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Archives: January 2010


Considering New Construction? Top 5 Tips for Buying a Newly Built Home

RISMEDIA, June 1, 2010—Newly built homes, often in recently-developed communities, are regaining popularity and are more affordable than in years past. New homebuilders are using desirable, open floor plans and are helping buyers get into new homes despite the nationwide … Read more

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Do you Have Above-Average Credit?

RISMEDIA, July 11, 2009-Forty-two percent of U.S. consumers have credit scores between 550 and 699. As a result, these consumers typically don’t qualify for preferred interest rates and, depending on their overall credit profile, they may not even qualify for … Read more

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What the Great Depression Can Tell Private Builders about Survival and Recovery

RISMEDIA, June 3, 2010—I’m a cheapskate. I clip coupons. I mend holes in clothes I used to throw out. My check engine light is on. It’s likely not just a service issue with 195,000 miles on the odometer. I’m not … Read more

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Home Mortgage Approval Process Completion: What You Should Know

The first step you have to take in order to get a home mortgage is filling out the application at your loaner of choice and the procedure of financing the purchase of the house you have ever dreamed of can … Read more

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New Home Mortgage : How Credit Score Can Affect Your Lending Cost

  Credit score is a major factor when trying to obtain a home mortgage. And you will know if there is indeed a problem is when you present your score and a prospective lender isn’t giving you any further financial … Read more

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First-Time Home Buyers and Boomers Feel Effects of Housing Downturn Most

RISMEDIA, June 1, 2010—(MCT)—Although the situation is open to interpretation as well as change, there are growing concerns that the effects of this economic downturn could have a long-lasting effect on the housing market. A study by the Mortgage Bankers … Read more

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As Housing Market Nears Bottom, Pent-Up Supply Waits

RISMEDIA, May 24, 2010—While Zillow’s Q1 Real Estate Market Reports did contain a few bright spots regarding the housing market, we continue to have plenty of cause for concern. Peaking foreclosures and mortgage delinquencies are among them, but another threat … Read more

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Homeowner Confidence Rises Nationally, But Western Homeowners Remain Pessimistic

RISMEDIA, May 28, 2010—As some parts of the U.S. housing market work their way out of the housing recession, while the majority of markets continue to decline, homeowners across the country had mixed opinions of the state of their own … Read more

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