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8 Tips to Help You Qualify for a Mortgage
Tweet Share on Facebook July 23, 2008 Comment (2)The folks over at PeopleJam.com—an online self-help community—sent me a list of 8 tips to help you qualify for a mortgage. Some are quite obvious, but on the whole, it's worth checking out:
1. Inspect All Three of Your Credit Reports. Pull your credit reports from Equifax, Experian, and Transunion. Make sure that all of the information is accurate. If you find an account that doesn't belong to you, submit the necessary form to all three credit reporting agencies to dispute the account.
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Housing Rumble Polls Open
Tweet Share on Facebook July 22, 2008 Comment (12)Now that both sides have had their turns, it's time to find out who won the Rumble.
The Housing Rumble is a regular feature here at Home Front that will match up opposing sides of an issue in an online debate and let readers decide the winner.
The current Rumble features Jay Thompson, a blogger and real estate broker in Phoenix, and Greg Healy, vice president of operations at ForSaleByOwner.com, a Web-based company that markets the homes of independent sellers.
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Police Say Man Stayed in Foreclosed Home
Tweet Share on Facebook July 22, 2008 Comment (6)Expect to see more stories like this as the national housing crisis rumbles forward.
From the Lincoln (Neb.) Journal Star:
Police arrested a 53-year-old man on suspicion of trespassing after he refused to leave his southeast Lincoln home, foreclosed upon a year ago.
He had moved back into the house after Nov. 16, 2007, according to a Lincoln Police affidavit. On that day, a US Bank real estate employee called police to say [Kerry] Donovan had refused to leave the property that was deemed in May 2007 to belong to the bank.
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The Chuck Norris Home Deduction
Tweet Share on Facebook July 21, 2008 CommentInviting a SWAT team over to kick in your doors, dangle from grappling hooks, and twist "bad guys" into humiliating chokeholds isn't just fun—it's also tax deductible.
Just look at Jon and Barbara Scoll, an apparently free-spirited Minnesota couple that casually sipped coffee and watched a group of Chuck Norris types ravage the home they had lived in for two decades.
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Housing Rumble: Do You Need an Agent? (Day 6)
Tweet Share on Facebook July 21, 2008 Comment (7)Welcome to the sixth and final day of the Home Front's new Housing Rumble feature, a regular series that will match up opposing sides of an issue in an online debate format and let readers decide the winner.
The current Rumble features Jay Thompson, a blogger and real estate broker in Phoenix, and Greg Healy, vice president of operations at ForSaleByOwner.com—a Web-based company that markets the homes of independent sellers.
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Housing Pain: Broker Allegedly Swipes Pills
Tweet Share on Facebook July 18, 2008 Comment (2)The national housing bust has put real estate agents in a world of hurt; as business has slowed dramatically from its once-booming clip. In the face of such misfortunes, one broker has allegedly found a creative—if questionable—way to take the edge off.
From the Associated Press, via the Real Estate Bloggers:
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Housing Rumble: Do You Need an Agent? (Day 5)
Tweet Share on Facebook July 18, 2008 Comment (6)Welcome to Day 5 of the Home Front's new Housing Rumble feature, a regular series that will match up opposing sides of an issue in an online debate format and let readers decide the winner.
The current Rumble features Jay Thompson, a blogger and real estate broker in Phoenix, and Greg Healy, vice president of operations at ForSaleByOwner.com, a Web-based company that markets the homes of independent sellers.
The subject: "Do you need a real estate agent to sell your home?"
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Donald Trump Pulls a Slowdown Flip
Tweet Share on Facebook July 17, 2008 Comment (5)As American families are tossed out on the street, once-proud neighborhoods turn to plywood ghost towns, and financial markets undergo a terrifying buckle, the housing crisis has been business as usual for real estate mogul Donald Trump.
From the Associated Press:
The real estate market might be slumping, but not for Donald Trump, who sold his Palm Beach mansion for $100 million, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.
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Housing Rumble: Do You Need an Agent? (Day 4)
Tweet Share on Facebook July 17, 2008 Comment (4)Welcome to Day 4 of the Home Front's new Housing Rumble feature, a regular series that will match up opposing sides of an issue in an online debate format and let readers decide the winner.
The current Rumble features Jay Thompson, a blogger and real estate broker in Phoenix, and Greg Healy, vice president of operations at ForSaleByOwner.com—a Web-based company that markets the homes of independent sellers.
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Don't Go for the Housing Report 'Head Fake'
Tweet Share on Facebook July 17, 2008 CommentAlthough a government report on new residential construction may look optimistic, it's really just more depressing news.
The Commerce Department today reported that housing starts in June surged by more than 9 percent from May. Permits, meanwhile, increased even more so, rising nearly 12 percent from the previous month.
