Archive for the ‘Real Estate’ Category

Put that in your glass and drink it!

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Today I took advantage of a free water test. The guy was pretty nice, and it turned out that he had remembered my name from talking with my business partner just a couple of weeks earlier. (At least I know a good person to ask for an opinion ...

Removing the HELOC temptation

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

Lenders are starting to pull the plug on borrowers' home equity lines of credit in light of the falling value of the collateral properties.  They're lowering limits or freezing the accounts, preventing the homeowners from borrowing more against their equity.Banks have certainly not been shy about giving borrowers more rope ...

Where do the banks drop off their keys?

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

The picturesque foreclosure involves a homeowner in arrears walking to the bank to drop off the keys, waving good-bye to their house and their credit rating.  Now the banks are trying to drop off the keys for homes in various stages of repossession from these borrowers -- vacant homes that ...

Yes, you can own a home

Sunday, January 27th, 2008

Maybe not right now, maybe not right out of college, and maybe not in the middle of a big city.  But you can own a home.  Titling an article "Why you might never own a home" isn't meant to be encouraging, and though it may be dire now for people ...