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5 Things to Know About Open Houses
Filed under: Advice, Buying, Selling By Beth Braverman Open houses are a great source of information about the property, neighborhood and local markets. Nearly half of real-estate buyers go to one. 1....
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Getting a Mortgage After a Divorce: Difficult, Not Impossible
Filed under: Advice, Financing, CreditGetting a mortgage is challenging enough -- with strict underwriting requiring detailed explanations, sourcing of monies and debt ratios -- but adding a divorce to...
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Is a Neighbor Hurting Your Home's Value?
Filed under: News, Advice, Home EquityA recent survey by Harris Interactive and State Farm Insurance found that 60 percent of Americans have a pet peeve with someone who lives nearby. A bad neighbor...
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Best Advice Now for Homebuyers and Sellers
Filed under: Advice, Buying, SellingTop real estate experts share their smartest tips on selling a home quickly and winning a bidding war. Sell Your Home Fast Underprice it from the start. If you list...
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Home Inspection Horrors
Filed under: Advice, Home Improvement, How To Home inspection is serious business. But home inspectors have a wicked sense of humor. If you need proof, just check out this batch of "Postcards From the...
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8 Home Inspection Red Flags
Filed under: Advice, Buying, Home ImprovementGetty Images Our gallery of home inspection nightmares (below) is good for a laugh, but a home inspection is serious business. It's the buyer's opportunity...
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How to Make DIY Home Repairs Safely
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Shut Out By a Seller's Market? A Letter Goes a Long Way
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IRS' Simpler Home Tax Deduction Cuts Through the Clutter
Filed under: News, Advice, LifestyleThe structure of the traditional job market has shifted drastically in recent years and as more Americans are working from home, it's important that they are...
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Former Tenant's Critical Yelp Review Might Be Libelous, Court Rules
Filed under: News, Advice, Renting There are better ways to express your frustration with your landlord -- or even a former landlord -- than to post anonymous comments online. One California man who...
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Making the Move for a Job? How Employer Can Smooth the Way
Filed under: Advice, RentingMoving to a new place can be one of the most stressful of life's events, and when your employer asks you to pull up stakes and move to parts unknown, or you've started a...
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Property Taxes After Foreclosure: Who Pays?
Filed under: Advice, ForeclosuresBy Gerri Detweiler Losing one's home to foreclosure is never easy. A reader, "Kate," wants to know whether she will still be on the hook for her property tax bill if it...
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Spotty Job History? Get a Mortgage With These Work-Arounds
Filed under: Advice, Buying, FinancingIt's a well-known fact that lenders look at employment history when considering applicants for a mortgage. Two years' history is the standard (though not absolute)...
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Is It Time for Baby Boomers to Downsize?
Filed under: Advice, Buying, Renting, SellingBy Tom Sightings For many reasons, a lot of baby boomers have been delaying retirement. One reason is that we have been unable to sell our homes. We've been...
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How Netflix Account Can Help You Qualify for a Mortgage
Filed under: News, Advice, Credit Shutterstock By Chris Birk Ideally, prospective homebuyers have a miles-long credit report that leaves little doubt about their ability and willingness to repay debt....
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Getting the Best Refinancing Deal Right Now
Filed under: Advice, Refinancing Shutterstock By Chris Birk Timing the market and determining the best time to lock in your interest rate when refinancing your mortgage, well that's a conundrum, isn't...
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8 Easy Energy- and Money-Saving Home Improvements
Filed under: Advice, Home Improvement Shutterstock By Steven Holbrook As energy costs rise, you might be looking for ways to be more energy-efficient without breaking the bank. Here are eight...
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Experts' Top Home Improvement Projects for a Booming Housing Market
Filed under: Advice, Home Improvement More consumers are dusting off their cordless drills, tape measures and jigsaws, or at least are shelling out for paint, spackle or flooring products. Home...
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Craigslist Rental Scam Reportedly Strikes Again, Fleecing Family of 5
Filed under: Advice, Renting Despite repeated warnings from authorities and continued media coverage about the rental scams that have become epidemic on Craigslist and elsewhere, many continue to fall...
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In a Volatile Market, Why Homebuyers Still Need to Take Their Time
Filed under: Advice, Buying, Investing Shutterstock / Anneka By Leonard Baron No matter how you slice it, buying real estate is a complicated process that takes time and hard work to get right. Whether...
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