Most sellers come to their real estate agent relationships expecting help selling their home on a particular time frame, and marketing the place to make that happen. Buyers are most often seeking an agent’s help finding the right home and negotiating to buy it. But both buyers and sellers are of
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12/09/2012
The forms used by property insurers across the state to calculate insurance discounts for homeowners are seriously flawed and must be completely thrown out, an administrative judge has found in a potentially groundbreaking ruling. The decision could have far-reaching implications for homeowners
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12/09/2012
A Fannie Mae study finds that many Americans don’t adequately investigate or fail to understand the choices available when shopping for a mortgage. That, in turn, can increase cost to the borrower and add problems that arise during the life of the loan. The study examined how consumers across di
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12/06/2012
Average U.S. rates on fixed mortgages stayed close to record lows this week, a trend that has made homebuying more affordable and helped the housing market recover.Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate on the 30-year loan edged up to 3.32 percent. That’s close to last wee
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12/06/2012
South Florida’s residential resale inventory of condos, townhouses, and single-family houses has decreased in quantity by 68% since the Thanksgiving holiday week – the symbolic start of the busy winter tourism season of 2008. Nearly 108,000 residential properties were on the resale market in th
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12/04/2012
