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Realtors see local home sales recovery continuing
Compared to the sharp declines in Northwest Michigan’s real estate market that accompanied the 2008-09 recession, the local home sales picture during 2011 showed more signs of stability — and by some measures, growth.
“We’re not...Tags: Real Estate, Marketing, Freedom of the Press, Services and Shopping, Values
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Lawsuit alleges fraud in real estate transactions
Several Baltimore-area homeowners are suing the largest residential real estate team in the state, alleging a "scheme of fraud and misrepresentations" involving home purchases, sales and financing. The suit, a proposed class action, names the Creig...Tags: Real Estate, Real Estate Sellers, Corporate Crime, Sykesville, Laws
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Area's real estate market shows gains
Through the first nine months of 2011, residential real estate transactions in Northwest Michigan tended to carry higher prices than during the same time frame in the previous year, based on statistics from the Multiple Listing Service.
These figures...Tags: Real Estate, Real Estate Buyers, Marketing, Homes, Money and Monetary Policy
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Building Richter homes a family affair
If some people are the glass-half-full type and some are glass-half-empty, then Pat Richter is glass-overflowing. The Libertyville-based custom homebuilder gushes with enthusiasm for his craft, despite being at it for 27 years.
"I build houses with you,...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Nature, Family, Wildlife, Energy Saving
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Biggest home sales of 2009 in the L.A. area?
It's not always easy to pinpoint the biggest sale of the year. Mega-million-dollar transactions can take place outside of the Multiple Listing Service, with the homes marketed by agents as "pocket listings." Other times, the buyer and seller work...Tags: Los Angeles, Real Estate Sellers, Real Estate Buyers, Homes, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Hanks thinks big. Make that 'biggest'
There's "Big," and then there's big. Box office giant Tom Hanks has purchased the 14,500-square-foot Pacific Palisades home of veteran producers Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall, according to area real estate sources.
The sales price is listed at...Tags: Celebrities, Los Angeles, Toy Story (movie), Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (movie)
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New HUD rules aim to get rid of closing cost surprises
Remember the bad old days of 11th-hour mortgage cost shocks and mystery junk-fee charges? Remember when the "good-faith estimates" your lender gave you upfront said closing costs would be about $2,000, but somehow they ballooned to $3,500 on the final...Tags: The Washington Post, Homes, Local Government, Money and Monetary Policy, Consumers
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Legal battles over real estate transactions increase
When it comes to lawsuits, real estate agents and brokers tangle mostly among themselves. But disgruntled buyers or sellers who believe they've been so wronged that they are willing to spend the time and money to take their realty professionals to court...Tags: Real Estate, Montana, Lawyers, Judges, Washington (U.S. state)
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If offer to buy seems fishy, the money might be illicit
If anyone approaches you with an offer to buy your house that seems even the least bit out of the ordinary, there's a possibility that the money for the deal is coming from illegal drugs, prostitution or some other aspect of organized crime. There are no...Tags: Real Estate, Corporate Crime, Organized Crime, Government, Washington (U.S. state)
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Start house-hunting now to qualify for tax credit for first-time home buyers
First-time home buyers had better get a move on if they hope to take advantage of the $8,000 federal tax credit. The window of opportunity is closing rapidly. To qualify for the credit, any transaction involving a first-time buyer must close before...Tags: Credit and Debt, State Budgets, Marketing, Laws, New Jersey
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Consumer agency could protect future home buyers and mortgage borrowers
Had there been a federal watchdog consumer protection agency on duty during the early years of this decade, could it have prevented the housing boom and bust that put millions of homeowners into foreclosure and sucked trillions of dollars of equity wealth...Tags: Fannie Mae, Real Estate, The Washington Post, Laws, Financial and Business Services
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Complaints erupt about lowball home valuations
It's by far the hottest controversy in real estate this summer, and it could directly affect the value of your house -- probably negatively -- by tens of thousands of dollars. The issue concerns lowball valuations and the new rules guiding appraisers...Tags: Fannie Mae, Credit and Debt, The Washington Post, Financial and Business Services, New York
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