This story makes its way around about this time every year at least for the past 6 years that I can remmeber. It just goes to show you that just when you feel you have the worst neighbors, someone has it worse off than you. You know its bad when you go as far as this home owner did to try to sell
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07/28/2016
You just bought the house of your dreams in the quietest neighborhood — or so you thought. Unfortunately, you were house hunting in a new community and there was not much else built there, and now that the community has built up you’re realizing the street is populated with teenagers who blast m
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07/26/2016
While existing home sales in June were at a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 5.57 million, their highest level since Feb of 2007, sales remain 22% off the peak of mid-2005. A key reason; a low inventory that essentially hasn't budged since late 2011. And why might that be? A rise in the number
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07/26/2016
The number of foreign adoptions by Americans fell by 12% in 2015 to 5,648, down from 6,438 in 2014 and a peak of 22,884 in 2004, from which the number has steadily declined. In 2015, the number of adoptions was the lowest total since 1981. China remains the most popular source nation with 2,354.
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07/24/2016
Are you still renting a home or apartment for yourself or your family? If so, you're losing money. Here is just three ways you lose money by renting: You're paying for someone else's mortgage payment. You're missing out on the appreciation that the property gives to the landlord. Appreciation is
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07/23/2016
Considering putting your house up for sale, but not sure where to start? Afraid it will take too long to sell, or that you won’t get the price you want? Think about setting the scene for immediate buyer interest in your property. Many call it staging your home, but let's pay attention to the out
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07/23/2016
For the year ending June 2016, the budget deficit totaled $523 billion, that's up 20.6% from just one year earlier. As a percentage of GDP, it's 2.9%, the highest level since March of 2015. Revenues grew 2% in the last 12 months, spending grew 4.3%. Nominal GDP growth during this time was also ab
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07/21/2016
The free upgrade to Windows 10 ends on 29th July, that’s just next week. So have you been listening to all the hubbub from those that did upgrade? Some love it and some flat out hate it. But the big question should be, Is it any good? I have also heard that some people have done the upgrade
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07/20/2016
The first post-Brexit US economic data point came out Friday, and it showed that consumer sentiment declined from 93.5 in June to 89.5 during the first 10 days of July; hardly surprising. Record numbers of households mentioned Brexit, including nearly one-in-four households in the top third of th
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07/19/2016
1. Always pay on timeNo lender likes to lend money to an individual who has a repeated record of missing his payments. This indicates a lack of discipline and poor financial management, and it leads to a bad impression on paper.Whether it was intentional or due to genuine reasons is immaterial. I
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07/18/2016
