Home Improvement
How Public Records Give You an Edge in Homebuying
Dig up data on the seller, street, and neighborhood to inform your home search and your buying decisions.
In the face of very good reasons for the real estate market to have tanked, it's soaring. Despite a global pandemic and the worst unemployment since the Great Depression, homebuying is brisk. If you're shopping for a new home you'll likely face stiff competition.
To give yourself an edge in researching properties and negotiating to buy, take advant...
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