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homeowners: Lose Your Job...Keep Your Home! - 11/18/09 05:31 PM
Lose Your Job, Keep Your Home
If you're faced with a layoff, there are ways to escape foreclosure and stay in your home.
Few words sting like the ones that inform you that you're being laid off - especially today, with jobs so hard to come by. If you're a homeowner, the blow of a job loss can be even worse.
In households with more than one wage earner, halving the monthly income can severely stretch a budget. And in households where there's one breadwinner, having zero income can be devastating. A rainy-day fund helps, but it's important to craft a … (1 comments)

homeowners: Saving Energy - Helpful Household Hints!! - 11/18/09 03:39 PM

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homeowners: Overpriced Listings - Worth it?? - 10/13/09 04:30 PM
I was always under the impression that honesty is the best policy.  But what I am seeing in today's real estate market with respect to listings that just doesn't seem to be the case.  When I perform a comprehensive CMA for a client I go through great extremes to make sure the information I provide them is complete and accurate.  Inevitably there is a price "range" in which the home should be listed in order to be sold.  Seems simple enough, but I have noticed in not getting these listings there is usually one deciding factor.  The agents getting the listing are … (2 comments)

homeowners: New! $7,500 tax credit for first-time homebuyers - 10/14/08 01:36 PM
New! $7,500 tax credit for first-time homebuyers
First-time homebuyers can take advantage of the new temporary tax credit signed into law on July 30, 2008, by President Bush as part of the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. Below are some of the parameters of the new program. Link to FAQs on the tax credit developed by the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR).
The tax credit is for 10 percent of the cost of the home, not to exceed $7,500. It's important to note the tax credit must be paid back over a period of 15 years like an … (0 comments)

 

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