Sun damage and excessive glare are among the downsides of living in a home with floor-to-ceiling windows.
Aug
31
Throwing Stones at Glass Houses
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Aug
31
The World’s Most Costly Rentals
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Taipei, Taiwan is the most expensive city to negotiate a rent-to-own transaction.
Aug
31
Fire Up Your Real Estate Presentations
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Begin to build a trusting relationship with sellers prior to setting up listing presentation appointments.
Aug
31
FHA Raises Upfront Premiums
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Most borrowers will pay 1.75 percent of loan amounts, up from 1.5 percent, under a new “risk-based” pricing system.
Aug
31
Consider Stocking Up on Land
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“It’s a delicate business, but it’s just about bad enough to be good again,” says William Shopoff, chief executive of Shopoff Group, a real estate investment firm in Irvine, Calif.
Aug
31
Columbus, Ohio Is Tops for Retirees
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Forbes.com list factored in housing prices, along with the percentages of seniors currently employed or living below the poverty level for its list of the most-affordable places to retire.
Aug
31
[Feature] New Legislation Impacts Owners of Multiple Home
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The housing stimulus package giveth and taketh; a tax-saving strategy used by the wealthy will soon be cut off to offset the costs of other tax breaks included in the stimulus package.
Aug
30
[Feature] Stress-free Investing: Lifecycle Mutual Funds
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Too busy or too nervous to invest in stocks? Lifecycle mutual funds could be your ticket to a happy retirement.
Aug
30
Auto insurance is like any other financial product: It seems like thousands of companies offer it, and all of them claim to have the perfect rate for you. How do you find the right policy?
Aug
29
PCE Report Points to Weak Third Quarter, Economists Say
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There were few surprises in the Personal Consumption and Expenditure
(PCE) report released Friday, though economists say the
data all points to weaker third-quarter results.
The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) core deflator, the Federal
Reserve’s preferred measure of inflation, came in line with expectations,
advancing by 0.3% (0.273%) in July, and 2.4% (2.426%) on an annual basis,
the U.S. Department of Commerce reported.
