Articles, tagged with "housing boom", page 4
11th March 2010
In efforts to rectify some of the fallout from the housing crash, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have forced lenders to buy back about 4.1 billion dollars in faulty mortgages last year and about 1.3 billion dollars in 2008. While the buy backs have been go...
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Author:
Gary Ashton
03rd March 2010
Renovating on a budget is not that difficult. You just need to get creative with some things and be willing to wait a bit for the right opportunities. Depending on what types of improvements need to be done, some can be done by you while others need some ...
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Author:
steve magill
03rd March 2010
Today's economy is certainly turbulent and the high level of foreclosures has made many people fearful of buying a home. There are many myths that exist that are keeping otherwise qualified people from pursuing homeownership. Here are two of the concerns ...
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Author:
FrankSmith
25th February 2010
Up until recently, banks have not been very supportive of giving home owners the option of a short sale because they are a complicated way to deal with a delinquent mortgage. However, with the rising wave of possible foreclosures on the horizon, some l...
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Author:
Jamie Mathwig
11th February 2010
The Long Island brick chimneys were built during the housing boom around fifty years ago were made out of the believe that brick chimneys require no maintenance and were free from the hands of destruction. This wrong conception came to alight upon the use...
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jasonrobert1
04th February 2010
One of the most vital people you'll meet in the purchase of a home is your home inspector. While most people have their houses checked, many don't really consider the person checking the home. We've heard horror stories of inspectors who miss major defe...
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Author:
Andrew Taylor
11th January 2010
How has the infusion of stimulus dollars into the economy benefiting the public? The money has gone to big time lenders and financial institutions. These institutions had behaved irresponsibly in the past. They had given loans to borrowers who were not el...
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Author:
john watson
11th January 2010
A recession is a generally considered as a bad period for the economy, finances and the country as a whole. People lose their jobs, demand for goods and services fall and prices of goods and services that were affordable in the past become expensive. In s...
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Author:
matt
03rd December 2009
The sudden rise in home prices suggests that the psychology of the market has shifted substantially. But what should we expect in the months ahead? Not necessarily that we're entering a new housing boom. To a large extent, where we're heading depends on...
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joshua@sdmtg.com
01st December 2009
Just like the famous like from Charles Dickens novel "A Tale of Two Cities", being a landlord today can be described as the worst of times. There are many factors in the marketplace that are conspiring to make managing rental properties a challenge. Landl...
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Author:
Jennifer Minge
11th November 2009
The housing boom in America opened doors of opportunity to purchase homes that many could not afford, lasted many years and significantly increased the homeownership rate in the States. Credits were extended past borrowers' means by lending institutions, ...
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Author:
Josh
15th October 2009
Details of a home affordability stimulus plan have recently been released by Obama's new administration indicating that as many as 1 in 9 homeowners could be helped to avoid foreclosure and have easier access to ways of refinancing their home even if the ...
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Author:
BrianRS
06th October 2009
Of the things that you see on the news today, the housing market is one that is still up in the headlines. There are still foreclosures going on all over the place and people are rethinking what a home means to them. A lot of people refinanced back in the...
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Author:
JenB
02nd October 2009
You might think I'm off my rocker for suggesting that a housing boom can actually work against you, but it has happened to many, many investors, including myself. Let me share with you two observations I've made after going through a housing boom into a ...
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Author:
Alan
19th August 2009
With the global lifestyles, ambitions and careers of young Indians, they are marrying later than the previous generations did. It is more prevalent among people who migrated to other cities or countries in search of better jobs, since their career assumes...
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