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Realities of Living With a Roommate
Filed under: Renting, Creditdreamsjung/Flickr By AJ Smith Housing is a huge financial and personal decision at any age. Most people imagine graduating from college and moving into our own space. But...
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Foreclosure Settlement: Ocwen Agrees to $2 Billion in Mortgage Relief
Filed under: News, FinancingAP By Marcy Gordon WASHINGTON -- Ocwen Financial Corp. will reduce struggling borrowers' loan balances by $2 billion in an agreement with federal regulators and 49 states...
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Total Value of U.S. Homes: $25 Trillion in 2013
Filed under: News, Economy, Selling By Cory Hopkins If you wanted to buy every single home in the country, all at once, you'd need to be prepared to spend more than $25 trillion, according to Zillow....
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Mortgage-Fee Hikes Will Be Put on Hold, Mel Watt Says
Filed under: News, Buying, FinancingThe Associated Press By Margaret Chadbourn Congressman Mel Watt, the incoming director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, said he plans to delay the increase in...
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Hollywood Park Race Track Closes to Make Way for Housing Development
Filed under: NewsJae C. Hong/The Associated Press By Beth Harris INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Fans crowded into Betfair Hollywood Park for the last time Sunday. The track closed for good after the day's 11...
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Lawsuit Alleges Real Estate Agent Used Clients' Home for Sexual Affair
Facebook WAYNE, N.J. -- A northern New Jersey couple claim their real estate agent kept potential buyers away from their vacant home so he could use it for "sexual escapades" with a female colleague....
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New Home Sales Slip from 5-Year Peak as Prices Rise
Filed under: News, Buying, SellingGeorge Frey/Getty Images By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON -- Sales of new U.S. single-family homes fell modestly in November from a five-year high and prices pushed...
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Healthiest Housing Markets Report: The West Leads the Rest
Filed under: News, Buying, Selling Jeff Chiu/The Associated Press By Cory Hopkins According to the newly released Zillow Market Health Index, the nation's healthiest housing markets in October were...
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Average U.S. 30-Year Mortgage Rises to 4.48%
Filed under: Buying, FinancingMatt York/AP WASHINGTON -- Average U.S. rates for fixed mortgages crept higher this week but remained low by historical standards. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday...
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Places to Retire: 6 Money-Saving Strategies
Filed under: Advice, Buying, RentingShutterstock By Joe Udo Housing is typically the biggest expense in a household budget. It would be nice to reduce that major expense when you're retired. Once you...
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Survey Names Most, Least Desirable Celebrity Neighbors
Filed under: NewsZillow By Susanna Kim PopEater Who are the most and least desired celebrity neighbors of 2013? They are television host Jimmy Fallon (right) and celebrity couple Kanye West and Kim...
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Cleanup of Meth-Lab Homes Becomes a Growing Cottage Industry
Filed under: News, Buying, RentingAdrian Sainz/The Associated Press By Adrian Sainz MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A tall man and a slender woman wiggled into their white hazardous materials suits, putting on...
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It's Homeowners vs. Hoteliers for Super Bowl XLVIII Dollars
Filed under: News, RentingMark Lennihan/The Associated Press By Victoria Cavaliere Nightly rates at a no-frills, budget hotel in West Orange, N.J., average around $100 for a queen room outfitted with a...
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How Young Couple Renovated a 'Really Old House' [Video]
Filed under: Buying, Home Improvement #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-875217{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-875217, #postcontentcontainer...
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Housing Market 2014: What Buyers, Sellers Should Brace for Now
Filed under: News, Buying, SellingShutterstock By Donna Fuscaldo The days of record-low interest rates and bidding wars may be a thing of the past in the new year. "For 2014, we expect that...
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How Homebuyers Can Get an Edge in Today's Sellers Market
Filed under: Buying, Financing, Credit Shutterstock By Teresa Mears It wasn't so long ago that you could shop for homes at your leisure, make an offer significantly below asking price and end up with a...
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Best Places to Retire Abroad in 2014
Filed under: Buying, RentingShutterstock By Kathleen Peddicord If you could retire anywhere in the world, where would you go? As we find ourselves at the beginning of a brand new year, that's a...
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Purchases of Existing Homes Level Off in November
Filed under: Buying, SellingGene J. Puskar/The Associated Press By Christopher Rugaber WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy existing homes in November was essentially...
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October's Home Prices Show Fastest Rise Since 2006
Matt York/The Associated Press By Josh Boak WASHINGTON -- U.S. home prices rose in October from the previous year at the fastest pace in almost eight years. But price gains slowed in most U.S. cities...
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Why 2013's Rise in Home Prices Is Big Lift for U.S. Economy
Filed under: News, Foreclosures, Home EquityShutterstock By Dunstan Prial Buried within hundreds of pages of data gathered by the Federal Reserve and released in December was a very important statistic...
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