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HUD Mortgage Sale Could Help Thousands of FHA-Insured Borrowers but Unfairly...
Filed under: News, Foreclosures, RefinancingThe U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has begun selling off thousands of seriously delinquent mortgages insured by the Federal Housing...
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Escrow -- It's What Happens After Your Homebuying Offer Is Accepted
Filed under: News, Buying, Financing, How ToSo the past few months you've shopped properties, submitted offers on many and gotten your hopes up -- only to be let down. But you haven't given up, and...
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Builder Chris Whalley Constructs a Treehouse That's Like a 5-Star Hotel Room
Filed under: Election 2012 If you're planning a Christmas vacation and looking for five-star accommodations during your stay, you might be browsing the rates at a Marriott or Four Seasons hotel. But if...
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Mercer Island Waterfront Mansion Sells at Half Its 2010 Asking Price (House...
Filed under: News We don't usually feature homes on #housepornthurs that aren't up for grabs. But we're making an exception for this Mercer Island, Wash., waterfront mansion that was submitted by AOL...
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'Christmas House' in Torrington, Connecticut, Makes More Than Spirits Bright...
Filed under: News, Inside Look There are Christmas light displays and then there's this Christmas light display. This home, in Torrington, Conn., is undoubtedly one of a kind. The kind that leaves you...
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Reverse Mortgages Pose Big Risks for Seniors, Warn Attorneys and U.S. Officials
Filed under: Advice, Home Equity, Refinancing, Credit By Jim Avila and Serena Marshall Linda and Jim McMahan said that they could not believe their luck in 1993 when they found their dream house. "We...
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Is Buying a New Home Like Buying a New Car?
Filed under: News, BuyingBy Brendon Desimone When you drive a new car off the lot, it immediately loses some of its value. Does the same apply to real estate? And if so, should you care? For years, the...
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Billie Joe Armstrong, Green Day Frontman, Puts Cottage on Market (House of...
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day We hope Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong had the time of his life in his Newport Beach, Calif., cottage because he's just thrown it on the...
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November Jobs Report: For Real Estate, It's Not So Uplifting
Filed under: NewsWhile the government's monthly jobs report for November, which was released Friday, showed better-than-expected growth in the job market, it wasn't necessarily glowing for real estate....
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Jeffrey Mitchell of Miramar Beach, Fla., Displays 'Sex Offender' Sign in His...
Filed under: News Jeffrey Mitchell of Miramar Beach, Fla., is letting his neighbors know that he is a registered sex offender in a unique way: with a large sign in his yard. Mitchell was convicted last...
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12 Hottest Real Estate Markets on Earth
Filed under: News, Buying, Investing, SellingAs the international economy lags, mainstream property prices are flagging around the world, according to Knight Frank's latest global house price index....
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Mack Reed Finds $175,000 Marijuana Stash Under His Hot Tub in Los Angeles
A Los Angeles man got the surprise of his life when he peeked into a vault under his backyard hot tub that he hadn't touched in two months. Inside the vault was a duffel bag (pictured above) he had...
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Celeb Photographer Annie Leibovitz To Sell $33 Million NYC Home (House of the...
Filed under: News, Celebrity Homes, House of the Day One of the world's most famous photographers, Annie Leibovitz, has just thrown her, uh, picturesque compound on the market in New York City's West...
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U.S. Homeless Rate Stays Steady Despite Government Efforts to Curb It
A vigorous effort to house the homeless has been countered somewhat by a sluggish economy. The federal government and local communities have greatly increased the number of beds available to the...
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'Scribe's House' by Artist Pablo Lehmann: Life-Size Apartment Made From Books
Filed under: Design, News Even if you aren't an avid reader, you'll be awestruck to see the epic art installation by Argentine artist Pablo Lehmann called "Scribe's House." It's a life-size apartment...
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Mortgage Interest Deduction: Most Consumers Don't Use the Tax Break, Report...
Filed under: News, Advice, EconomyDuring the arduous and acrimonious debate over the fiscal cliff, one potential part of the solution that has come up often is the elimination of the mortgage interest...
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Hurricane Sandy Recovery One Month Later: Small-Town Mayor Digs In to Rebuild...
Filed under: NewsIt's been more than a month since Hurricane Sandy tore through the Northeast, leaving behind billions of dollars in damage. Now as survivors dig out and try to regroup from the Oct. 29...
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Holiday Disasters: Homeowners' Tales of Their Worst Yuletide Nightmares
Filed under: News, How To It's the holiday season -- something's bound to go wrong. We've all heard about those nightmarish holiday disaster stories in which accident after accident befalls some poor...
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Britney Spears Can Be Your Neighbor in Wayne Gretzky's Former Home (House of...
Filed under: News, House of the Day This Thousand Oaks, Calif., mansion, originally custom-designed for Wayne Gretzky by star architect Richard Landry, has a long history. After Gretzky built the...
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Homeless for the Holidays: Should Homeowners Open Their Doors to the Needy?
Filed under: News, Advice Connie Grandmason, 46, considered herself lucky. As the owner of a beautiful four-bedroom home in Columbia, S.C. and blessed with a stable and fulfilling job (Grandmason...
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