Q: Marsha, I’ve been renting my home for 10 years. The owner has decided to sell. I love it here. He said he’d sell the home to me for a reasonable price. If I put money into the transaction, a down ...

Owner financing is an arrangement in which an owner or seller, rather than a bank or mortgage lender, extends financing to a buyer. This can be a viable option for buyers who don’t qualify for a ...

Seller financing is an alternative way for a buyer to purchase their home. Essentially, the seller becomes the lender and extends credit to the buyer so that they can cover the purchase price of the ...

Real estate investor Matt Theriault explains why seller financing works for both buyers and sellers alike.

Seller financing is not common in the Washington area real estate market but crops up often enough that there are professionals available locally to advise buyers and homeowners who choose it over a ...

In a transaction environment that has largely crawled on its hands and knees over the past two years, dealmakers pushing sales across the finish line are still getting increasingly crafty about how to ...

It wasn’t long ago that buyers were waiving home inspections and making up the difference on appraisals that came in below their offer. But higher interest rates have changed the home buying game. Now ...

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After a decade-long hiatus, sellers of all types of San Francisco properties are once again offering to stand in for traditional lenders to get deals closed in a down market and receive a steady cash ...

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Seller financing, also known as owner financing, is a somewhat nontraditional real estate transaction in which the seller of a property handles the buyer’s mortgage financing instead of a financial ...