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July marked the third month in a row that home prices have shown an incline on a monthly comparison, according to the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index. In a yearly comparison, the home prices are still down 13.3% from 2008 and 33% from 2006, however the slight rise in July ca [Read More]

It seems that more people are taking advantage of renters by this new type of scam - they will advertise a property cheap; when the renter e-mails the landlord (which seems to be the way they communicate), he/she tells them they are out of the country and can't show them the property. They also [Read More]

As soon as a foreclosure comes on the market, it seems that the listing agent and/or seller, price it well below market value for a "bidding war". I have a buyer that has made two bids on foreclosures "above asking" for the seller to come back after a few days of waiting for &qu [Read More]

Over the summer, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) promised to release the results of the testing that was to take place on Chinese Drywall by September of 2009. The deadline was then pushed to October and now the CPSC is further delaying the results to be released in November. Meanwhil [Read More]

Due to the first time home buyer credit of $8,000 home buyer tax credit passed by Congress this year, several surveys that were conducted have recent home sales between 350,000 to 400,000. Let's hope they extend it.

Finally after 3 years, there has been reported the first increase of home prices of .03% in the April - June quarter. The long awaited bottom has arrived. I know that puts a smile on this face ;o) It is also reported the prices rose slightly in July as well. This shows the market has finally stabil [Read More]

The Native Americans knew the truth eons upon eons ago and that truth was that you cannot base a system upon greed; upon profit alone, you cannot seek a monetary gain if that monetary gain becomes so superfluous to you that you lose your very soul in that endeavor. But, we, the white European settl [Read More]

La mayor parte de las casas y edificios en los estados del norte son preferidos con techos oscuros o negros (tejas o cubiertas) con el proposito de obtener maxima retencion del calor durante los meses de invierno. Sin embargo, esto es una falacia, pues se ha encontrado que los efectos de los techos [Read More]

I sincerely hope that Barak Obama is not thinking of putting another one of his Band-Aids on another severed limb, as he has been doing ever since he became the president. The economic stimulus plan that he originally proposed was too weak and the one he has provided us with has obviously been too [Read More]

My husband and I decided we would take a ride up to Ocala. We live in Weeki Wachee, Florida and Ocala is "horse country" and about an hour away from us. I googled Ocala to see what we could do and there was something different for us - a scenic horse drwan carriage tour. It is our 33rd an [Read More]