So, you are a homeowner, you want to buy a new home, but you need to sell your house first. Maybe you do want or can't qualify for two mortgages and you don't want to keep the house and rent it out. One of the most common reasons- You want to take the equity you have in your...

You hear the word a lot in a transaction...but do you know what it actually means? We wanted to keep the explanation very simple. A contingency is a condition that has to be met PRIOR to closing escrow (officially finalizing the sale of a home). If you cancel during your specified contingency, it allows the return of the...