Completely and securely move out the old owners Moving into a new house is exciting — and exhausting. Don’t get comfortable, though, until you make the house yours completely. Before you go to bed that first night, get the locks changed. And re-key them all, because there’s likely a master key floating around that fits your locks. And keys marked “don’t duplicate” get copied...
1. Interest rates are low. "Rates are still historically low. If you purchase a home right now, you will be paying less to borrow more money," says Sayeeda Moore, a Re/Max Agent in Cranford, New Jersey. Wells Fargo is offering 2.875% on a 30-year mortgage, and NerdWallet says the national average is around 2.838%. According to mortgagereports.com, in 1981 that figure was 18%—and just twenty...