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Source: washingtonpost.com - Real Estate
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Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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A History of Welcoming Newcomers
Juan Carlos Martinez and his wife, Elia, entered La Fondita Restaurant in the heart of Edmonston for lunch on a recent Saturday.
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Winners and Losers As Loan Fees Change
The two biggest sources of mortgages for American home buyers plan to raise their base fees to counter what they call continuing "adverse conditions" in the real estate market.
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A Stunning Work of Art, but Who's the Artist? You May Never Know.
When buildings receive media attention, why do the architects who design them often go unmentioned?
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Weak Market Creates Advantages for Lower-Income Buyers
Q: I don't want to continue renting, but I make only $30,000 annually and don't have a lot of money for a down payment. My credit score is over 800, and I'm self-employed.
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Your First Negotiation: the Agent's Commission
Home sellers could save money by thinking of real estate commissions as an agent's asking price. It's something that's open to negotiation.
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Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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Mortgage Crisis Reaches Resorts
PARK CITY, Utah -- With the developer forced into bankruptcy court, Hugh Smith worries about the $1 million he and a partner sunk into bare lots at Promontory, a half-built, sprawling residence club in a town saturated with second homes for the wealthy.
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A Throwback To the McLean Before the Bustle
Before Tysons Corner boomed and the CIA's Langley headquarters was built, an ad for Broyhill McLean Estates urged folks to get in on a locale that was sure to escalate in value because of the coming "Chantilly airport" (Dulles, 1960) and "Circumferential Highway" (the Beltway, 1962).
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Source: Baron Briefs
Real estate news and commentary from RealtyBaron.com
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ReferralAuction Scenario #2: Personal Referral
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ReferralAuction Scenario #1: Client Referral
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Four Reasons for Agents and Brokers to Use ReferralAuctions(TM)
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Introducing the ReferralAuction(TM)
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“My current Realtor raised her commission…
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Stockton, California: Epicenter for Foreclosure Start-Ups
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AgentRank(TM), Community Edition
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Now Back to Our Regular Scheduled Programming….Real Estate!
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A Brilliant ‘Agent Review’ Hack
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Source: About Home Buying / Selling
Get the latest headlines from the About.com Home Buying / Selling GuideSite.
How to Recognize Predatory Mortgage Lenders Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Even though there are laws against predatory lending, it doesn't stop mortgage fraud or protect an innocent buyer from harm. Nobody wants to overpay for a mortgage loan or...
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How to Ask Your Parents for Money to Buy a Home Monday, August 18, 2008
It's not always fun to ask parents for money, but sometimes it's the only way to afford to buy a home. Especially in today's lending world -- with banks tightening mortgage...
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What is Procuring Cause? Friday, August 15, 2008
In an ideal real estate world, procuring cause never happens. Procuring cause doesn't happen in an ideal world because in that fictional real estate society, every single home buyer will have...
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Property Condition Isn't the Only Drawback to Buying Foreclosures Wednesday, August 13, 2008
For novice home buyers, buying foreclosures can be riddled with pitfalls and drawbacks. Not every successful bidder for a foreclosure property comes out ahead. Sometimes buyers end up dealing with mountains...
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How to Get Cash for Keys During a Foreclosure Monday, August 11, 2008
There are some tenants that you can just tell are angling to get cash for keys. Those types are often snarly, combative and act as though the world owes them big-time...
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Ways to Protect Your Earnest Money Deposit Friday, August 8, 2008
In the initial excitement over making an offer to buy a new home, buyers often pay little or no attention to how their earnest money deposit is handled. That lack of...
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There Are Plenty of Places to Get a Mortgage Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Way back in the old days, like the 1980s, home buyers didn't think twice about where to get a mortgage. They went directly to a local bank for home financing....
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Real Estate Seminars Are Dog and Pony Shows Monday, August 4, 2008
If P. T. Barnum were alive today, he would be promoting real estate seminars and hawking books and CDs on the seminar circuit. Just when you think that all the...
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RE/MAX Has Been In Service for 35 Years Friday, August 1, 2008
If you think Zip Realty has a great cool site, you should check out the web site from RE/MAX. Although Realtor.com is the most commonly searched web site used by buyers...
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Beware of Asking Listing Agents to Show You Homes Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Many homes buyers don't know what it means when they ask listing agents to show homes. That's one of the reasons that listing agents advertise. To get calls from potential buyers....
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