Spruce Up Your Home For Spring On a Budget Have you been looking through home décor magazines and gazing with wonder at the gorgeous homes inside? Do you want to add a touch of elegance and luxury to your home before spring, but you are on a tight budget? No need to worry, there are many ways
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02/27/2014
Is It A Buyers Market? Two major indicators of home price trends showed a slowing momentum for home prices in December. The S&P Case Shiller 10 and 20 city indices reported that of 20 cities tracked, home prices were lower in December than for November. Case-Shiller’s seasonally adjusted mont
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02/26/2014
Using An FHA Loan To Get Cash-Out Of Your Home While homeowners typically equate the FHA loan program with low-down payment mortgages, FHA refinances are also available. In addition to easy-to-source rate-and-term and streamline refinances that replace an existing FHA mortgage with a bett
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02/25/2014
Existing Home Sales Numbers Drop Sales of existing homes fell by 5.10 percent in January according to the National Association of REALTORS. Pre-owned home sales slowed to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 4.62 million homes against an expected reading of 4.65 million and December’s r
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02/24/2014
Mortgage News For This Week – February 24, 2014 Last week’s economic data supported recent reports indicating that housing markets are slowing, The National Association of Home builders/Wells Fargo Home Builders Index (HBI) dropped by 10 points to a reading of 46 for February. Home builder co
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02/23/2014
Smart Ways To Use The Equity Within Your Home Home equity is the difference between what your home can sell for and what you owe on it. Generally, the longer you own your home, the more equity you build. This is money you can use before you sell your home through a home equity loan. Jus
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02/20/2014
What You Need To Know Before You Sell A Home Using An FHA Loan Before an owner can market a property to buyers that want to use a FHA loan, he will want to familiarize himself with the FHA’s standards. FHA won’t insure loans on just any property. While their standards aren’t as stringent as
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02/19/2014
Buying A Fixer-Upper...Consider This In your mind it seems like a great idea – you purchase an older run-down property and you have the chance to fix it up and make it into the home of your dreams. To Renovate, Or Not To Renovate Consider this, the renovation project that is simply a
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02/13/2014
Is It A Good Idea To Co-Sign For A Mortgage Loan? Like credit cards or car loans, some mortgages allow borrowers to have co-signers on the loan with them, enhancing their loan application. However, a co-signer on a mortgage loan doesn’t have the same impact that it might on another loan. Furt
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02/11/2014
Build Your Savings Or Pay Down Your Mortgage Have you find yourself with a little bit of extra money – perhaps due to a raise, an inheritance or an unexpected windfall? Are you wondering if you should put all of your money toward paying down the mortgage on your home? Or would you be better
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02/04/2014