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Reverse Mortgage: Is It Too Risky?
Filed under: NewsBy Beth Braverman If you're 62 or older, you've probably started getting reverse-mortgage solicitations in the mail, and it's hard to miss the aging actors singing the loans' praises...
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Mortgage Refinance Boom Still a 'Once-in-a-Lifetime Opportunity'
Filed under: NewsThere isn't much written about the issue in the national media, where the focus is on gun violence and fiscal cliffs, but the U.S. is in the midst of a mortgage refinancing boom that...
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Homeless for the Holidays: 'I'm Thankful for Life Itself'
Filed under: News Of the more than 600,000 Americans who currently don't have a bed or warm meal to come home to this holiday season, about 1 in 6 of them are like Thomas David Coleman, chronically...
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Home of Fratpad Adult Webcam Service Arouses Neighbors' Concern in Paradise...
Filed under: News, Lifestyle Some in Paradise Valley, Ariz., aren't happy about a mansion there that's home to Fratpad, an adults-only webcam service, describing it as a "pornography house" that's out...
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Religious Minorities and Real Estate: Where They Live and How They Live
Filed under: News, Lifestyle Christmas is the biggest holiday of the year for most Americans. It also stands out as the only federal holiday with religious origins: all other federal holidays...
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Existing Home Sales Jump, Home Prices Rise More than Expected
Filed under: NewsBy Paul Ausick We have two data points on the U.S. housing market this morning. The National Association of Realtors reports that the seasonally adjusted annual rate of existing home...
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Real Estate 2012: The Year the Housing Market Turned the Corner
Filed under: News, Buying, Investing, Selling, Credit2012 will probably be considered the year that a sinking housing market finally hit bottom and began to rise again. Home prices, home sales and new...
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Housing Recovery: Halfway Back to Normal
Filed under: News, Buying, Economy, Investing, SellingEach month, Trulia's Housing Barometer charts how quickly the housing market is moving back to "normal." We summarize three key housing market...
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Homeless for the Holidays: 'Thankful I Overcame'
Filed under: News There are currently over 600,000 Americans who won't have a bed or warm meal to come home to this Christmas, with about 1 in 6 of them predicted to be homeless for more than one...
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Princess Cottage, Hurricane Sandy Symbol, Torn Down in Union Beach, N.J.
The Princess Cottage, a 150-year-old home on New Jersey's Union Beach that became the symbol of Hurricane Sandy after the monster storm ripped it in half, was torn down in 15 minutes by bulldozers on...
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Mortgage Tax Break Days Away From Expiring
By Les Christie A tax break that has saved struggling homeowners from paying thousands of dollars to the IRS is just days away from expiring. If the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 does...
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Fiscal Cliff Negotiations Could Hurt Underwater Homeowners
Filed under: NewsBy Credit.com The fiscal cliff draws closer by the day, and federal lawmakers are now trying desperately to reach an agreement that is at least somewhat palatable to both parties. Now,...
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Payback Time: Florida Homeowners Foreclosing on Banks
Filed under: News By Les Christie Since the housing bubble burst in Florida five years ago, more than 400,000 borrowers have had their homes foreclosed on by their lenders. But for some, it's payback...
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Home Prices in October Post Highest Annual Increase in 2 Years: Case-Shiller...
Filed under: News WASHINGTON (AP) - US home prices rose in most major cities in October compared with a year ago, pushed up by rising sales and a decline in the supply of available homes. Higher prices...
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The 20 Most Expensive Homes Sold in 2012
Filed under: News By Julie Zeveloff The high end of the luxury real estate market had a great 2012, with real estate records being broken from coast to coast. We combed back through our archives to...
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Best of 2012's #Housepornthurs Winners
Filed under: News This year we launched #housepornthurs in order to leverage the Twittersphere to discover some of the country's finest listings. To participate in the weekly Twitter conversation, you...
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Housing Market 2013: Predictions of What's to Come
By Nin-Hai Ting We watched for more home sales and rising prices in 2012. Here's our housing market predictions for next year. Buying Gets Less Affordable The bust of the housing market five years ago...
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Times Square Billboards Rake In Millions for Landlords
Having your face sprawled across 70-foot-tall billboards on buildings in Times Square might make you famous, but it's making landlords rich. Jamestown Properties, owner of the One Times Square tower...
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New Home Sales in November Hit Fastest Pace in 2.5 Years
Filed under: News WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans bought new homes last month at the fastest pace in more than two and a half years, adding to other recent evidence that the housing market is steadily...
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Vacation Homes: How to Market Them to Renters Without Going Crazy
By Jeff Brown The lure of a vacation home is strong this time of year, especially if you live in a chilly latitude. Imagine having a place at the beach. Swimming, tennis and golf in January! T-shirts...
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