Home Buying and Home Selling News Archive of June 2007

It's still time to buy
Boston Globe - United States
Brown said he would like to buy the house, but first must sell the Marblehead house he and his wife, Helene, bought for $990000 two years ago. ...

Young buyers: City condo or suburban home?
Novato Advance - Novato,CA,USA
"For the same price, you could probably get at least 20 percent more interior space if you buy a house in a midrange suburban neighborhood," Nash estimates. ...

Appraisers push for real estate fraud rules
CNNMoney.com - USA
As well as coercion, he blamed poor regulation of mortgage brokers and lenders, and weak or nonexistent enforcement of real estate practitioners as the ...

Don't Buy That House
Forbes - NY,USA
And young people who need mobility for their careers can end up feeling hamstrung by the inability to sell quickly. What about all the social benefits ...

Should you try to sell your house by yourself?
Ocala Star-Banner - Ocala,FL,USA
BY STEPHANIE HOO AP Is it worth it to try to sell your house without a real estate agent? Given that the typical broker's fee is 6 percent - which, ...

Homes selling slower; supply at 15-year high
Chicago Tribune - United States
Existing-home sales eased by .3 percent in May across the country while the median sales price declined 2.1 percent from the year before, according to data ...

More Trouble For Homebuilders
Forbes - NY,USA
Growing inventory is naturally pushing down selling prices. On Monday, the National Association of Realtors said that the median US home price during May ...

How to figure tax on sale of home
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando,FL,USA
According to IRS Publication 523 -- Selling Your Home, the gain that you would pay tax on would be computed by taking the selling price minus the selling ...

US investors looking abroad for real estate holdings
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - MO, United States
By Jeff D. Opdyke Investing in real estate once meant owning rental property or buying shares in a US-based real estate investment trust. ...

Final look at 2006 real estate
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA
I get plenty of reports about the local economy, but nothing rivals the comprehensive work done for the annual Whatcom County Real Estate Research Report. ...

Program to offer help in buying or repairing a home
New Haven Register (subscription) - New Haven,CT,USA
-NEW HAVEN -- If you need assistance with a down payment or closing costs toward the purchase of your first home, or if you are a homeowner and you need ...

Dual Upside To Foreclosure Alternative
CBS News - New York City,NY,USA
The headline news recently was that the number of mortgages entering the foreclosure process rose to a record level. Of the nearly 44 million mortgages, about 0.58 percent - that's 254,590 - or one out of every 172 loans, are now officially in foreclosure...

Want to save money when buying a home?
Black Hills Today - Deadwood,USA
By By Dan Altenburg & Bart Miller Buying a home and saving money? I know what you are thinking. That can't be possible. Wrong, it is true and here is how it ...

Free home-buying workshop available
Daily Press - Newport News,VA,USA
The Sold on Hampton Center will offer two free sessions next week for anyone who is interested in buying a home in Hampton. The first session is 9 am to 1 ...

Home buying trends shift
The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA
Fifty percent of real estate transactions in Lafayette Parish are happening south of Verot School Road. That's according to John Romero, an agent for Coldwell Banker Pelican Real Estate....

Should I Buy A House Or Rent? (Your Advice)
SavingAdvice.com - Kirkland,WA,USA
I have been saving my money for a down payment and should have enough for one to buy a house in the next year or so. Everything seemed perfect until I ...

Tips For Selling Your Home In A Down Market
The Consumerist - New York,NY,USA
If I had sold it 18-24 months ago, at the peak of the market, I'd have made more money and I went into the selling process with those (unrealistic) ...

Baby boomers boosting market for second homes
Arizona Republic - Phoenix,AZ,USA
"Baby boomers are feeding the second-home buying now, and young families are also in the market." But buying a second home requires a major financial ...

Buy? Rent? Stay with parents!
DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA
It's now time for me to move out of the house. But I'm not sure if I should rent an apartment or try to buy a home of my own. People say it's a waste of ...

Glass half full or half empty for real estate?
Inman.com (subscription) - Emeryville,CA,USA
The housing market may be buckling under, but the trend isn't slowing down the online real estate community, which has ample talent, passion and money...

Buy a House, Get a Car
WTMJ-TV - Milwaukee,WI,USA
As soon as someone agrees to buy her house, Bednarz will buy the Saturn and include it with the sale. "It has air, automatic, and windows and door locks, ...

Are you an Open House junkie?
Buffalo News - NY, United States
Every weekend, Western New Yorkers snoop around other people's homes for fun, for something to do, to get ideas - or sometimes to buy a house! ...

Buy only the home you properly inspect
Edmond Sun - OK,USA
Horatio approaches the house and parks his Hummer in the street. Stepping out of the vehicle, dressed in his black suit and open collar shirt, he greets the ...

MR. HOME-FLIPPER A STAR IN OWN RIGHT
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
He leaped into a full-time career buying high-end houses, remodeling them and selling for a tidy profit. In the process, he has earned a reputation as a ...

Staying Sturdy on Real Estate Picks
TheStreet.com - USA
For real estate investment trusts, higher bond yields are viewed as competitive to steady dividends. Despite what the bears say, I believe higher interest ...

June Helps Prospective Minority Home Buyers to Realize the Dream
RisMedia.com (press release) - Norwalk,CT,USA
The home-buying process is confusing and complicated, and becomes even more cumbersome for those who do not speak English or who have limited education. ...

Home Prices Set Another Record
Los Angeles Business Journal (subscription) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
But the increase may reflect a lopsided market where higher-priced homes are selling faster than cheaper properties, which have been hurt by the implosion ...

Setting the stage for a sale
NorthJersey.com - Hackensack,NJ,USA
"Our houses sell within two weeks to a month,'' Fierstein said. "I did a house in Cresskill that had been on the market two years: It sold in 10 days after ...

Home building slowdown leads to job cuts, house discounts
nwitimes.com - Munster,IN,USA
Patty Torr, a vice president for FC Tucker Realtors, said one builder this spring knocked $100000 off the price of a home that wasn't selling. ...

Banking On Your Home
Hartford Courant - United States
Consequently, they encounter choices that aren't popular - living on scant income, selling their home, or doing a reverse mortgage, a transaction in which ...

Don't believe the gloomy hype about real estate
North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA
It seems like just about everyone in the media has an expert opinion about the real estate market these days. Some predict doom and gloom and say the ...

We Buy Your House; You Buy Ours'
Voice of San Diego - San Diego,CA,USA
It was better than using a real estate agent, because you don't have to wait for the house to sell." Of course, Mangano's situation is unusual. ...

Nesting or Investing? Home Buying for Women
Alameda Sun - Alameda,CA,USA
Home Buying for Women" 7 pm June 13 at Alliance Title (887 Island Drive in Alameda). Iverson will share her real estate knowledge and show you how to make ...

Home Sellers Do Better Without Agents, Study Says
New York Times - New York,NY,USA
Their own home-selling experiences led Igal Hendel, left, and Aviv Nevo to study the market. But the question -- debated by two Northwestern University ...

Pictures: Most Resilient US Real Estate Markets
Forbes - NY,USA
When it comes to real estate, the questions on everyone's lips are: How low is low, and when's the perfect time to buy back in? Of the largest metros still ...

Pictures: Most Resilient US Real Estate Markets
Forbes - NY,USA
When it comes to real estate, the questions on everyone's lips are: How low is low, and when's the perfect time to buy back in? Of the largest metros still ...

HUD Wants To Help You Own A Home
Christian Broadcasting Network - Virginia Beach,VA,USA
US Housing and Urban Development officials are promoting first-time home buying with some help to avoid high-cost, high-risk loans, and foreclosure. ...

Few consumers really know real estate, study finds
MarketWatch - USA
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Few consumers understand fundamentals of the real estate industry and don't know that they can negotiate better prices for basic ...

Common cents: Investing in real estate
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
Nearly everyone likes the results they have received from their ownership of real estate. It is hard to count the times I have heard people say, ...

Common cents: Investing in real estate
Napa Valley Register - Napa,CA,USA
Nearly everyone likes the results they have received from their ownership of real estate. It is hard to count the times I have heard people say, ...

Home buying tips available at seminar in Bloomington
WJBC News - Bloomington,IL,USA
People who are apprehensive about buying a new home can get some useful information at a housing fair today. Organizer George Ovalle says sometimes it's ...

Home buying tips available at seminar in Bloomington
WJBC News - Bloomington,IL,USA
People who are apprehensive about buying a new home can get some useful information at a housing fair today. Organizer George Ovalle says sometimes it's ...

The Best and Worst Real Estate Funds
TheStreet.com - USA
Don't let this week's huge move in real estate stocks fool you into believing the real-estate recession is over. The professional bargain hunters are out in ...