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Source: washingtonpost.com - Real Estate
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The Post's Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi answer your questions about the local housing market.
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Mailbag: Retiring Mortgages, Staging Homes and Trying Short Sales
Useful advice, along with the occasional touch of real estate agent defensiveness, came in through the mailbag this summer. Here's an edited sample.
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Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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Fewer Loans, But Still More Fraud
You might assume that with home purchases and new mortgage volume off by 30 percent or more in many markets in the past year, loan fraud would be down as well.
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Taylorstown's Still-Rural Radius
People who live in Taylorstown have made their choices: scenery over shopping, deer over drive-throughs.
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Restoring Schools to the Havens They Should Be
As Labor Day marks the end of summer and beginning of another school year, citizens presume that teachers are ready, but they may wonder if school buildings are, too.
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The slumping housing market hit Teresa Walsh hard. Seeking a better life for her two daughters, Walsh put her house in Menlo Park, Calif., on the market and moved to Bethesda.
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Centuries of Drama at Halcyon House
In Greek mythology, a halcyon was a bird said to calm rough seas. "It also means peaceful and prosperous," real estate agent Hugh Oates said.
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A Wake-Up Call on Home Equity Loans
An increase in consumer complaints over the cancellation or reduction of home equity lines of credit has prompted one federal banking regulator to remind financial institutions about the laws governing this type of loan.
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When Cutting the Price, Take a Big Bite, Not a Bunch of Nibbles
Cutting the price to get your home sold isn't quite as simple as it seems.
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Source: Baron Briefs
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Four Reasons for Agents and Brokers to Use ReferralAuctions(TM)
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Introducing the ReferralAuction(TM)
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Source: About Home Buying / Selling
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Here is How Your Impound Account Can Show a Shortage Friday, September 5, 2008
Did you know that when a home buyer sets up an impound account for a mortgage that the payments can change? The PITI payments don't stay the same forever. Some home...
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What Fair Housing Won't Let Your Agent Do For You Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Fair Housing Act governs what real estate agents can and cannot do for their clients. When buyers merrily hop into a real estate agent's car to tour homes, the last...
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Once and For All -- What is a Fixture? Monday, September 1, 2008
To determine what stays with a home and what goes is to define the word fixture as it pertains to real estate. Some sellers believe anything they can remove from a...
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Tax Breaks for Home Sellers Friday, August 29, 2008
Almost everybody has heard about the $7,500 tax credit for first-time home buyers, but what about tax breaks for home sellers? Sellers get the best break of all -- a $250,000...
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The Most Important Home Buying Documents To Keep After Closing Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Many home buyers don't know which home closing documents to keep. It's no wonder that home buyers can be confused because there is so much paperwork involved in every transaction. Signing...
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Top 3 Home Buying Blunders Monday, August 25, 2008
Buying real estate is hard enough without buyers messing it up for themselves by forgetting about the top three home buying mistakes. Not that buyers intentionally cause problems, mind you. It's...
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Hot Home Buying Trends Friday, August 22, 2008
As I stare at my newly installed kitchen counters, I can't help but wonder how long it will take before home buyers resort to snickering at quartz counters after new...
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How to Recognize Predatory Mortgage Lenders Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Even though there are laws against predatory lending, it doesn't stop mortgage fraud or protect an innocent buyer from harm. Nobody wants to overpay for a mortgage loan or...
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How to Ask Your Parents for Money to Buy a Home Monday, August 18, 2008
It's not always fun to ask parents for money, but sometimes it's the only way to afford to buy a home. Especially in today's lending world -- with banks tightening mortgage...
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What is Procuring Cause? Friday, August 15, 2008
In an ideal real estate world, procuring cause never happens. Procuring cause doesn't happen in an ideal world because in that fictional real estate society, every single home buyer will have...
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Source: Real Estate / South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Get all the latest real estate news from the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.
Boca Raton-based Oriole Homes shuts down after 45 years in Florida
Oriole Homes Corp. of Boca Raton is the latest casualty of South Florida's historic housing debacle.
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$3.3 billion worth of FPL projects approved
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Price cuts generate more Broward County home sales in July
Price cuts boost Broward sales, but slump lingers
Sales of existing homes increased in Broward County last month, but don't call the moving company just yet.
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Housing market still struggling, but Palm Beach County July home sales are up
Price cuts boost county sales, but slump lingers
Sales of existing homes increased in Palm Beach County last month, but don't call the moving company just yet.
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Son steps up at private developer after father's death
Twenty-something Richard Rendina and his brother, Michael, take the helm of their father's real estate development company after his death
In the summer of 2001, Richard Rendina completed an internship at Lehman Brothers, a Wall Street investment bank. His mentor, Andrew Malik, showed him how to be a banking analyst but made sure he knew a few other things, too.
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Many South Florida owners taking losses to sell homes
Sellers: Sacrifice chance of profits to unload mortgagesBuyers: Price drops make homes much more affordable
South Florida is seeing a big jump in the number of homeowners who are selling their properties for less than they paid, highlighting the magnitude of the region's historic housing slump.
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Many South Florida owners taking losses to sell homes
Sellers: Owners sacrifice profits to unload mortgagesBuyers: Price drops make homes much more affordable
South Florida is seeing a big jump in the number of homeowners who are selling their properties for less than they paid, highlighting the magnitude of the region's historic housing slump.
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Your Money: Students and the credit crunch; They use their credit cards for what?
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Construction of homes at lowest level since '91
Construction of homes and apartments fell in July to the lowest level in more than 17 years, but some economists said the drop could aid the slumping housing sector by helping reduce a glut of unsold properties.
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Tropical Storm Fay prevents writing of property insurance policies
With Tropical Storm Fay hitting Florida, property insurers have stopped writing policies in Broward and Palm Beach counties, a decision that will postpone home sales for at least a few days.
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