By: Anya Martin September 9, 2015 Signing a lease option helps jumbo-mortgage borrowers save for a higher down payment, get their credit history in order and lock in on their dream-home purchase Illustration: Chris Gash A rent-to-own luxury home may help potential homeowners buy some time before it’s buying time. For potential jumbo-mortgage borrowers, a
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Q: Would the title company find out if a septic system was put into my home illegally before closing? The owner lied at closing about the original system. He never got a permit or engineering done for it. Neither the real-estate agent nor my attorney told me the house failed the water inspection, and during
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By Gary Singer June 5th, 2015 Board-certified real estate lawyer Gary M. Singer writes about the housing market at SunSentinel.com/business/realestate each Friday. Q: We rent out a house. After a prior tenant moved out, we spent a few weeks cleaning up and repainting. Over the weekend, someone just moved into the house without permission. I
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Miller Samuel President and CEO Jonathan Miller discusses the U.S. housing market. Bloomberg Intelligence’s Carl Riccadonna also speaks on “Bloomberg Surveillance.†(Source: Bloomberg)
Read more %1$sSolid gains in home values mean more homeowners could face a hefty tax when they sell. Keeping track of home improvement costs could help defray that tax.
By: Robert Neubecker June 5th, 2015 The New York Times A tax time bomb is ticking for an increasing number of people who have been lucky enough to see big gains in the values of their homes. This is especially true in and around cities like New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston and San
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Love at First Sight Frederick Peters | President, Warburg Realty Real estate is a love-at-first-sight business. More often than not buyers respond viscerally one way or another within 30 to 60 seconds after they walk into a property. The subsequent 20 to 30 minutes of the showing either bolster or contradict that initial impression, but it lingers. So the
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Consider Cash When Buying a Vacation Home Overseas U.S. residents buying vacation homes overseas may find that financing their slice of paradise isn’t so dreamy. By: Anya Martin April 1st, 2015 The Wall Street Journal Breathtaking ocean views, a five-minute walk to the beach, and regular sightings of toucans, iguanas and sloths— Todd Harris and
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Tips for Homeowners to Ease the Tax Bite In addition to deducting interest payments, homeowners can use these strategies to reduce their taxes By: Anya Martin March 4th, 2015 The Wall Street Journal Jumbo borrowers enjoying low, low interest rates may have a bitter pill to swallow come tax time: The IRS limits the deduction
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The Best Time to Refinance A surprise interest-rate drop in January spurred a record number of homeowners to refinance. What you should know when rates fall again. Illustration: Chris Gash By: Anya Martin February 27th, 2015 The Wall Street Journal When mortgage broker Mathew Carson saw interest rates fall unexpectedly in January, he picked up
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