Real Estate Adviser: Is it smart to pay cash for a home?
Dear Flush, There are formulas out there, but life circumstances vary so greatly that pat answers may not serve you well.
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Existing Home Sales Dip, Mortgage Rates Up (AP via Yahoo! Asia News) Sales of previously owned homes dropped 2.6 percent in July as mortgage rates crept up.read more...
Minorities Hurt by Market Labels WASHINGTON Could widespread designations of entire ZIP codes, metropolitan areas - even entire states - as "declining markets," hinder a real estate recovery and hurt minority groups and moderate-income buyers
Fake Suburban Towns Offer Urban Life Without the Grit These residential centers are popping up across the U.S. spurred by a demand for city living. This could be bad news for real downtowns, whose patchwork landholdings and planning restrictions
Tax Rebate Plan Fired Off to Bush WASHINGTON | Congress, facing the prospect of an election-year recession, passed an emergency plan Thursday that rushes rebates of $600 to $1,200 to most taxpayers and $300 checks to disabled
A look at the school, one week out There was evidence of much activity that day as various contractors worked to get the school open on time.read more...
U.S. MBA's Mortgage Applications Index Fell 6.7% Last Week (Bloomberg.com) June 28 (Bloomberg) -- Applications to purchase U.S. homes declined last week to the lowest level since November 2003, and refinancing slowed as mortgage rates increased, an industry report showed.read