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Concept home in Florida designed for a new generation of buyers

Houses are getting smaller. No, houses are getting larger.

The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
Upper Mount Bethel Township residents upset over home inspection fees
The Express Times - LehighValleyLive.com
By Andrew George | The Express-Times Upper Mount Bethel Township residents are upset over what they consider to be excessive home inspection fees and unreasonable zoning practices. At last Monday's board of supervisors meeting, several township ...

Financial abuse of the elderly, including pushing them into reverse mortgages without their full understanding, has been perpetrated by mortgage professionals and victims' family members.

The recent conviction of a Delray Beach, Fla., loan officer for his participation in a scheme to persuade seniors to refinance their reverse mortgages should serve as a warning to the friends and relatives of elderly people about the surprising ease with which senior homeowners can be exploited.

Buying a home is a project, there's no doubt about it. And like any other project tackled, there are moments of clarity and others of overwhelming confusion.

The Realities of Real Estate: The rules of the road for a home inspection
Annapolis Capital
AP VIDEO more>> The inability of a buyer to secure financing can derail a purchase, but the biggest bone of contention that comes up is often the home inspection. More than just about anything, home inspections are the leading culprit in blowing a deal ...

Ask the Inspector: Licensing
Leader-Telegram
The first is the state's Standard of Practice, which covers general requirements, mechanical and structural components included in a home inspection. You are tested in what should and should not be in a home inspection report.

Home inspection reveals facts on home's true condition
Topeka Capital Journal
A refrain the Lyles often hear during a home inspection is that something has been that way for years and has never been a problem. “Just because it has been that way for 40 years doesn't mean that it is OK,” John said. “We understand that some things ...

City tables request to move forward with Christie Funeral Home inspection
New Baltimore Voice Newspapers
By Courtney Flynn The old Christie-Olszewski Funeral Home has yet to be inspected for structural soundness. (File Photo) New Baltimore City Council members voted to table moving forward with the inspection of the old Christie-Olszewski Funeral Home ...

Wells for beginners
Boston.com (blog)
Buyers unfamiliar with wells need to remember that in addition to their regular home inspection, they should inspect the well. Most people remember to have the well tested for water quality. It can be tested for high levels of chemicals, minerals, ...

How to Vet an Investment Property
Forbes
Most people know to always have a home inspection done when they are buying property. While a competent home inspector will note all the items working or not, the inspector is not pricing out the costs to get all those items repaired, nor other items ...

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Home Buying in Five Steps—Part 3
Patch.com
Now that you have successfully submitted, negotiated and bound an offer to purchase, the next step is usually the home inspection. Next week we'll discuss the importance of the home inspection and the reason I recommend that no one complete the ...

Market analyst and options expert Jon Najarian has listed his 10-room, 4,700-square-foot house in Lincoln Park for $2.2 million.

Q: I'm about to move into a rental situation in which I'll be the third roommate, replacing someone who's leaving. The departing tenant wants me to buy him out of his deposit. But what if the landlord charges us later for damage that happened before I moved in? How can I protect myself from this?

Q: I am 74 years old and recently have been contemplating paying off my condo mortgage. The remainder of the mortgage is $98,000 at 6 percent. Can you help me through this? On the surface it seems like a good idea, but I'm not aware of all the particulars. I am in good health and will not need the $98,000 in the near future.

Essex Place, a Hartz Homes condominium development in Elmhurst, recently became eligible for FHA-approved financing, a government-backed program that allows qualified homebuyers to purchase their own residence with a down payment as low as 3.5 percent.

Young families looking to expand, empty nesters hoping to downsize — all are 'stuck in the mud'

When Tracey and Todd Fine were engaged, they purchased a two-bedroom condo in East Ukrainian Village in 2006. The price was high, but given the white-hot market in adjacent Wicker Park, they thought it was a strategic investment.

Market analyst and options expert Jon Najarian has listed his 10-room, 4,700-square-foot house in Lincoln Park for $2.2 million.

Ask a room filled with association board members what's on their minds and they'll tell you: mostly matters of money. They want to know how to spend it, how to save it and how to get the best value for their assessment dollars.

Developments near restaurants, retailers wooing homebuyers

Chalk it up to high gas prices, new urbanism or a nostalgic longing for the downtowns of old, but many homebuyers want to be close to their favorite hangouts. Instead of spending gas and time driving into town, they want to live in town, near their favorite stores and restaurants.

Globe and Mail
'Hey, I'm Rob Ford. … Does your fridge work?'
Globe and Mail
The visits are a strange hybrid of home inspection and campaign stop, with Mr. Ford handing out cards and fridge magnets at every door, checking out mould in bathrooms, leaky taps and faulty kitchen cupboards. A phalanx of staff from municipal ...
MorningFile: TCHC vote spurs campaign visits by the Mayor, dogs poisoned in ...Open File (blog)

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