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Homebuilders offer freebies as markets cool
Builders in Phoenix and areas from Sacramento, California, to Orlando, Florida, are sweetening offers as sales slow in some of the country’s most volatile housing markets.Patrick T. Fallon/Bloomberg News Beben,…
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Qualifying for a mortgage loan may be harder
SHAUN STANLEY/Durango Herald – DURANGO, CO- 08/04/14 – Mike and Judy Malone If Bernanke can’t refinance and President Barack Obama may not qualify for a mortgage … where does that…
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Contracts to buy homes fall
A sale pending sign is posted in front of a home for sale in Quincy, Mass. The National Association of Realtors said the number of contracts being signed for home…
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What goes with the home and what doesn’t?
However, the line between what is a fixture and what is personal property is sometimes unclear and open to interpretation. The standard Colorado purchase contract lists specific items that are…
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Home prices rise at slowest pace in 2 years
Developer Michael Capponi, left, talks with real estate broker Massimo Nicastro, right, of South Beach Estates, at a waterfront property he renovated in Miami Beach, Fla.Lynn Sladky/Associated Press The S&P/Case-Shiller…
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Every room counts when selling home
But when your house is on the market, every room has a role to play to make the sale. Next to fixing whatever’s broken, staging – decorating rooms in an…
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Affordable housing group marks 10th anniversary
It will host a reception from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sorrel Sky Gallery, 828 Main Ave., according to an Alliance news release. In 2004 when the alliance was…
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Down payment assistance for local buyers
With median home prices around $340,000, the down payment required by many loan programs keeps most prospective first-time homebuyers from entering the housing market. As rents increase, saving for a…
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Subtle home design is worth the effort
Interior designer Betsy Burnham. balanced a subtle palette of neutral colors with a mix of rich textures and unique shapes to create this living room.Burnham Design/Associated Press Understated style “rides…
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New home sales up, but still struggling
Construction is underway at a housing development in Zelienople, Pa. New home sales surged 18 percent in August but are still below where many economists expected them to be at…
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Is it a business or a home?
local shops, commercial buildings operate from converted houses
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U.S. existing home sales fall in August
Sales of existing homes fell 1.8 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.05 million, the National Association of Realtors said Monday. That snaps a four-month streak of gains.…
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Durango-area Parade of Homes set to begin
The three-day event highlights 15 homes constructed by local builders, and gives local buyers an opportunity to tour newly built homes to see the latest trends in home construction. The…
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1031 exchanges can be profitable for investors
These 1031 exchanges are very popular when there is significant equity in the property to be sold and with large gains that can be deferred. The ramifications of this are…
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Housing scene: Learning to decipher buyer’s body language
Toward that end, Britain’s largest online brokerage firm, House Network, has teamed up with a leading body-language analyst to create a 10-step guide to help sellers decipher the unspoken intentions…
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Builders getting more confident
The brighter outlook reflects growing optimism that sales will rise over the next six months, spurring growth in home construction. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo builder sentiment index…
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Tween’s bedroom can be balancing act
It’s a great place to give growing adolescents some creative freedom. But will they reject at age 12 the color palette and furniture they begged for when they were 10?…
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Steps can help protect your credit score
Here are a few options: Fraud alerts The main step credit-protection programs take is to activate a fraud alert on your credit profile at all three major credit bureaus: Equifax,…
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Grant will help with affordable housing in county
$81,000 annual income needed for a median-priced house
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Doors divide haves, have-nots
Many state and local officials are looking at new laws that will make it illegal for New York City apartment buildings to ban some tenants receiving government incentives from using…
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Tiny houses offer big potential in some areas
An exterior and interior look at the Minim House, a 210-square-foot home designed by Foundry Architects and Brian Levy. Downtown nonprofit cityLab intends to build a home with this design…
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Right at home: Advice for living in small space
Take Meg Volk, 22, a New York-based producer and photographer who is a seasoned veteran of the tiny-home trenches: She’s on her third, less-than-300-square-foot studio apartment. Find vertical space; think…