Home Buying and Home Selling News Archive of July 2007

Closing on a home? Take your time
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
One way to prevent this is to stay on top of fees during the home-buying process. Mr. Hyder asked for an estimate of his closing costs about 10 days before ...

For one family, home selling takes a turn for the worst
Allentown Morning Call - Allentown,PA,USA
They thought that by buying the least expensive house in an expensive neighborhood, they'd have no problem selling. Now they're doubting the wisdom of their ...

Tax bill has retired couple contemplating selling home
Muncie Star Press - Muncie,IN,USA
"There are no houses that are selling. I don't live on the north side of town; I live on the south side of town." Mrs. Mandy said her husband "had to go out ...

ALL BUSINESS: Mortgage Woes No Surprise
Washington Post - United States
By RACHEL BECK AP NEW YORK -- Century 21 Real Estate's CEO Thomas Kunz may have unintentionally hit the nail on the head when he declared that a "pity ...

Lodi couple gets creative in sluggish housing market
Lodi News-Sentinel - Lodi,CA,USA
Latta is attempting to sell his house in a unique way. A large green banner hangs in front of the garage reading, "Buy This House! ...

Home Front: A 'five-star' makeover is key to selling home
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
Home Front has just received tips from a "Stager to the Stars," an answer to the growing crisis: "Help, I can't sell my home!" Celebrity stager Beth Ann ...

California's Real-Estate Tailspin
TIME - USA
If Wall Street wants to get even more worried about the real estate market, it need look no further than southern California. There, the culprits aren't ...

Real estate: Good curb appeal helps sell a house
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
John Langone, a partner and associate broker with Richard B. Arnold Real Estate in Sea Cliff, says some buyers won't even go into a house if they don't like ...

DR Horton latest victim of US home slump
MSNBC - USA
But after some hope for improvement early in the crucial spring selling season, housing appears to have sunk further into the doldrums. ...

Things go from bad to worse for US home builders
Washington Post - United States
3 US home builder Pulte, took down its book value by $749 million. The dour sentiment is also shared by executives in the business of selling or financing ...

Why Buy When You Can Rent For a Fortune?
BusinessWeek - USA
Though they could easily afford to buy an extra house or two, today's super-rich seem to have no trouble handing over tens, or even hundreds, of thousands ...

Selling your home in a bad market
CNNMoney.com - USA
The real estate market is in the dumps, so if you really want to sell, you should consider some uncommon measures to make your home attractive to buyers, ...

New Book, 'Homes for Hispanics', a turnkey solution for Latino ...
Hispanic PR Wire (press release) - Miami,FL,USA
His book, " Hogares para Hispanos" (Homes for Hispanics) is a useful tool to help the reader be familiar with the entire home buying process. ...

Real estate, construction woes slow Calif. job growth to a crawl
San Diego Union Tribune - United States
Hiring in California was hit by a bad case of June gloom last month as the effects of the real estate slowdown seeped into the job market, according to data released yesterday by the California Employment Development Department...

Alternative routes to real estate riches
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
The classic route to real estate riches is to buy a second home, perhaps a condo or triplex apartment, rent it out and get your tenants to pay the mortgage on it. But this is not a highly diversified approach ...

Making Money from Your Home Isn't Just about Buying and Selling
Mortgages at Quicken Loans - Livonia,MI,USA
You probably know someone who has a made a bundle in real estate by buying at a low price and selling at a much higher price. It wasn't uncommon in parts of ...

You Can Put Real Estate in Your IRA
Motley Fool - USA
Here's a little-known fact about IRAs: They aren't restricted to just stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and the like. You can actually invest in a broad range of potential money-makers -- including real estate ...

Hot property
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
They may buy another house in California, however, and when they do, they have indicated it may be at the beach. The house they sold is in the Benedict ...

Launching the Crusade against Real Estate and Mortgage Fraud
RisMedia.com (press release) - Norwalk,CT,USA
RISMedia's 2nd Annual CEO Exchange is an exclusive gathering of over 100 top brokers and real estate industry leaders who will gather at Sanctuary, ...

East Bay home sales slowest in years
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
East Bay home sales continued to slow, recording the slowest June in 19 years for Solano, 14 years for Contra Costa and 12 years for Alameda counties, a real estate information company reported Thursday ...

Selling your home? Try staging it
Victorville Daily Press - Victorville,CA,USA
"Home staging is a cost-effective way of making the house stand out from the competition," said owner Debra Newlin. By eliminating clutter and highlighting ...

IDAs can propel you into home ownership
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
IDAs geared toward home buying are restricted to first-time buyers. A person who opens an account to save money to buy a home typically has three to five ...

IDAs can propel you into home ownership
The Argus - Fremont,CA,USA
IDAs geared toward home buying are restricted to first-time buyers. A person who opens an account to save money to buy a home typically has three to five ...

Big builders get creative to stimulate home sales
Indianapolis Star - United States
Nearly two years into the housing slowdown, builders report their top-selling high-end homes feature less conventional floor plans and more specialty rooms ...

The sectors in real estate where prices can double in the next ten years while the rest of the market will fall apart
India Daily - Whitehouse Station,NJ,USA
Real estate always poses as the most challenging part of the investment and trading. Smart investors have substantial portion of their portfolio in real ...

Homeowners turn to creative selling methods
The Union of Grass Valley - Grass Valley/Nevada City,CA,USA
The Phoenix-based company buys homes in seven days and offers non-traditional selling options. The 3400-square-foot custom home on more than 2 acres is ...

Home Sales Slump Making "Ripple-Effect" Outside of Housing
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