If you haven't read the details on the $7500 tax credit you have to take a look at this clear and easy to read explaination. It might surprise you! http://www.federalhousingtaxcredit.com/faq.php#2 Did you KNOW...........? The tax credit may be used by folks who have owned a home in the past. I
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10/29/2008
My husband and spent a lot of money building a super insulated home with foot thick insulated concrete walls. Kudos for us, right? Well not so fast. Because our water front view is to the north we have large windows that need a highly insulated covering for winter evenings. I have driven the m
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10/27/2008
A cunsumer recently asked if it is a good idea to sell a home thorugh a lease purchase. She had been trying to sell her home for four months and was considering an offer from a person who expected a substantial settlement within the next year. Here is my answer to her; What would you have added
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10/24/2008
Zero Dollars Spent on heat so far this season. We were hoping that our new home, with its ICF walls would prove to lower our heating bills. So far the home is meeting and exceeding our highest expectations. Here we are getting close to November and we have still not turned on the heat. On ni
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10/17/2008
Having trouble justifying your Realtor's commission? From time to time we all have to consider how we get paid, and how we pay others for the services they provide. I recently hired a lawyer to help me get clear title to a piece of property. I was amazed at the process he used to calculate my f
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10/10/2008
Is this a good time to buy? You bet your bippy! What people really want ot know is whether the market has hit the bottom yet. We will only know where the bottom was when we look back from some distance. Then it will be too late to have bought at the bottom. Now I am going to ramble a little.
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10/07/2008
Homeowners who are facing foredlosure may want to read the information on the new HUD program that became effective earlier this month. In a nutshell, this program "encourages" lenders to participate in a program to write new loans that will replace troubled mortgages. The new loan is based on
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10/04/2008
In this market most buyers and sellers as well as their agents need some knowledge of the SHORT SALE process. What is your best advice to consumers and professionals when it comes to short sales, either on the sale side, or the purchase side. Most of us don't want to become the latest and greate
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10/01/2008
