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7 Essential Steps to Homebuying
Filed under: BuyingShutterstock By Brendon DiSimone You've finally found the home you love. Now what? Though every housing market is different, you can expect to follow these seven steps in buying a...
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Average U.S. Rate on 30-Year Loan Rises to 4.53%
Filed under: News, Buying, FinancingDavid Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Average U.S. rates for fixed mortgages edged higher this week for the third straight week but remained low by...
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Construction Spending at Highest in More Than 4 Years
Filed under: News, Buying, RentingShutterstock By Josh Boak WASHINGTON -- U.S. construction spending rose in November at the strongest pace in more than four years, driven by solid gains in home...
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Gated Community in La Jolla Raising a Stink Over Poop Smell
Filed under: News, LifestyleKen Lund/Flickr The San Diego enclave of La Jolla has a poop problem, and like many things in this affluent seaside neighborhood, it's hardly average. According to La Jolla...
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Michael Jordan Puts Chicago-Area Estate Back in the Game
Filed under: News, Celebrity HomesZillow By Erika Riggs Just two days after an auction failed to sell Michael Jordan's home, the sprawling, Chicago-area estate went back on the market. Although the...
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Urban vs. Suburban: What $300,000 Buys in 4 Major Metros
Filed under: NewsZillow By Catherine Sherman Should you live in the city or the suburbs? It's a common question for homebuyers looking to get the most for their housing dollar. The farther you get from...
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Gay Assisted Living Facility Seen as Filling a Growing Need
Filed under: News, Lifestyle, RentingAnn Heisenfelt/The Associated Press By Patrick Condon MINNEAPOLIS -- Lucretia Kirby was on her own for the first time in years after her partner's death. She felt...
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Why It Might Be Time to Consider a Dome as Your Home
Filed under: Design, News Natural Space Domes via CNBC By Linda Federico-O'Murchu, Special to CNBC Over the past decade, the world has watched in horror as hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, fires,...
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For Sale: Ty Cobb's Peachy Lake Tahoe Retreat
Filed under: Celebrity Homes, SellingZillow By ​Laura Vecsey Wikimedia Commons His nickname was the "Georgia Peach," and his reputation was anything but warm and fuzzy. Ty Cobb was the surly,...
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Upstate New York Seeing an Exodus
Filed under: News, Economy, Lifestyle Mike Groll/The Associated Press By Michael Hill ALBANY, N.Y. -- Melissa Grothues and John Steele bailed from Buffalo last year. Dissatisfied with their bank jobs,...
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Katy Perry's House Sells for $5.565 Million -- on 3rd Try
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, SellingZillow By Catherine Sherman Shutterstock Pop star Katy Perry may have already achieved a New Year's resolution. Since finalizing her divorce from British...
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Why Manhattan Is the Most Robust Real Estate Market in U.S.
Filed under: News, Buying, Investing, SellingShutterstock By Lauren Riefflin While national home values remained strong this past quarter, 2014 is expected to bring a slowdown of appreciation to much...
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Don't Let 'Old Sofa Syndrome' Sink Your Credit
Filed under: News, Advice, Home Improvement, CreditShutterstock By Gerri Detweiler It is such a well-known phenomena that credit counselors have a name for it: "Old Sofa Syndrome." And if you're not...
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Why Sears 'Kit' Homes Are Cataloged as American Classics [Video]
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New Finance Agency Chief Mel Watt Might Loosen Credit
Filed under: News, Buying, CreditSusan Walsh/The Associated Press By Margaret Chadbourn Mel Watt, who was sworn in on Monday to head the agency that regulates mortgage finance firms Fannie Mae and...
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U.S. Home Prices Tick Up 0.1% in November
Filed under: News, Buying, SellingDavid Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER WASHINGTON -- U.S. home prices barely rose in November from the previous month and year-over-year...
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SNL's Seth Meyers Buys New York Condo for $3.525 Million
Filed under: News, Buying, Celebrity HomesZillow AP By Erika Riggs "Saturday Night Live" writers could poke fun at one co-worker's experience with costly New York real estate. Cast member Seth Meyers...
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Homebuying's First Step: Pre-Approval for a Mortgage Loan
Filed under: Advice, Buying, Financing, CreditShutterstock By AJ Smith For many of us, buying a home represents one of the biggest financial transactions we'll ever make. While the homebuying process...
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Tips on Protecting Your Home in Extreme Cold [Video]
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Vacant Rentals Are at Their Lowest Availability in 12 Years
Filed under: News, Investing, RentingA National Acrobat/Flickr By Michelle Conlin The U.S. apartment vacancy rate eased to its lowest level in more than a decade, but stagnant income growth moderated...
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