Making sound investments in your home can improve the "bottom line" when the time comes to sell your home. The trick is, knowing what to improve. Making home improvements prior to listing it is a common practice. However, improvements should be selected carefully if the primary goal is to increas
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08/28/2012
Associated Press writers Jennifer C. Kerr, Seth Borenstein and Hope Yen, and Deputy Director of Polling Jennifer Agiesta contributed to this report form WASHINGTON (AP) today declaring — We're heavier in pounds and hotter by degrees than Americans of old. We're starting to snub our noses at dista
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08/25/2012
Is It Finally Time to Sell is a question analized by Draper and Kramer mortgage company? Analyzing Your Financial Situation, with interest rates at record lows and home prices remaining low, we know it is a good time to buy, but is it a good time to sell? The biggest influencer in home sales is
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08/23/2012
THE PROSPECTS FOR HOUSEHOLD GROWTH The joint center for housing studies at Harvard University reports Given that the number of new homes added in 2002–11 was lower than in any other ten-year period since the early 1970s, it is difficult to argue that overbuilding is dragging down the housing mar
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08/10/2012
CONTINUING SLIDE IN HOMEOWNERSHIP The joint center of housing studies at Harvard University reports Declines in the national homeownership rate accelerated in 2011 as increasing numbers of households opted—or were forced by foreclosure—to rent. The national homeownership rate dipped to 66.1 perc
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08/10/2012
SIGNS OF RECOVERY IN THE FOR-SALE MARKET The joint center for housing study at Harvard University reports The for-sale housing market remained depressed for much of 2011. House prices in most areas continued to slide, sales were lackluster, and single-family construction hit a record low. But as
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08/10/2012
June home sales in Illinois up 18.0 percent from a year ago; Median prices also post year-over-year increases SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Home sales surged 18 percent over previous year levels, with data released today by the Illinois Association of REALTORS® showing signs that the state’s housing market
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08/10/2012
When a Homeowner calls me and ask me to stop by to list their home as a Short-sale, the one thing I already know before they have made the call to me is, it has taken courage to get to the point of deciding it is time to release the home for now and move on with their lives. My assignment become
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08/09/2012
E. Scott Reckard explains the typical rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage tumbled below 3.5% for the first time this week, Freddie Mac said -- the latest record low in a trend that has fired up refinancings but done little to ignite housing demand. Freddie Mac's weekly survey of what lenders are off
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08/02/2012
