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Updated: May 04, 2005
Getting the Best Interest Rate: Part III of V
Springfield, Missouri's
Affordability Ignites Housing Sales
Realtors in Springfield, Missouri, report
that the affordability, among other attractions, of the city are making it interesting to homebuyers.
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Protecting Our Drinking
Water from Pesticides
Pesticides are designed to do one thing: kill pests. Thus, it
is clear they are intended to do some level of harm. Understanding these dangers will help you limit these levels to you, and the
environment.
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For Them to Come, You Need
Someone to Build It
A Houston builders' group website is designed to help builders
and construction labor find each other.
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It's a Zoo Out There
When dangerous wildlife descend on your neighborhood, how do you protect your family?
Don't try to be a hero. Wild animals are instintively faster and smarter than you and their teeth and claws are much more deadly.
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April Round Up, Interest Rates
Fall; Minority Home Ownership Expands; Vacation Homes Attract Tourists; Realtors Get Religion
Lower interest rates sustain housing market, minority home ownership reaches record levels, domestic
tourists will boost the vacation home market this summer, and religious real estate agents offer Christian fellowship along
with traditional services.
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New York Commuter Towns Post
Mixed Housing Markets
Realtors in New York commuter towns such as Jackson Heights,
Bayside, and New Rochelle are reporting that sales and prices are mixed.
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Half-Million Dollar Homes
De Rigueur in California
Even as prices dropped and sales slowed in some high-end
regions and homes took longer to sell, the median price of single-family homes in California should surpass the half-million
dollar mark any day now.
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Faster Condo Loans on
Tap
Fanni Mae, a major supplier of funds for home loans, is taking steps to make it
easier and faster for lenders to write mortgages on condominiums. Lew Sichelman has the details.
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Ask the HOA Expert
Can the Board charge an additional surcharge to owners who rent out their units?
There are some members in our HOA driving us crazy! Is there anything we can do? Richard Thompson provides some insights, and
and advice, for these and other issues.
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Ask George and Chuck: Questions
from Consumers
Buying a home with someone you don't trust? Does refinancing a car
loan affect our credit during the homebuying process? I've got two properties and one is for sale. What are the rules for reinvesting
so I can avoid a big Capital Gains hit? George and Chuck answer those and other questions in this week's edition.
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State Brokerage Practices Under
New Fire
Efforts to regulate real estate brokerage are now being challenged by the
Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission. Peter G. Miller looks at the logic, issues, and marketplace realities.
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Non-Traditional Credit
Borrowers Score Again
A new "Anthem" (Assisting non-traditional Homebuyers in
emerging markets) credit scoring service joins a suite of services under the same acronym designed to assist some 50-million
"cash-basis" borrowers who have not participated in the traditional consumer credit systems.
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Existing-Home Sales Rise in March
To Third Highest Pace on Record, Says NAR
Existing home sales rose to near-record
levels in March with a continuation of strong home price gains, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
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First-Time Buyers Need More than
Just CMHC Reduction
CMHC's decision to lower the cost of mortgage borrowing should
bring some relief for first-time buyers, but as PJ Wade observes, more may be neccessary.
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Denver Still Snowed Under Buyer's
Market
Denver's buyer's market is still drifting, but Realtors hope that spring will
be active, as early signs of multiple offers on home indicates.
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