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Your house can make you sick
You're sniffling and wheezing your way through another winter. A run of bad luck with germs? Sure, but it also may be the result of something more insidious: toxins.
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Big Apple real estate prices defy gravity - so far
Home prices in Manhattan held up remarkably well in the fourth quarter, despite the economic crisis.
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Buying their dream home
From California to D.C., falling home prices and cheaper mortgage rates helped these families to become homeowners.
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Refinancing for less
Question: I'm refinancing my mortgage, and my lender tells me that I need to get a new title insurance policy, which will cost more than a thousand dollars. We haven't made any changes to our home, and there aren't any outstanding liens on the property. Is there any way around this fee?
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Confessions of a former real estate bull
Q. Were you wrong to be so bullish?
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Mortgage rates hit fresh 37-year low
Rates on mortgage loans are the lowest in the 37-year history of the Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey, according to a weekly report released Wednesday.
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Where home prices are headed next
The housing implosion is nowhere near over. In 75 of the 100 top U.S. cities, prices are expected to fall in the next 12 months according to Fiserv Lending Solutions.
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Mortgage apps still at 5-year peak
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Home prices post record 18% drop
Home prices posted another record decline in October, falling 18% in October compared with a year earlier, according to a closely watched monthly report released Tuesday.
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When good appliances go bad
The hot water goes cold, the air conditioner goes hot or maybe the washing machine's spin cycle is starting to sound like a Harley-Davidson rally. Alas, your warranty on the appliance in question expired long ago. Suddenly you're faced with a tough, potentially pricey decision: fix the broken item or replace it? Repair would cost less in the short term, but you'd hate to invest in something that could spring another problem soon. These guidelines will help you decide.
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Refi madness
Low interest rates are fueling a mortgage refinance frenzy as homeowners rush to lower their payments.
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When mortgage rescues go bad
That lenders are ramping up their attempts to help troubled home borrowers stay in their homes is the good news.
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Home sales, prices in deep plunge
The number of existing homes sold during November plummeted 8.6% as prices plunged by record amounts, according to a closely watched housing industry report issued Tuesday.
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10 worst housing markets for 2009
The housing market hasn't bottomed out yet. Of the top 100 markets, here are 10 with the worst forecasts.
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Mortgage rescue or rip off?
If mortgage lending was the Wild West during the boom years, foreclosure-prevention counseling is the lucrative new frontier of the bust.
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Hope Now ramps up foreclosure-prevention
Some 2.2 million at-risk homeowners will receive foreclosure-prevention help this year, according to an industry report issued Monday, with the number expected to rise to more than 3 million in 2009.
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Housing permits, starts at lowest
Housing permits and starts fell to record lows in November, the government said Tuesday, in the latest sign that the housing market is continuing its decline.
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Mortgage rates fall to 37-year low
Mortgage rates fell this week, with the 30-year fixed mortgage sinking to its lowest rate in 37 years as the Federal Reserve cut interest rates to historic lows.
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U.S. homes lose $2 trillion in value
American homeowners will collectively lose more than $2 trillion in home value by the end of 2008, according to a report released Monday.
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Hovnanian reports $450M quarterly loss
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