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Friday, February 10, 2012 1:47 PM
Breaking News: Largest-Ever Housing Deal Will Help More Than 1 Million Homeowners
RISMedia reported today that after more than a year of negotiations, the nation’s biggest banks, states attorneys general and federal officials have announced the largest housing settlement ever—more than $26 billion—over foreclosure
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Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:30 PM
Homebuyers Move off the Fence as Mortgage Rates Drop Yet Again
If you’ve been considering buying your first home or moving up to a larger home, conditions have once again turned in your favor. According to Bankrate.com's weekly national survey, mortgage rates hit yet another record low, with the average
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Sunday, January 29, 2012 1:14 PM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, January 27, 2012
The Friday Brief Outlook for Interest Rates-Clipped from the Wall Street Journal __________________________________ News Alert from The Wall Street Journal Federal Reserve officials Wednesday said they expect short-term interest rates to stay close to
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Friday, January 27, 2012 11:39 AM
What You Need to Know Before Refinancing
During his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Barack Obama called on Congress to approve new legislation that would give all homeowners who are current on their mortgages the opportunity to refinance at record-low mortgage rates. While details
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Thursday, January 26, 2012 11:08 AM
Price Reduced on 11918 Matthews Court in Penderbrook
Penderbrook, Fairfax County - Announcing a price reduction on 11918 Matthews Court, a 1,757 sq. ft., 3 bath, 3 bdrm 3 story. Now MLS® $420,000 - Reduced!. Property information
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012 2:13 PM
Rental Market
I just read this in my Jean Chatzky weekly email and thought that it was worth sharing. The rental market has been tight in Northern Virginia for over a year and I am finding that the good properties go very quickly and have multiple applications. This
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Sunday, January 22, 2012 10:23 AM
3 Story For Sale in Fox Mill Estates
Totally Remodeled! • 2,332 sq. ft., 3 bath, 4 bdrm 3 story "Colonial" - MLS® $495,000 Fox Mill Estates, Herndon - Beautifully remodeled 4 Bedroom 2.5 Bunker Hill Model Single Family Home on large cul-de-sac lot in highly sought after
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Thursday, January 19, 2012 8:45 PM
10 Money-Saving Tips for 2012
When it comes to improving your financial picture, small steps can yield big gains. Whether you’re saving for a down payment or dealing with increased expenses having just moved into a new home, the following tips from SWparents.com are great ways
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Monday, January 16, 2012 1:33 PM
Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, January 13, 2012
SunTrust Portfolio Products-True Jumbo Money SunTrust has recently made a push to leverage Mortgage to bring in new banking clients. This has made a big impact to our SunTrust Portfolio Rates. For our true JUMBO loan programs, our SunTrust Portfolio Products,
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Thursday, January 12, 2012 9:13 PM
Renovating? Why Building Codes are Critical
I think this article is so important because I have had many sellers who have done work to their homes without pulling permits. One client finished their basement and the purchaser asked for the permits so they had to go back and do work to the property
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012 3:36 PM
Tips for Buying a HUD Home
I thought I would pass along some great tips on how to help buyers purchase a HUD home. The tips are a little lengthy but they will definitely help guide your buyers down the right road if they want to purchase a REO (real estate owned) property from
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Monday, January 09, 2012 9:51 AM
The Friday Mortgage Brief - Friday, January 6, 2012
I always get a lot of questions about rates so I thought I would share this information with you... The Friday Brief by Matthew Graham http://www.mortgagenewsdaily.com/members/mgraham/default.aspx > Tax Cut Extension Now Officially Raising Mortgage
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Thursday, January 05, 2012 3:19 PM
4 Ways Your Credit Card Agreements Could Change - for the Better
Credit is so important when buying a home so I thought this was worth sharing... Do you remember the last credit card you signed up for? More importantly, do you remember the actual contract? While credit card agreements outline such essential information
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Wednesday, January 04, 2012 10:04 AM
New Years Resolutions
I personally don't make New Years Resolutions but for those of you that do I saw this... New Year's Resolutions-Increase Your Achievement Rate Exponentially-Clipped from Brian Tracy's Book Time Power In February 2003, USA Today ran an article
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Tuesday, January 03, 2012 1:14 PM
End-of-the-Year Tax Tips
While the year is quickly coming to a close, you can still take some important steps to save on your 2011 tax return. According to Jessica James, CPA and author of "Justice for None," many of the deductions associated with the economic stimulus
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