A home has only one chance to make a first impression on potential buyers, and a poorly designed room can be a quick turnoff. REALTOR® magazine asked readers to send in stories of how they took action against their listings’ trouble spots. Borrow some ideas for sprucing up your own home before putting it on…
We received an important indicator of where housing is headed last week, when new mortgage applications for home purchases and refinances suddenly surged as they hadn’t in months. Click here for full story.
In ZIP codes across the country, as once-inflated property prices bottom out housing sales are increasing dramatically. Earlier this year Herson and Liz Enerio put in a $400,000 bid on a four-bedroom house on a private street in Fairfield, Calif., with three pine trees and a backyard that opens onto a hiking trail.
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There’s an upside to the nation’s housing glut, fed by the crush of foreclosures: Housing gets more affordable.
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Of course, it is a long term investment where you can build equity and appreciation as well as enjoy the tax benefits of home ownership. The new stimulus plan that was passed in February 2008 included a tax credit to first time homebuyers. Any…