Does a 50-year mortgage really help homebuyers? Dave Gallagher

Key points: President Donald Trump has suggested that a 50-year mortgage could be a way to help tackle the housing affordability crisis. Housing economists aren't so sure, noting that borrowers would ultimately pay far more in interest and gain equity more slowly. Policymakers should instead be focu

Negotiating Tip 4: The Irrational Opponent Written by John Hamilton

Here is part 4 in our continuing series on Negotiating a Real Estate deal   If you haven’t encountered an irrational negotiating opponent, get ready, your turn is coming soon. Dealing with the Irrational What strategy is in order when one encounters a negotiating opponent who has clearly abandoned c

Negotiating Tip 3: That Good Deal Feeling Written by John Hamilton

Four ways to help your opponent walk away feeling they got a good deal. Is it the Feeling or the Fact? Which is more important or satisfying - to get a good deal or to simply feel you got a good deal? Some say that getting a good deal will typically elicit a good deal feeling. I agree. But consider,

Negotiating Tip 2: Don’t Leave Money On The Table Written by John Hamilton

What questions can you ask to make sure you’re not leaving money on the table? Giving Away too Much or Getting Too Little Perhaps the most agonizing feeling a negotiator ever gets is when they later realize that they left money on the table. If that's not a familiar phrase to you, it means that you