Real Estate Adviser: Day-late closing, few dollars short Real Estate Adviser by Steve McLinden * Bankrate.com Dear Real Estate Adviser, If closing is late on the sale of my property and I am not at fault and no
Personal finance: Even low inflation takes toll over time Everyone knows inflation is tame, recently running about 2.5 percent a year. But the Federal Reserve chairman told Congress last week that he intends to keep raising interest rates anyway.read
Four clerks are cited in liquor store sting (Reg Req'd) Four Santa Paula liquor store clerks were cited Wednesday evening after selling alcohol to a youth working with officers investigating the sales of alcohol to minors.read more...
Credit Fees on the Rise Home buyers and refinancers face higher fees for credit reports beginning Jan. 1, a price boost that has mortgage, credit industry and consumer group leaders fuming. read more...
Homeowners spend record amount on renovations (Reg Req'd) For the past two months, Pam Freeman, 50, and her husband have slept in their son's bedroom as they waited for workers to finish tearing down walls, putting up new
Mortgage rate freeze not good idea: OFHEO chief (Reuters via Yahoo! News) There are signs of improvement in U.S. housing markets but the idea of freezing mortgage rates for a period of time would be a mistake, the director of the
“Times $1,500 an acre by 145 acres! That’s money I could really use right now. Maybe next week, I could get $2,000 an acre.”
Like a lot of dairy farmers who aren’t able to make a decent living milking their cows, Joe Davitt, who owns a 145-acre farm near Waymart in Wayne County, is looking to sign a lease with the gas companies that … via Http
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“I live on disability. I have two steel hips. I have a steel jaw. I have a plastic shoulder and I’m going in for a new steel shoulder here. I’m in bad shape. And I only live on a fixed income”
Don Payne was renting a home on Oak Street in Biloxi when Hurricane Katrina destroyed the place he lived. via WLOX-TV Biloxi
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Font I often receive e-mails from men and women who read my blogs or my Associated Content articles and are moving to Thailand. via Associated Content
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I’ve heard some newer residents say it takes a long time to belong here. Some say it’s hard to break into the small communities in northeastern North Carolina where your last name or years living in the same … via The Daily Advance
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Homeless woman accused of running rental scam in Grover Beach If you are planning on renting a home in the area, you may want to think twice before handing over a deposit. via KSBY-TV San Luis Obispo
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“Frustration, angry, mad. Everything”
A Lee County family is going through a housing headache, after renting a home in Lehigh Acres. via WINK-TV Fort Myers
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“The backdrop for buy-to-let remains positive across the country. “Potential residential purchasers are reluctant to buy in the current market or are unable to secure a mortgage and this is fuelling extra demand for rented accommodation.”
Comments Breaking boundaries: The average cost of renting a home has risen above 1,000 a month Strong demand has pushed the cost of renting a home through the 1,000-a-month barrier for the first time, figures … via Daily Mail
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“We hope through this team of resources we can provide services for families and referrals for housing.”
It was another day of heartbreak and devastation on Calera Avenue as more families discovered they are among numerous victims of fraud. via San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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“You can’t rent a house to more than one person.”
As many as 30 families possibly lost thousands of dollars each after responding to an online ad on Craigslist to rent a home. via Pasadena Star-News
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