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Housing Counsel: Is Title Insurance Necessary?
Question: We purchased our home back in 1989. We have refinanced twice, and in neither case did we receive a new title insurance policy. Is a new policy necessary when one refinances? Also, in reading...
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A True "No Fee" Mortgage?
Call it the "too good to be true" mortgage: Bank of America's new "no-fee plus" home loan program has competitors searching for sleight of hand tricks and gimmicks. But Bank of America says that ...
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Don't Get Hung Up on Restrictions, Know Before You Buy
Living in a planned community with a Homeowner's Association can be a blessing or a lesson in frustration depending on which side of the clothesline you hang.
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Consumers Ignore Energy Tax Credits
Climate change, turmoil in the world's oil regions and consumers' apparent refusal to drive less, conserve energy and reduce demand means rising energy costs are here to stay.
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Contract Fine Print Matters When it Matters
I once had a great real estate trainer tell me that fair housing laws and regulations and the adherence to them matters in the real estate transaction when it matters. What she meant by that is you ma...
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Dreams Don't Retire
Dennis Hopper is right.
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Long- And Short-Term Rates Rise on Stronger Than Expected Consumer Confidence and Fed Remarks
McLEAN, VA -- Freddie Mac (NYSE:FRE) today released the results of its Primary Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) in which the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 6.37 percent with an average 0.4 po...
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Life After Real Estate -- Life Insurance?
We've all seen it or have been reminded of it often enough.
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Indoor Carpeting May Make Some People Become Ill.
In the 1980s it seemed that all new homes offered wall to wall carpeting as standard. But in today's home market, people are looking at a variety of floors and floor coverings -- and wall to wall...
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Insuring Special Events In Your Home
The groom gallops from the altar. Rain washes out the family reunion. The sweet sixteen soiree goes sour. The graduation party fails. The bat mitzvah isn't kosher.
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