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More Home Owners Take on House Projects Themselves

by on May 4, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

A new survey shows that the tighter economy has prompted more home owners to tackle do-it-yourself house projects — everything from “plumbing, painting, and home cleaning,”...

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Has the Housing Market Finally Reached Bottom?

by on April 27, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

If home buyers or home owners are waiting for the housing market to hit bottom before acting, they may have already missed it. “The crash is over,” Mark Zandi, chief economist for...

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Storm Chaser Scammers Prey on Home Owners

by on April 20, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Following a violent storm or tornado, home owners are left to pick up the pieces and find ways to put their homes back together. And insurance executives and legislators are warning...

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Number of Underwater Home Owners Grows

by on March 3, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Nearly 23 percent of home owners owe more on their houses than they are currently worth, according to new data from the last three months of 2011 released by CoreLogic. More...

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$26 Billion Deal Could Offer Relief to Home Owners

by on February 10, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

After months of tense negotiations, the nation’s five largest banks and state and government officials have agreed to a $26 billion settlement aimed at holding banks accountable for...

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Home Owners Rent Out Driveways for Extra Cash

by on January 6, 2012 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Home owners looking to earn extra money are turning to their largest asset — their home — to increase their cash flow. ...

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Gov’t Announces More Refinancing Program Details

by on November 18, 2011 in Tips Comments { 0 }

This week, the federal government released more details about its revamped Home Affordable Refinance Program, which sets out to allow more home owners to refinance their mortgage and...

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Scam Dupes Home Owners into False Loan Audits

by on September 30, 2011 in Tips Comments { 0 }

More home owners are being tricked into a forensic loan audit, a new scam that targets struggling home owners looking for a loan modification to save their home from foreclosure. ...

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Survey: Households Spend More on Housing Costs

by on September 23, 2011 in Tips Comments { 0 }

Housing costs are taking a bigger bite out of households’ incomes: More than a third of home owners with a mortgage and more than half of renters paid 30 percent or more of their...

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Poll: 9 in 10 Americans Value Home Ownership

by on July 1, 2011 in Tips Comments { 0 }

While nearly one-quarter of home owners owe more on their home than it’s currently worth, Americans still see the value in home ownership and still consider it part of the American...

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