If you bought a home last year, you may be eligible for a tax credit of up to $8,000 when you file your 2010 tax return. But before you
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How FHA and VA Loans Affect Your Offer If you are obtaining a VA or FHA loan in order to finance your purchase, you must include that information in your
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Within three business days following receipt of a loan application or any moneys from a borrower, a mortgage broker shall provide to each borrower a full written disclosure containing
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Curbing Closing Costs BORROWERS have some weapons for keeping closing costs down, the result of recent guidelines requiring lenders to disclose certain fees, but perhaps the most underutilized consumer
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Overpriced, Underpriced Housing Markets What are the most overvalued and undervalued housing markets in the country? The Local Market Monitor recently released a list for investors analyzing buying conditions for
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 If you’ve shopped for a home and browsed the Multiple Listing Service (MLS), you may have noticed that often the photos fall short in showing off a place.  Read
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President Barack Obama talked about the need to reduce the federal deficit and simplify the tax code in his state of the Union speech last night but in leaving
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According to a NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® survey of 3,793 adults conducted by Harris Interactive and released in January 2011, home owners and renters agree that home ownership benefits
Read more %1$sOwners, Renters Agree: Owning a Home is a Smart Decision
A substantial majority of both home owners and current renters agree that owning a home is a smart decision over the long term. That’s according to the results of
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The Race to Erase Recording Mistakes To protect the integrity of this nation’s property transfer system, the robo-signing controversy must result in a better system of transferring property and loans.
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