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Buying a home can be as exhilarating as it is exhausting. After months of searching for your first (or next) home, you might have stumbled upon your dream home. This is a very exciting time, but it’s also a time for careful consideration of how to … [Read more...]
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Keeping pace with a home-buying trend that has emerged over the past generation, statistics show that single women are purchasing homes at twice the rate of single men. According to MSN, which used data provided by the National Association of … [Read more...]
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When my husband and I were looking to buy a home, we discovered that there weren't any homes that we liked at our price point. Our real estate agent suggested we consider condos, and we ended up buying a townhouse (which is considered a condo as … [Read more...]
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As the housing market begins to heat up again in some parts of the United States, a lot of people are beginning to consider buying a home for the first time. If this sounds like you, then we have something in common. My number one financial goal in … [Read more...]
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You think you’ve found the one - the one you’ve dreamed about, the one that’s made for you, the one you could conceivably spend the rest of your life with. You think you’ve found your first home to buy. But even though you think you’re … [Read more...]
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Interest-only mortgages were identified among the culprits to blame for the mortgage market crash and financial crisis of a few years ago. In the aftermath, interest-only loans all but disappeared from the mortgage landscape. Now, though, with … [Read more...]
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Selling a house might seem like a simple thing. However, given the uncertainty existing in the U.S. housing market at present, one can never be too cautious. The economy is still far from recovering and as a result it is a difficult time for sellers. … [Read more...]
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It seems like a no brainer: Drop two or more percentage points off your mortgage interest rate, and save a couple hundred dollars a month without extending your mortgage term. However, many consumers are turning down deals that could save them … [Read more...]
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With a little over two weeks left until we ring in the New Year, Freddie Mac is already bidding ‘Farewell to 2012, and saying Hello to 2013.’ Earlier this week, Freddie released its U.S. Economic and Housing Market Outlook for December (think … [Read more...]
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For those with the cash, the credit and the desire to become homeowners, the slowly receding high water mark of our financial tsunami has meant nothing but lower prices, great mortgage rates and motivated sellers. But, with the number of home … [Read more...]
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The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) announced new guidelines yesterday, aimed at giving homeowners suffering from economic hardship the chance to short sell their homes before they fall into foreclosure. The new rules allow people coping … [Read more...]
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