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Source: washingtonpost.com - Real Estate
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The Post's Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi answer your questions about the local housing market.
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Housing Starts Sink Again To Lowest Level Since '59
New-home construction tumbled to a record low last month, according to government data released yesterday, further proof that the housing sector's woes keep deepening.
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FHA Relaxes Rules of Program for Troubled Homeowners
The Federal Housing Administration yesterday said that after less than two months it is relaxing terms of a program designed to help troubled mortgage borrowers because so far the effort has not been effective.
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The Littlest Victims Of the Mortgage Crisis
The long arm of the global financial crisis reached down into Morena Parada's preschool classroom, where a little girl named Joeli Arias-Lopez painted bright green and orange splotches on an oversize easel and pronounced it a house.
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The High-Stakes Game of Raffling Off Your House
In the casino of the housing market, Tom Walters is holding the wrong cards. He's a mortgage broker, so business has been slow, and on his own house, payments have risen to about $6,200 -- too much to handle.
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Make a Quick Buck Renting Out Your House on Inauguration Day, but Be Careful
With a crush of visitors expected this Inauguration Day, hundreds of area residents are advertising their homes as temporary -- and top-dollar -- rentals over the four days leading up to Jan. 20. It's a brilliant solution to the lodging shortage, but let's pause a moment to examine the potential ...
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Real estate editor Maryann Haggerty and columnist Elizabeth Razzi respond to a question adapted from a recent online chat.
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A Sense of History, but No Old Gin Shops
"There's nothing here," said J. Randolph Embrey, 77, who has lived in Rectortown his whole life. "That's why I like it."
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Will Obama Bring Back 'Buy-Downs'?
What will it take to get people off the sidelines to buy houses and help stimulate the economy?
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As McMansions Begin to Die Off, Look to the Past for Housing's Future
The end of the housing bubble may also signal the end of the McMansion, that much-maligned symbol of suburban American excess.
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Source: About Home Buying / Selling
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Common Ways to Hold Title to Real Estate Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Don't wait until the last minute before you make a decision among the many ways to hold title. I can't count the number of closings I have attended when the matter...
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Weintraub's Top 10 Real Estate Predictions for 2009 Sunday, November 16, 2008
Readers have been asking for my Top 10 Real Estate Predictions for 2009. I try to write my annual real estate predictions at the same time every year, which is the...
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Do You Really Need a Real Estate Agent? Thursday, November 13, 2008
A potential home buyer confided in me last week that she was did not yet need a real estate agent. She wasn't quite certain what she wanted to buy, where she...
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Commuting Spouses Between Houses Tuesday, November 11, 2008
When the job market tightens, it becomes more common for married couples to find themselves in the role of commuting spouses. Nationally, the unemployment rate is 6.1%. Experts predict it will...
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Buying a Rental For a Home Sunday, November 9, 2008
Some home buyers hesitate to buy a formal rental as a home. The main concern is the perception that tenants don't take care of property the same way an owner-occupant would....
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Are Real Estate Agents Overpaid? Thursday, November 6, 2008
Raise your hand if you think agents make too much money. Kind of hard to type with one hand, isn't it? Now, those of you without hands in the...
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Doing a 1031 Exchange Is Easier Than You Think Tuesday, November 4, 2008
When I was an escrow officer in the mid-1970s, I handled a ton 1031 exchanges. A 1031 tax-deferred exchange was handled a lot differently then than they are now. The investor...
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How to Remodel Your Kitchen in 10 Easy Steps Sunday, November 2, 2008
About half the work of a kitchen remodel is done before any contractor steps in your home. It's the selection process that takes so much time. I probably thought about the...
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HOPE For Homeowners Refinance Program Off to Rocky Start Friday, October 31, 2008
Scores of upside-down home owners have been waiting since July for the HOPE for Homeowners program to kick off on October 1. Well, the sad news is October 1st has come...
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Would You Like to Cancel Halloween At Your House? Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Have you ever wished for a year when you could cancel Halloween? I realize there are millions of adults (and children, let's not forget the kids) in the U.S. for whom...
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