association chief economist Jay Brinkmann blames lack of jobs, noting that young people don’t go out on their own nearly as frequently during tough times.

With that being said, if you are looking to buy a home in the Boise real estate market, now is a  great time before the inventory drops even more.  If you are a seller, it is not great yet, but things are looking up.

Fraud Warning in Boise?

Even in Boise, there is quite a bit of buzz as you have seen, but the housing bust has not ended mortgage fraud – hucksters are just finding new ways to make dishonest bucks.

The number of fraudulent loans issued during the second quarter this year increased 45%, compared with the same period in 2007, according to the Mortgage Asset Research Institute (MARI), a service of LexisNexis.

The group counts as fraud any misrepresentation intended to get a better deal on a mortgage or a home sale.

During the boom, that might have meant a buyer who inflated his income to qualify for a bigger loan. Some went so far as to get a fake appraisal, invent a fake buyer, and after securing a mortgage, absconding with the cash.

Such ruses may not work in this environment, with lenders tightening up their standards.

But several scams still are effective, according to Jim Ronan of Interthinx, a provider to lenders of fraud-prevention services, and Robert Hagberg, a fraud investigator for mortgage giant, Freddie Mac.

“It’s a constant battle to keep up with the innovative ways that scam artists come up with to defraud others,” said Vincent Robago, an Arizona assistant attorney general who works on mortgage fraud cases, “especially in the real estate industry where transactions are very complicated.”
The new appraisal fraud

One modern gambit is under-appraising property values.  In the Boise market, property values have not taken near the hit as they have in most other states.

These schemes involve short sales, which come up when a struggling homeowner is “underwater,” or owes more on his mortgage than the home is worth.  I have run into this quite a bit in the Boise area and I can’t believe how
many so called “investors” there are out there trying to make a buck
When done legitimately, the owner sells the home for the lower market value, and the lender agrees to accept just that amount and forgive the difference.

When illegitimate, fraudsters fake very low appraisals for the homes and use those appraisals to justify low short-sale prices – well below true market values.

If busy bankers don’t check the appraisal closely, they may agree to sales of homes that should be worth $200,000, for $150,000 or even less.

The buyers – in cahoots with the owner – then flip them for a big profit.
The new ‘liar loan’

Another fraud, one more often committed by average buyers than by career criminals, has also morphed into something new.

During the boom, many borrowers misrepresented their income or assets with “no-doc liar loans,” approved on the basis of good credit scores with no documentation.

After the mortgage meltdown, no-doc loans vanished, but applicants who lie have not.

“Liar loans are now fully documented – but with really good fraudulent documents,” said Hagberg.

In one case investigated by Interthinx, a New York man buying an investment property in Georgia provided documents that showed double his actual salary.

Advanced information technology and photocopying equipment have gotten so accurate that very convincing papers, including income statements, savings accounts and tax returns can be produced on demand.

Ronan said there are Web sites, such as replica.co.uk, that provide believable documents that scam artists use.

“Because the site says it’s for ‘novelty purposes,’ you can’t really do anything about it,” he said. “They don’t say it can be used to defraud.”

Scams that misrepresent income or employment are still the most common type of fraud, according to MARI.
‘Buy and bail’

This is a new scheme that had no equivalent during the boom years.

You’re underwater on your mortgage and want a new, cheaper home down the block.

You could just bail on the existing home, but no lender would give you a mortgage for the new one.

So you tell the bank you plan to rent out the current home – even though you have no intention of doing so.

“This is a very difficult scam to pin down,” said Jennifer Butts, a spokeswoman for MARI, because the rental agreements that borrowers proffer may not be scrutinized by lenders.

The Federal Home Administration announced in late September that it hoped to head off many buy-and-bails by no longer insuring mortgages if the homeowners had existing loans – unless they could show enough income to pay off both loans simultaneously.

But don’t sell fraudsters short – they’ll probably find brand new ways to get around the policy.

$250 Government Bank Bailout

The United States Treasury announced today that they would purchase $250 Billion in preferred stock in some US banks.

“Government owning a stake in any private U.S. company is objectionable to most Americans – me included,” Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said in a statement. “Yet the alternative of leaving businesses and consumers without access to financing is totally unacceptable. When financing isn’t available, consumers and businesses shrink their spending, which leads to businesses cutting jobs and even closing up shop.”

How will this move on the Boise real estate market?  Only time will tell, but it seems like something had to be done to prevent further collapse.  There are some great deals out there in the market and interest rates are great, so if you are looking to buy, now would be a great time.  Don’t wait until buying in Boise becomes popular again.

Tuscany Subdivision – Meridian

Tuscany or “Messina Meadows”, “Messina Village” and “Tuscany Lakes”  is a beautiful subdivision in S. Meridian, ID.  Some of ammenities include: 4 community pools, clubhouse, 6 acre community park, pocket parks, basketball courts, and a new K-8 Magnet School.

It is a great place to live and is in a great location for access to I-84 if you need to commute to downtown Boise.  Tuscany should be a primo location for you if you are looking for a newer home between 250k-500k in Meridian.

Boise Area CMA Request

Everyone who has ever sold a car knows they have to first find out how much it is worth and what people are willing to pay for it. It’s easy to gather the information you need to set a price from newspapers, the Blue Book, or online used car sales sites. When you’ve gathered this information you can then set a price that potential buyers will find attractive. It’s really pretty simple and requires very little pricing expertise.

If you want to sell your home, it’s not so easy and it’s certainly not simple. The value of your home is much more difficult to predict and the information available to home sellers can be untrustworthy. Online home valuation sites are fun to play with, but they are based on past sales, not current market factors. Newspaper listings give you some information, but houses are usually so different that it’s hard to compare.

The best method available to home sellers to learn their home’s current value so they can select the best sale price is a CMA, or Comparative Market Analysis. CMA is the term real estate agents use when they conduct an in-depth analysis of a home’s worth in today’s market.

The best part about a CMA is that it’s usually free!

When should I ask for a CMA?
If you don’t get a CMA before you list your home you might try to sell it for the wrong price. Setting the price too low means you’ll get less money for your home; setting it too high means it might not sell at all. Every real estate agent in the country will want to complete a CMA on your home before helping you sell it. Sellers who haven’t yet chosen a real estate agent often ask several agents to complete CMAs so there is opportunity to meet different agents and to see how they work.

How is a CMA prepared?
First, an agent will walk through your home. The home does not have to be in perfect condition. However, property condition does affect price, so if you plan to do work on the property, let the agent know. At this point the agent may recommend improvements to increase your home’s value.

Second, the agent will research information about comparable properties in the area, usually using a real estate industry resource called the Multiple Listing Service. This includes:

• Properties that have sold and closed within the last 12 months
• Active listings – properties currently for sale
• Pending sales – listings that have sold but not yet closed
• Expired listings – properties that did not sell during the listing period

Lastly, the agent suggests a probable selling price. Don’t be surprised if a CMA results in a price range rather than a set price, particularly in markets were there are price differences due to property size, age, architectural style or physical condition.

What can you expect to see in a CMA?
A completed CMA is presented in the form of a report, which includes the selling price, detailed information about your home, and the comparable properties that were researched to determine its value. Because the price derived from a CMA is somewhat subjective, some agents may include brief statements on the perceived selling points your home.

A CMA is not an appraisal.
A real estate appraisal is a comprehensive evaluation performed by an independent professional appraiser. With a CMA, the agent’s experience in the business and familiarity with the local area can affect the accuracy. Typically, a CMA prepared by an experienced agent with good knowledge of the local market is right in line with your home’s appraised value. A CMA can therefore be a very useful tool in a real estate transaction.

When selling your car, an incorrect price might cost you a few hundred dollars. If you set the wrong price for your home, you could lose tens of thousands of dollars. Do your homework and ask a real estate professional for a Comparative Market Analysis to ensure you get the most value for your home.

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Buyers – Get Your Inspections

If you are in the process of purchasing a new home, it will definitely be in your best interest to have a home inspection done.

Not only will you want to have a home inspection done for your own sake, and peace of mind. But most lenders will require that you have a home inspection before they will proceed with the loan. The lending institution has just as much interest in the home as you do, so that is why they require a home inspection.

Getting a home inspection requires hiring a company to send out a home inspector to go through the home you are going to purchase. With you present, the home inspector goes through the home, and thoroughly inspects to make sure nothing in is need of major repair that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Basically, a home inspector goes through a home and checks wiring, fixtures, plumbing, and the foundation of the home to make sure it is structurally sound. He will also inspect the outside of the home along with the roof to make sure there isn’t any exterior damage.

Along with the home inspection, it would also be in your best interest to inspect for wood boring insects, such as termites and beetles.

Imagine if you found your dream home and loved it so much that you purchased it without having the home inspection done. On the day that you and your family move in, it is the happiest day of your lives. Than, three days after you move in, you get your first rain fall while in your new house. Than, the next thing you know, you have rain coming through the ceilings up stairs.

After something like this, you’ll be wishing you had the home inspected. Trust me.

Believe me, this stuff happens. So be smart, and get a home inspection. It beats paying $15,000.00 to $20,000.00 for a new roof.

In addition, once you have a home inspection done, you will have peace of mind that the house is sound and in good living condition. However, should anything happen to go wrong after you move in that was covered under your home inspection, you will have the home inspection company to hold accountable for the damage, and not have to pay it out of your own pocket.

To summarize, the home inspection is very important to both you and the lending institution. You both have an interest in the property, so have the home inspection done, you will sleep a lot easier.

Real Estate Buyers Get Your Inspections

If you are in the process of purchasing a new home, it will definitely be in your best interest to have a home inspection done.

Not only will you want to have a home inspection done for your own sake, and peace of mind. But most lenders will require that you have a home inspection before they will proceed with the loan. The lending institution has just as much interest in the home as you do, so that is why they require a home inspection.

Getting a home inspection requires hiring a company to send out a home inspector to go through the home you are going to purchase. With you present, the home inspector goes through the home, and thoroughly inspects to make sure nothing in is need of major repair that cannot be seen with the naked eye.

Basically, a home inspector goes through a home and checks wiring, fixtures, plumbing, and the foundation of the home to make sure it is structurally sound. He will also inspect the outside of the home along with the roof to make sure there isn’t any exterior damage.

Along with the home inspection, it would also be in your best interest to inspect for wood boring insects, such as termites and beetles.

A pest inspection is also required by the lender before they proceed with a loan.

A pest inspection is done separately from the home inspection and is done through a different company that specializes in pest inspections.

Not only are home and pest inspections required by the lending institutions, but it would be in your best interest even if they were not. They cost anywhere from $300.00 to $400.00 depending on the size of the home, and you are aloud to be present and ask questions through the entire inspection.

Imagine if you found your dream home and loved it so much that you purchased it without having the home inspection done. On the day that you and your family move in, it is the happiest day of your lives. Than, three days after you move in, you get your first rain fall while in your new house. Than, the next thing you know, you have rain coming through the ceilings up stairs.

After something like this, you’ll be wishing you had the home inspected. Trust me.

Believe me, this stuff happens. So be smart, and get a home inspection. It beats paying $15,000.00 to $20,000.00 for a new roof.

In addition, once you have a home inspection done, you will have peace of mind that the house is sound and in good living condition. However, should anything happen to go wrong after you move in that was covered under your home inspection, you will have the home inspection company to hold accountable for the damage, and not have to pay it out of your own pocket.

To summarize, the home inspection is very important to both you and the lending institution. You both have an interest in the property, so have the home inspection done, you will sleep a lot easier.

Boise Real Estate – Short Sales

Well, how do you find the best Boise real estate deals out there on the market right now. Probably the best way is to get with a professional buyer’s agent that has experience with short sales and foreclosures.

Short Sale is a situation where the sellers are usually already behind on their payments and have probably stopped paying on their loan. They are on their way to foreclosure and owe more than they can net out of the house after closing costs and penalties. We then have to turn to the bank and offer them a deal that they can’t refuse. Let the owner sell the house and have the bank take a loss on the loan so they don’t have to take back the house. There are a plenty of short sales in the Boise real estate market right now.

Why would a bank agree to this? Because they don’t want default loans on their books that severely limit their lending power. It also can cost a bank anywhere from $20,000-$60,000 to send a home through foreclosure. Why not take a portion of that $20,000-$60,000 and put it in your pocket?

You can. There are services in every state that can notify you of defaulted loans (some are better than others). This will allow you to go directly to the owners and see if you can work out a deal with them. This method is for knowledgeable and experienced investors only. You do need to know what you are doing. Or, you can hire an experienced Boise area Realtor that knows their stuff. They can typically help you with a home whether it is listed or not.

With so much opportunity out there, make sure that when you buy, you are taking advantage of the great deals that are out there.

Happy House Hunting!!

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Are You Ready To Buy A House

You are ready to buy, so let’s talk about what to anticipate and how to be ready for the road ahead!

Steps:

1.  Make a decision to buy some real estate
2.  Get organized
3.  Shop for a home
4.  Make an offer
5.  Get a loan
6.  Close on the home
7.  Prepare to move

Decide to Buy
You are ready to purchase a Boise area home. Identify what you want and why. Below are a couple of questions to
answer, before you begin.

1.  What are your future plans?
a.  Do you anticipate on having a family, growing as a family or maybe reducing the size of your
family with kids moving out? These questions need to be answered, so you can identify the
house of your desire and ensure it meets your needs.

2.  Do you have enough cash for a down payment?
a.  Identify how much you can afford for a down payment.

3.  Can you afford your desired home?
a.  This is a key question that only you can answer. Will your current spending habits allow you to
live comfortably with a new mortgage, or will it cause you to struggle?

Get Organized
Now it’s time to gather key information and educate yourself for the process. First, check your credit rating to
ensure that nothing is outstanding, which would prevent you from obtaining a mortgage. This can be done by
contacting one of the three largest credit bureaus:  Trans Union Corp., Equifax, and Experian (formerly TRW).

Next make sure that you have the loan capability for a mortgage. Contact a loan officer and get pre-approved.
This will help you identify your available loan size and provide you with your affordable target range. For pre
approval, you will need to know:

•  Cash available for a down payment
•  Cash available for closing costs
•  Current income
•  Job status
•  Estimated assets
•  Estimated debts

Shop For a Home
Decide how you want to proceed with this process. When purchasing a home, you often will not have to pay
for an agent. This is the seller’s responsibility. For your benefit, let an agent do the legwork for you.

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