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2011
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There are plenty of reasons for not buying that new home you've been thinking about, and I hope this post helps you complete the list. Of course, not all reasons apply to all people. Reasons For Not Buying a Home Now Interest rates are way too low. I'll get a better tax deduction if I wait for ...
06/30/2011
Tammie White, a dedicated Franklin Tennessee real estate professional, relates another incident of a buyer doing everything possible to overpay for a new home. As your exclusive buyer's agent, I am pledged to do everything possible to help you find the best property, determine its value, and n...
06/30/2011
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My last update on the lack of activity in the Minnesota Legislature was over a month ago, and there has been quite a lot of stuff take place since then. First, the legislative session ended with no agreement on how to deal with the results of doing nothing to solve the lack of sufficient revenue...
06/28/2011
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Lyn Sims, a Schaumburg Illinois real estate professional, has posted a couple videos that offer several possible solutions to the housing log jam that has been upon this country for way too long. Take a look and let Lyn know what you think. Think Big Work Small's guys have a few good ideas fo...
06/25/2011
According to information gathered from the Regional Multiple Listing Service of Minnesota, Inc., the number of year over year total closed home sales has increased about 0.34% in these six selected cities which represent almost three quarters of all transactions in Dakota County. Data from the ...
06/22/2011
There are a lot of fence sitting homeowners who want to move to another home. They may want to upsize, downsize across town or across country-size, but they are worried that they will lose money in the transaction. The fear of financial loss is keeping them from making a decision that they feel...
06/21/2011
The convocation of the mudnificent seven last week was an interesting TV watch. The main differences among the wannabes is visual. The usual political mantra spewed like pea soup in an old movie. The other guy is bad and I'm good. Not only am I good, but, even though I'm exactly like the othe...
06/19/2011
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We have several lives to live albeit simultaneously. Our chronological life runs from physical birth to physical death. It is clearly defined, and it is an item of attention in literature, philosophy, underwriters' mortality tables, etc. We can affect the length of our chronological life by ma...
06/16/2011
Since last night's hockey game was lacking in suspense, the magnificent seven Republican hopefuls got my attention during channel surf. They all fell into the universal politician mantra, "Everything bad is the other guy's fault, and everything good is because I'm great." There were a few histo...
06/14/2011
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Yesterday I wrote about The Big Surprise in which I attempted to make a case for some pre-emptive action by lenders to head off further defaults, specifically voluntary or strategic defaults. Banks have not publicized anything that indicates that they plan to make any changes in the current way ...
06/11/2011
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