Category Archives: Real Estate

Debunking Your Credit Score

If you’re considering buying a home, one of the first things you need to do — in addition to figuring out how much home you can afford — is take a look at your credit score. Seen as an indicator … Continue reading

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When it May Be Time to Break Up With Your Agent

By Vera Gibbons NEW YORK (Zillow) — Has your home been sitting on the market for months? Years? You’re not alone, and while there’s an obvious reason why – the lousy market! — it may also have something to do … Continue reading

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Bargain Bin Shopping: Buying a Foreclosed Home

In a housing market that’s as lousy as this one, it makes sense that prospective buyers are becoming increasingly interested in foreclosures. After all, some of these properties – which accounted for 24 percent of home sales in May, by … Continue reading

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How To Sell A Haunted House

When realtor Scott FladHammer arrived fifteen minutes early for his appointment to show a 1909 farmhouse to prospective buyers, he was spooked to discover they were already there — sitting in the very barn in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where one … Continue reading

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How To Do A Short Sale

When Noemi Rodriguez bought a two-bedroom, 830-square-foot condo in the San Fernando Valley of LA, for $307,000, she had good credit and a steady job as a data processor. Then came the recession. Home values started tanking.She lost her job. The bills … Continue reading

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