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Fix Up Your Kitchen with a Remodel and Love It
You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get a good return on your kitchen improvement project. Consider updating cabinets and appliances for improving aesthetics and home value. Even if you can’t stand your kitchen any more, it’s not a time for grandiosity. If money is as tight as the space between two… Continue reading Fix Up Your Kitchen with a Remodel and Love It
Window Replacement Offers Tax Credit
New window replacement with Energy Star ratings can earn you a $1,500 tax credit, adding value to your home and reducing your energy bills. Let’s get honest. Do your windows whistle when it’s windy outside? Do they rattle in their panes when a compact car passes by? Has all the furniture and carpet directly inside… Continue reading Window Replacement Offers Tax Credit
Overwhelming Majority Favor Homeownership
By Mike Colpitts An overwhelming majority favor homeownership over renting despite the housing downturn, according to a new study. The results were found as part of a Fannie Mae survey that asked a variety of questions revolving homeownership and the economy. An astonishing 85% of respondants said they favor homeownership over renting based on the… Continue reading Overwhelming Majority Favor Homeownership
Affordable Home Owners Insurance
Home owners insurance policies have sky-rocketed in some states, while others are seeing their policy prices remain close to the same. All this has occurred amid record high profits in the insurance industry. Last year insurance companies netted $68-billion, while insurance policies cover less and cost more. In 2005 insurance companies profited a record $48-billion.… Continue reading Affordable Home Owners Insurance
Housing Research Center
Housing Research The Housing Research Center is a consumer resource loaded with expert information on buying, selling and investing in real estate with insight on the many facets of being a homeowner. Find the latest news on the evolving foreclosure crisis and what steps you can take to protect your best interests. Plus get general… Continue reading Housing Research Center
Only 40% Will Pay Off Mortgages
Only 40% of respondents in a new survey say they intend to pay off their home mortgages, and slightly more than a third (34%) said they do not plan on paying off their home loans at all. More than 1,000 online visitors took part in the poll, which was completed Tuesday after being asked of… Continue reading Only 40% Will Pay Off Mortgages
Underwater Homeowners Gain Home Equity
By Mike Colpitts Underwater homeowners, already upside down in the current economy more than ever before are seeing their fortunes turn around, with new data showing a gain in home equity. The upturn in homeowner equity comes as a result of growing home price inflation in some cities and slower equity losses in others. Some… Continue reading Underwater Homeowners Gain Home Equity
5 Best Beach Vacation Home Bargain Cities
The surf meets the sand in the heat of summer. Whether this is the year to buy that beach vacation home or not is another thing. If you’reconsidering the plunge, these are the best 5 beach home bargain cities to buy a foreclosure home or condo. Foreclosure News Report ranked U.S. metro areas across the… Continue reading 5 Best Beach Vacation Home Bargain Cities
Homeowners Living Free Longer
By Mike Colpitts Homeowners facing foreclosure in default on mortgage payments are living longer in their homes without making loan payments than ever before, according to foreclosure firm RealtyTrac. The lengthy foreclosure process is good news for homeowners in desperate straits able to live in their homes for free, many of whom are unemployed or… Continue reading Homeowners Living Free Longer