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Money Magazine) -- 1. Choose the right plan What's new: When you're signing up this month for your employer-provided insurance for 2010, you'll likely see plans with lower premiums and higher deductibles. You may also see broader use of co-insurance (you pay a percentage of the bill) instead of f...
11/07/2009
I have been finding lately that the buyers I'm working with have family members that are going to take the apartment.  Perhaps due to the strick mortgage criteria and downpayment needed.  Whatever the case is.  When I'm asked by a SELLER ..."WILL IT BE BETTER IF I HAVE A TENANT OR NOT WHEN WE LIS...
11/05/2009
Obama set to sign a big tax break for homebuyers   WASHINGTON - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000. As part of the government's efforts to enco...
11/05/2009
Obama set to sign a big tax break for homebuyers   WASHINGTON - Missed out on Cash for Clunkers? Congress has another deal for you: Buy a home before May 1 and collect up to $6,500 from the government. If you're a first-time homebuyer, get up to $8,000. As part of the government's efforts to enco...
11/05/2009
Conforming Mortgage Rates, $417,000.00 AND LOWER       November 4, 2009 Term Rate APR 30 year Fixed 5.00% 5.042% 15 year Fixed 4.375% 5.447% FHA 30 year Fixed FTB 4.50% 4.878%   Jumbo Mortgage Rates $417,000.01 - $3,000,000.00   Term Rate     APR 30 year Fixed 5.50% 5.519% 15 year Fixed 4.74% 4....
11/04/2009
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The number of signed sales contracts to buy homes rose in September for the eighth straight month, according to a real estate industry report released Monday. The September Pending Home Sales Index from the National Association of Realtors (NAR) spiked 6.1% to 110.1, co...
11/03/2009
  In mid-October, President Obama moved to raise the amount of credit extended to small businesses. If Congress approves his plan, the measures would enable community banks to borrow at low rates from the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP). It would also raise loan caps on...
11/03/2009
As I sit there with so many years of experience, I never lose sight that "this seller" is not the same of all the others before.  The words they speak may be the same, their homes may be identical, but they must be treated equally but different.  Just as each Agent is that you interview.Part of m...
11/02/2009
By AMY HOAK Buying a foreclosure home often is appealing to house hunters trying to stretch their dollars. But finding a good one can be a challenge. "The vast majority of the banks don't want us to advertise [foreclosure homes] as 'bank-owned' because it comes with a negative connotation," says ...
10/27/2009
Nelson Says Senate to Extend, Reduce Homebuyer Credit (Update1)   By Ryan J. Donmoyer and Dawn Kopecki Oct. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Senate leaders are negotiating to extend and gradually reduce an $8,000 tax credit for first-time homebuyers through 2010, Senator Bill Nelson of Florida said. "We should ...
10/26/2009
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