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| Buy a HUD Home for Only $100 Down? |
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| In several states, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
is offering home buyers foreclosed homes with only a $100 down payment,
in trying to unload some of its inventory. The i... Read More >> |
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| Foreign buyers scooping up U.S. homes |
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| Hey, wealthy foreigners! Want to live in the U.S.? Buy a home here.
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purchases of American homes are ramping up, and a new Senate bill
designed to boost the ailing real-estate marke... Read More >> |
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| First-Time Homebuyer's Guide |
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| Mike Valdez fits the profile of a savvy first-time homebuyer perfectly. A
34-year-old financial analyst from New Rochelle, N.Y., he and his
family had grown sick of living the renter's life. So two ... Read More >> |
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| Cashing in on rental property |
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| Most of the news lately about real estate has
been dismal: Home prices are swooning, foreclosures ballooning.
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is, however, one bright spot: the rental market, where demand is up and
rents... Read More >> |
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| What Would You Do About Foreclosures? |
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| The Obama administration seeks to turn the federal government’s
swelling inventory of foreclosed homes — now estimated at 250,000 — into
rental properties that could be managed by private enterprise... Read More >> |
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| More Homes Become Rentals, Census Says |
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| Nearly 35 percent of occupied homes were rented in 2010, which is an increase of 33.8 percent from 2000, according to a USA Today analysis of U.S. Census data of more than 500 midsize and large cities... Read More >> |
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| Financing Foreclosed Homes |
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| FORECLOSED homes don’t show very well — financially strained borrowers may ignore maintenance; lenders turn off the water and power to cut the cost of letting the place sit. A poor appearance can ... Read More >> |
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| Is This Really a Buyer's Market? |
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| With falling home prices and higher inventories, most of the public views real estate as a “buyer’s market,” in which buyers hold more of the control and sellers will more eagerly accept lower offers ... Read More >> |
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| 3 Tips for Smart Vacation-Home Buying |
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| Vacation homes are offering plenty of good deals at the moment. In many second-home hot spots, prices are still close to five-year lows. For example, single-home prices in second-home hotspot Napa, Ca... Read More >> |
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| Flipping Foreclosures Becomes New Game |
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| More investors are finding a sweet spot in flipping foreclosures, but it’s not the same type of house flipping seen during the real estate boom.
During the housing boom, investors would take advan... Read More >> |
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| What Buyers Want in Homes Today |
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| Buyers have a long list of what they want when home shopping, but one of their biggest desires: A good deal.
"And no matter where a seller prices their property, they're looking to negotiate," say... Read More >> |
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| Boom times ahead for all Weld County |
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| As Noble Energy begins building a regional field office in west Greeley, Weld County could be almost over the Great Recession.
The Niobrara Formation under eastern Colorado and southern Wyoming is ... Read More >> |
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| FICOs and FHA: 2 big lenders loosen up |
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| Wells Fargo, Quicken Loans revise credit, down payment requirements
Here's some unexpected good news for anybody working to get buyers into houses, especially first-timers who don't have much down ... Read More >> |
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| Stricter Lending Guidelines for Condos |
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| STELLAR credit and steady income will go a long way in helping borrowers secure a home mortgage, but they may not be enough when it comes to buying or refinancing in certain condominium buildings. ... Read More >> |
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| HAFA Posts New Rules for Short Sales |
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| THIS WILL HELP TO SPEED UP THE SHORT SALE PROCESS!!
Loan servicers will have 30 days to send a borrower a short-sale agreement that includes the list price or acceptable sales proceeds under recen... Read More >> |
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| Loveland officials to plan NASA pitch |
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| Loveland city councilors will close the doors on a special meeting Tuesday to develop strategies for the city to land a NASA-sponsored technology business center that could employ as many as 7,000 peo... Read More >> |
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| Bank of America to resume foreclosures |
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| Bank of America said Friday it was ending its hiatus on foreclosure sales, and promised to get its act together after a series of sloppy home seizures prompted the bank to back off and re-examine its ... Read More >> |
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| Make Money in 2011: Your Home |
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| Location, location, location. In the latter half of 2011 that adage should come back into vogue. But first, more declines.
C'mon, you're thinking, you've been hearing for months that prices have b... Read More >> |
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| Sales of high-end homes picking up |
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| After two years in the tank, Larimer County’s upper-end residential real estate market has broken the surface and taken a much-needed breath.
Brokers specializing in luxury homes who had been livin... Read More >> |
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| HUD Has Loans for Out-of-Work Borrowers |
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| The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced Tuesday that it will offer $50,000 loans to unemployed borrowers who are at least three months behind in their payments, but who have a r... Read More >> |
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| 10 Reasons to Buy a Home |
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| Time magazine is being overly pessimistic in its recent cover piece that called into question the benefits of homeownership. In fact, now is a great time to buy. And, what's more, tomorrow will be a g... Read More >> |
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| Owner Financing Can Expedite Sales |
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| Owner financing can help sell a property even in this challenging market.
Banks generally are willing to accept rent credits for an option to buy as an acceptable down payment, but both buyers and ... Read More >> |
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| Foreclosures fade with fewer filings |
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| The number of Colorado homeowners facingforeclosure fell during the second quarter of 2010, an indicator that state housing officials say points to a trend that will continue.
And, in Larimer Count... Read More >> |
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| Builders Affected by the Oil Spill |
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| Home builders are among those hurt by the Gulf Coast oil spill.
Citigroup analysts ranked public home builders’ exposure to the disaster based on the number of actively selling communities within 5... Read More >> |
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| Men and Women Agree in Home Must-Haves |
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| It’s true. Men aren’t looking for exactly the same things women are when they go home shopping.
ZipRealty surveyed 1,000 home shoppers and concluded that while about an equal number of men and wom... Read More >> |
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| New home sales up 27 percent |
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| Sales of new homes surged 27 percent last month, bouncing off the previous
month's record low and blowing past expectations as government incentives and better weather boosted sales.
The Commerce... Read More >> |
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| Council accepts plan by builder |
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| A California developer got a green light Tuesday night to develop a project at one of Loveland’s prime gateway locations in a way that would mix retail and office buildings at a campus-like setting wh... Read More >> |
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| Loveland waives remodeling fees |
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| Program runs May 1 to Oct. 1
Doubling up on last fall’s successful construction industry stimulus program, the Loveland City Council on Tuesday acted to waive building permit fees for remodeling pr... Read More >> |
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| Lake Vista coming into view |
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| Ground broken on Centerra luxury apartment complex
Construction began Wednesday on a $45 million luxury apartment complex on the east shore of Equalizer Lake at Centerra, a project that will pump ... Read More >> |
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| FHA Lending Changes |
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| 1. Mortgage insurance premium (MIP) will be increased to build up capital reserves and bring back private lending The first step will be to raise the up-front MIP by 50 bps to 2.25% and request legisl... Read More >> |
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| Larimer Home Ownership Program (LHOP) |
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| Helping Families Realize Their Dream of Home Ownership
Applications are now being accepted for houses located within Larimer County, check with program manager on funds for Loveland City limits.
... Read More >> |
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| Taxes on short sales |
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| By Ilyce Glink
Tribune Media Services
Question:
I own a rental property that is worth less than the mortgage balance. What happens if I decide to sell this investment property? It is located in... Read More >> |
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