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To Buy or Not To Buy

That is the question of the hour from buyers of Palos Verdes real estate (and probably nationwide). Should buyers believe the doomsayers or the optimists? The LA Times has a very balanced answer to their question.

Reasons not to buy are mostly from economic forecasts, statistics and ratios. Reasons to buy look at the benefits of home ownership (you can't be evicted, click here to continue reading...

Posted by Elaine Carlson on 08/14/2008 10:09 AM

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Elaine Carlson

Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA

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