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Oct 11, 2017 6 Big Ways to Completely Botch Buying a HomeWe all make careless mistakes. We accidentally undertip the waiter. We lock our keys in the car. We wear white after Labor Day. We press “send all.” It happens to the best of us. But some little mistakes can create big problems, like when you’re buying a home. A house, after all, is a huge purchase; the stakes are
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Aug 03, 2017 Millennial Homeownership Rate IncreasesRecent headlines exclaimed the homeownership rate, as reported by the Census Bureau, rose again in the second quarter of 2017. What didn’t get much attention in the reports is that the homeownership rate for American households under the age of 35 increased a full percentage point from last quarter’s 34.3% to 35.3%. Millennials proved to have the
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Aug 02, 2017 Should You Sell Your Home When You Retire?Deciding whether to sell your home when you retire is a complicated question for most people. You’ve got lifestyle issues on one side of the ledger and financial realities on the other. Many people put their quality-of-life first when making this decision, says Jamie Hopkins, retirement income co-director at The American College for Financial Services
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Buyers frustrated by the soaring price tags attached to new homes finally got a bit of a break. Finally. The median price of a newly built home fell nearly 4.2% from May, to reach $310,800 in June, according to a joint report by the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Prices were also down
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Jun 13, 2017 Thinking of buying a house? Here’s where to startSo you’re ready to take the leap from renter to homeowner — but where exactly do you start? Many first-time homebuyers across the country are facing brutally competitive markets that favor sellers. That means buyers need to bring their A game to snag a pad of their own. Especially if you’re a newbie. Check your
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